Recruiting Strategy

Only 5% of surveyed recruiters say that certifications can replace college degrees in all jobs. And only 48 % agree that they can replace college degrees in at least some jobs. The latest disruption recruiting leaders now face is the growing emphasis on certifications over college degrees. A recent survey …

Stop spamming candidates with canned messages and improve their engagement with personalization. If you’re not familiar with the concept, personalized messaging in recruiting is the process where a recruiter changes the content of the messages they send to candidates to the point where the candidate feels special. And even more …

AI’s capability is so great that TA leaders that can’t drive the transition will be replaced. Note: The goal of this short piece is to get TA leaders to plan for their transition into AI. AI is currently dominating both national and business news, and that importance will persist for …

As seen on Reworked.co by Lauren Dixon How to Hire Again When it does come time to hire for a previously eliminated role, legal questions are the first to address.Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) suggests to wait at least six months since the layoff. If “the former employee finds …

A quickly-ended interview is when after 1-2 unsatisfactory candidate answers, you just want to end it. And afterward, frustrated hiring managers will openly wonder why this clearly flawed candidate was ever scheduled for an interview. These problematic interviews are labeled as “quickly-ended” because, during the first few minutes, they were …

The Future of Strategic Recruiting will use tools like Evergreen Jobs to create an AI talent pipeline. As you will learn later, this AI talent pipeline will soon be necessary for any company to achieve its bottom-line results. This “always recruiting tool” that I am highlighting here enables companies to …

Note that the lengthy back-and-forth of most interview scheduling is the longest hiring delay factor!  Yes, using something as slow as a people-driven traditional interview scheduling process. Could, in some cases, lengthen the overall hiring process by up to 50%. And having an overly long time period to complete all …

46% of hires fail, and Google found interviews can have a lower predictive value than a coin flip. Also, research by Gallup found that “Companies fail to choose the candidate with the right talent for the job 82% of the time.” In my experience, you can fairly blame the common …

Most “revisits” are top prospects that applied, and came close, but were never hired during a job search. So they can be classified as top-talent failures. However, I find that these talent failures are right under your nose. It should be considered as a top-quality talent pool instead. It is …

Ouch, hiring needs AI because 45% have rejected jobs after bad interviews, and 46% of new hires fail. Because of these stumbles CEO’s rank recruiting as the #1 overall business issue holding their organization back (source). Currently, the recruiting function makes lots of errors, but it has no formal process …