Hiring has the highest bus. impact in HR, and innovators produce the highest impact of any new hire. Article Descriptors| Recruiting / Innovators – Highlighting The Benefits – 5 Min Read Logically, there must be a single area within Talent Management that produces the highest business impact. And because of …
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The “No Application Required” Recruiting Strategy (Providing employed top talent with “job search deniability”)
Top employees are reluctant to apply for external jobs because it makes them appear disloyal. “Getting caught” would not only be embarrassing, but it would likely result in some career damage at their current company. However, this “no application required” strategy delays any formal job application. It allows a currently …
Read More »Re-Energize Recruiting – Reward Managers For Great Hiring Results (Because managers are driven by incentives)
What you measure and reward gets done, so start rewarding managers for great hiring results. Article Descriptors| Recruiting /Manager Incentives – Benefits – Implementation Tips – 4 Min Read Managers Are The Biggest Recruiting Roadblock BCG research found that, of all HR activities, recruiting has the highest impact on corporate …
Read More »Shifting To A “What’s In It For Me” Recruiting Prospective (Spelling out what the new hire will experience)
Compared to just listing dry company benefits, seeing “what’s in it for me” is extremely powerful from a candidate’s perspective. Article Descriptors| recruiting/messaging from the candidate perspective – How to – 4 min read The “What’s In It For Me” Messaging Approach Explained When attempting to sell a product, service, …
Read More »Need Amazing Employees? – Hire Those “Defined By Their Work” (Because commitment, work ethic, and mastery will produce amazing results)
Google found that 90% of a team’s value comes from the top 10%. So, recruit this amazing 10%. A Think Piece – encouraging you to hire those who are defined by their work. What Is An “Amazing Employee” (AE) Reviewing my long talent management career, I quickly remember the handful …
Read More »Hire Your Customers – The Top Recruiting Source In Retail (Target this often-ignored talent pool)
If you recruit in retail or service industries, a top source should be your customers (after employee referrals). Article Descriptors| Recruiting /Targeting Customers – Advantages – How To – 4 Min Recruiting Your Customers Can End Your Talent Shortage Most recruiting leaders who work in organizations that interact with the …
Read More »Hire The Not-Yet-Promotable… And Improve Internal Movement (Hiring for this and the next job)
The Concept In A Nutshell Recruiting can broaden its strategic impact by hiring not-yet-promotable candidates (i.e., those who already meet 50% of the promotion criteria). If those recent hires continue developing, they will strengthen your talent pipeline and speed up internal movement/promotions. The only recruiting process change that will be …
Read More »The Business Case For Hiring The Employed (That’s not a typo)
Which makes more sense, recruiting the unemployed 4% or the gigantic pool that already has a job (unfortunately, most get it bass-ackwards)? Fortunately, employed talent won’t be hard to recruit because today, an astounding 96% of all workers are looking for a new job. So, I promise that after closely examining …
Read More »Need Exceptional Talent? Recruit Contest And Award Winners (Competition reveals exceptional talent)
Contests build your employer brand, attract top-tier talent, improve assessment, and yield solutions. The problem solvers who win these recruiting-related competitions are some of the most impactful of all hires. Article Descriptors| Recruiting /Sourcing – Contests to attract/assess – How to – 7 min. read What exactly is “contest recruiting/sourcing?” …
Read More »This “Forever” Hiring Shortage… Will Forever Hurt Your Business Results (Shifting to Competitive Advantage Recruiting)
The recent Post-COVID hiring shortage wasn’t temporary, instead, it’s a permanent business condition. So why isn’t it a standard corporate practice to measure (and respond to) the current level of recruiting competition in your industry? Descriptors| Recruiting / Hiring shortages – Future of recruiting components – 5 min read In …
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