Recruiting Strategy

Beat your talent competitors by being the first to implement a federal employee recruitment program. And take advantage of the huge federal employee exodus that is just beginning (in response to the “efficiency committee’s” announced massive position cuts). Be grateful that this mass influx of available talent is coming after …

After 25 years as a TA leader, I admit that we use many recruiting practices that are simply silly.  I call them “dinosaur recruiting practices” because they are now obsolete and should be extinct. But they aren’t, and they are still commonly used. For a recruiting practice to reach “dinosaur …

The best candidates will only join a great team, and open houses excel at revealing why a team is amazing. They sell candidates on the team’s strengths even better than CEO calls and peer interviews. The Primary Goal Is To Sell The Attendees On The Team In today’s competitive talent …

This Inflation Caused Recruiting Opportunity Explained Over the last few years, during the “great resignation,” recruiters have been blessed with the opportunity to pick from a large talent pool who were eager to quit for a better job after the frustrating Covid lockdown. However, over the last 2+ years, inflation …

Newsflash: Powerful new data shows that interviews are horrible at identifying the best candidate! Where horrible is defined by interviews failing to select the best candidate over 90% of the time. However, you can dramatically lower this “ugly failure rate.” If you use data to restructure your interviews and then …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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 …