“Progressive companies are sourcing the best global talent and allowing employees to work remotely. […] Their recruiting practices give them a competitive advantage.” How has hiring changed? Recruitment has changed drastically in the last 10-15 years, driven by companies that have used technology to recruit more effectively. Progressive companies are …
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Why Your Firm Has a Talent Shortage Explained (Bluntly)
Most organizations that are facing a talent shortage blame a variety of external factors, even though the actual culprit is the way their firm recruits. Even without visiting your firm, I can guarantee that your recruiting process contains several of the following egregious “talent killing” flaws. The Top 8 Reasons …
Read More »Candidate Ghosting — Effective Tips for Minimizing This Growing Menace
Ghosting is an emerging issue in recruiting and has now been rated as the No. 1 challenge by nearly 6 percent of employers (Source: LinkedIn). Ninety-five percent of recruiters say they have experienced “candidate ghosting” (Source: iHire). This ghosting problem is likely to get worse because 40 percent of candidates now believe …
Read More »What’s Wrong With Hiring a Gig Workforce? Pretty Much Everything
The gig economy has become a hot workforce topic. However, despite the hype, the concept has numerous hidden management problems. Recently, executives have been drawn to the concept because of its lower benefits costs, but also for the scalability that a gig workforce provides (with the ability to quickly add …
Read More »Recruiting’s Missed Strategic Opportunity — Competitive Intelligence Gathering
Not having a competitive intelligence (a.k.a. CI) gathering process is a missed opportunity for recruiting to increase its strategic contribution and its direct business impacts.
Read More »Recruiting Is a Science Not an Art — How Intuition Hurts Recruiting Results
The future of recruiting is scientific, data-driven, and businesslike. Now you might assume that everything in recruiting is going fine, but you would be wrong. A 2019 survey of CEOs ranked their No. 1 internal business challenge as attracting and retaining top talent.
Read More »Recruiting’s Top 7 Bottom-line Business Impacts That Most Ignore
The ultimate goal of any business function should be to have a direct and measurable impact on their company’s bottom line and corporate strategic goals. Having a direct and visible impact on bottom-line results will make your team proud. But it will also get you more executive support and funding. …
Read More »Settling for Your 2nd-Choice Candidate — The Most Expensive Mistake In Recruiting
This “think piece” is designed to call attention to the tremendous costs resulting from losing your first-choice candidate. “Settling for” a second-choice candidate means that you’re not hiring the best. But few know it may mean suffering a 20 percent performance drop off. This performance loss is better understood when …
Read More »Source for Skills Developed Outside Their Day Job — Lessons From the Army’s Esports Team
Recruiters look for job experience and then sort by skill level. But an alternative is to look for “skills experience,” which better reveals hidden candidates. “Skills experience” is when an individual has spent a considerable amount of time using a particular skill, but when most of the time that they …
Read More »Recruiting’s Role in Futurizing Your Firm’s Skill Sets Must Begin Today
Note: This “think piece” is designed to stimulate your thinking about the strategic role of recruiting Your firm’s future skill sets needs are increasing dramatically. By not adding future skills every day through every new hire, you are reducing your company’s ability to be competitive and grow. The importance of …
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