Most resume scans are shallow, so they pass over factors that reveal if a candidate is exceptional. Descriptors | Recruiting/Resume screening – Talent indicators – How-to – 5 min read Why Most Resume Scanning Approaches Fail To Identify Exceptional Candidates Most traditional resume-scanning processes come up short. They are designed …
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Competitive Retaliation – When They Recruit Your Talent… Strike Back Hard! (To boost your employee retention)
Why doesn’t recruiting retaliate? Because it is a common deterrent in business and the military. Descriptors: retention / retaliation recruiting strategy – how to – 3 min. read ———————————————————– In today’s competitive recruiting environment. Whenever your competitors face no negative consequences after they recruit a key employee. Their targeted recruiting …
Read More »The Most Read Talent Management Articles (Dr. Sullivan highlights 6 simple recruiting tools)
Descriptors – recruiting/tools – how to – 3 m. read During tough times, a recruiter’s knowledge of best practices is the key to job security. As the most prolific author in the field of recruiting tools (I have written over 700 articles and a book on recruiting tools). To me, …
Read More »Time Your Hiring… To When Your Recruiting Competition Is Low (The Candidate Per Opening metric)
The amazing “right time” strategy advises managers when their recruiting competition is low. Then, they can focus their recruiting during the times when they have the greatest chance of placing a truly outstanding candidate in a priority job. This think piece… is designed to startle you… after you learn about …
Read More »Take Advantage Of… This Year’s Holiday Recruiting Pause (‘Tis the season” to be recruiting)
Holiday Hiring allows average organizations to land quality candidates that they normally couldn’t. Yes, it’s true. When most major corporations temporarily pause their hiring, even the underfunded recruiting efforts at an average organization can produce amazing results during Nov/Dec. Why can they succeed during this time period? Because this slack …
Read More »Why Isn’t Your CEO… Also, Your Chief Recruiter? (Because The Changes Will Be Startling)
The most life-changing action in strategic TA… is to ask your CEO to become your Chief Recruiter. Yes, the results from this single bold strategic action will literally take your breath away. Your CEO as your Chief Recruiter (CR) may, just by itself, bring your recruiting department the recognition, support, …
Read More »Recruiting Ads In Podcasts – Hire The Most Impactful Candidates, Continuous Learners (The complete guide for recruiting in podcasts)
Learning ability is the #1 predictor of job success, and continuous learners listen to podcasts. Yes, Google, the world’s only data-driven recruiting machine, uses this learning ability criteria for every job. These hires are so impactful because continuous learners not only bring a great deal of knowledge to the job. …
Read More »Recruiting Must Accept Accountability… For Producing Great Hiring Results
Today, there’s plenty of evidence that debunks the old myth that “Recruiters don’t hire! Managers do.” Fewer Would Aggressively Resist Accountability If They Knew Its Many Benefits Since so many in recruiting appear to be passionately trying to avoid accepting accountability, it may be surprising to learn that there are, …
Read More »The Many Perils Of Accepting Certifications As Qualifications (Problems with accepting certifications instead of college degrees during hiring)
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 …
Read More »Personalized Messaging Will Instantly Improve Candidate Engagement (Which will improve your recruiting results)
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 …
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