Recruiting Strategy

When recruiters ask managers to describe their “perfect candidate” to recruit they usually describe them something like this: They are a top performer in their job. They have excellent technical and team competencies. They excel at getting things done, no matter what. They work at a major competitor/benchmark firm.

1/3 of salary is way too low for critical jobs. A bad "hire" can cost you millions if they lose a great customer or make bad decisions. The Quaker CEO cost them 1.4 BILLION on the sale of Snapple alone. Now that's a bad hire! (Ask any sports team what is the cost of a bad 1st round draft pick that leads the team to a losing season and then must be let go in a year or two!)