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 »Peer Interviews – A Powerful “Must Try” Hiring Tool (For improving your assessment and candidate selling results overnight)
It’s the most powerful hiring tool because of its double impact on candidate assessment and selling. Peer interviews are also easy to implement because the concept is easy to understand and requires no approvals or out-of-pocket expenditures. Article Descriptors| Recruiting / Peer Interviews – It’s Many Advantages – 5 min …
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 »The World’s Best Guide… For Adding Powerful Resume Content (Ensuring that your resume will stand out in an AI world)
Move past keywords and add powerful content that both AI bots and recruiters will notice and remember. Start By Realizing That… AI Is Dramatically Changing Resume Screening Yes, job search has long been intensely competitive because an applicant may compete against 250 other resumes. However, having your resume successfully pass …
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 »Alert – Those Great Interview Answers May Be Generated By AI (Identifying “AI boosted” interview answers)
After hearing brilliant interview answer after answer, you might be shocked to learn that AI wrote those answers. Article Descriptors| Recruiting /Interviews – AI generated answers – How to – 6 min read Yes, it’s true that today, the great interview answers that you are hearing may not be genuine …
Read More »The Dumbest Reasons For Rejecting Job Applicants (Questionable rejection factors that hurt hiring results)
How many of your qualified candidates are being rejected for these questionable reasons? Article Descriptors| Recruiting /rejection factors – How to – 4 min read It’s no secret that most hiring processes suffer because they are mostly intuitive and use assessment factors that don’t predict new hires’ on-the-job performance. As …
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