Not seeing enough strong applicants? Blame screeners that are overly focused on finding weaknesses. Yes, the #1 screening error in most organizations occurs when your screeners are exclusively focused on “screening out” all resumes that contain even a single weakness or flaw. During their “hunt for weaknesses,” these screeners purposely …
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Hire Faster – By Reducing “Quickly-Ended” Initial Interviews (A small fixable problem with significant negative impacts)
A quickly-ended interview is when after 1-2 unsatisfactory candidate answers, you just want to end it. And afterward, frustrated hiring managers will openly wonder why this clearly flawed candidate was ever scheduled for an interview. These problematic interviews are labeled as “quickly-ended” because, during the first few minutes, they were …
Read More »AI Will Dominate Every Element Of Recruiting – A Snapshot View Of The Future Of Recruiting
Ouch, hiring needs AI because 45% have rejected jobs after bad interviews, and 46% of new hires fail. Because of these stumbles CEO’s rank recruiting as the #1 overall business issue holding their organization back (source). Currently, the recruiting function makes lots of errors, but it has no formal process …
Read More »Deepfake Candidates – Yes, A Single Deepfake New-Hire Will Cost You Millions (Have you had a remote worker log in their first day and then disappear?)
On their 1st day, a deepfake remote hire will steal your secrets, plans, data, and install ransomware. Also, if a single North Korean deepfake new hire continues to be employed for months, the damages they can cause will continue to grow. And they won’t stop growing unless you accidentally stumble …
Read More »Quiet Quitting Isn’t Harmless… Action Steps For Eliminating Toxic Employees Who Consciously Under-Work
“Silent team killers” who purposely reduce their workload hurt productivity, customers, and revenue. So they are far from harmless. In fact, I call these slackers “silent team killers.” Their selfish decision to reduce their workload will crush the morale of even the strongest teams. A recent Gallup survey indicates that …
Read More »Improve Your Recruiting Results Using These Best Practices From Top Firms (Covering employees as references, impactful fonts, and candidate interview warm-ups)
In this monthly piece, Dr. Sullivan highlights 3 best practices that reveal the future of recruiting. The Benefits Of Adopting Best Practices From Other Firms The best way to rapidly improve your recruiting results involves borrowing and tweaking the best practices from other leading recruiting functions to fit your situation. …
Read More »Predict Each Candidate’s “Time To Turnover” Before Making A Hiring Decision (A checklist of the factors that predict both short and long retention)
With record-high turnover, it pays to predict which finalists will likely become early turnover. Improve Your Hiring Results By Predicting Each Candidate’s “Time To Turnover” Amazingly, some companies predict current employee turnover with a 95% accuracy rate. However, I suggest that it’s time to expand our turnover predictions to the …
Read More »Requiring Any Bachelor’s Degree Is BS… Says College Professor
I see that my 1998 degree from N. Korean U in Cannabis Growing with a 2.0 meets your bachelor's degree requirement?
Read More »Covid Lesson – Stop Rejecting Job Jumpers And Those With Employment Gaps
A major talent shortage cause is rejecting those with unavoidable employment gaps. Instead, sidestep this “work history flaw.” Historically, even fully qualified applicants with significant employment gaps were rejected. It was assumed that having employment gaps (i.e., not getting another job quickly) meant something was seriously wrong with the candidate. …
Read More »Recruiting Practices That Are, And Deserve To Be Fading Into History
There are 8 common recruiting practices that are becoming obsolete, just as newspaper ads and application forms did years ago. Smart recruiting leaders need to be aware that these common practices like fit, salary disclosure, drug testing, and non-competes are already being pushed aside at top companies. This gradual obsolescence …
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