After 25 years as a TA leader, I admit that we use many recruiting practices that are simply silly.  I call them “dinosaur recruiting practices” because they are now obsolete and should be extinct. But they aren’t, and they are still commonly used. For a recruiting practice to reach “dinosaur …

Unstructured interviews don’t predict very well, so add a little structure in 5 key areas.  It’s a fact that interviews fail to select the best candidate most of the time. 91% of the factors that would identify the top candidate are not even covered during interviews. Five Easy To Implement, …

The best candidates will only join a great team, and open houses excel at revealing why a team is amazing. They sell candidates on the team’s strengths even better than CEO calls and peer interviews. The Primary Goal Is To Sell The Attendees On The Team In today’s competitive talent …

The demand for talent is at a record high, while aggressive recruiting is sadly at a 20-year low.  Today, Successful Recruiting Leaders Need Bold And Aggressive Practices Yes, it’s sad to report that aggressive recruiting is fading into the past, just like rock ‘n’ roll. As a result, most corporate …

Making a candidate’s availability a primary decision factor may cut your interview no-shows by 1/3.  Why? Because when you identify the root causes of interview turndowns and no-shows, you find that many occur because of the primary factor used in selecting the interview time and place. Was the hiring manager …

Position prioritization allows the recruiting function to “do more with less” (with little effort). Illustrating The Dollar Impact Of Prioritizing Recruiting Normally, because of a shortage of recruiters. This corporation has a 30-day wait until a received requisition is actually acted on under its current date stamp rule. The req …

When you must fill a key job quickly, expiring/exploding offers will accelerate offer acceptance. How Expiring And Exploding Offers Will Improve Your Hiring Results There are two times when you need your offer to a finalist to be accepted quickly. Once when the position vacancy is so impactful, you need …

Having great “co-workers” is a primary attraction factor for top candidates (Gallup research). Being viewed as a more transparent, welcoming, and inclusive company will also increase your applications and offer acceptance rate (especially among currently employed top candidates who can just stay where they are). What Exactly Is A Team …

This Inflation Caused Recruiting Opportunity Explained Over the last few years, during the “great resignation,” recruiters have been blessed with the opportunity to pick from a large talent pool who were eager to quit for a better job after the frustrating Covid lockdown. However, over the last 2+ years, inflation …

The Olympics produce the world’s greatest talent performances, so corp. leaders should learn why.  In a world where the very future of a corporation may now be determined by its talent density in strategic areas like AI, Quantum Computing, data security, and technology development. Benchmarking against all industries and organizations …

Kathleen wraps up her conversation with Dr. John Sullivan, the globally known HR thought-leader who has been dubbed the “Michael Jordan of Hiring.” In part two, John shares why he’s not a big fan of resumes, what recruiters can look for to determine a candidate’s loyalty and resilience, and how long he expects the current talent shortage to last.