The recent Post-COVID hiring shortage wasn’t temporary, instead, it’s a permanent business condition. So why isn’t it a standard corporate practice to measure (and respond to) the current level of recruiting competition in your industry? Descriptors| Recruiting / Hiring shortages – Future of recruiting components – 5 min read In …

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 …

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 …

A second fresh perspective opinion is the key step in getting executive approval for any proposal. Descriptors – proposal approvals / a fresh eyes review – how to – <3 min. read Fresh Eye Reviews – Why They Work A Fresh Eyes Review (FER) is when a critical person from …

A Think Piece – Posing the question, “Is it time to take a closer look at failures in HR?” Understanding The Many Benefits Of Failure And Criticism With few exceptions, throughout my career, I found that HR professionals are positive individuals who don’t even want to talk about failure. That …

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, …

Leaders often have difficulty saying no. But decision filters make rejecting weak proposals easier. Descriptors… Decision-making / the decision filter tool – how-to – criteria for rejecting weak projects – 4 min. scan. Yes, in today’s business environment, many leaders are under pressure from executives, customers, and employees to “do …

The New Year is a great opportunity for progressive recruiters to tweak their TA approach by adding small things that will make a big difference.  Descriptors… recruiting/tools – how to – simple but effective – 3 min. scan Simple High-Impact New Year Resolutions For Recruiters If you are seeking small …

The silliest practice in retention is counting all quits equally in your turnover calculations. Descriptors… retention/good turnover – eye-opening – how to – data-rich – 4 min. scan Understanding The Different Amounts of Business Impact From Each Category Of Turnover  It’s a common practice to lump all employee turnover into …

The silliest practice in retention is counting all quits equally in your turnover calculations. So the purpose of this article is to “open your mind” about the problem of measuring only aggregate “total turnover. ” And why you must begin measuring, prioritizing, and focusing on the most damaging category of …

Joining Kathleen this week is Dr. John Sullivan, a globally known HR thought-leader who has been dubbed the “Michael Jordan of Hiring.”