Recruiting questions from hell that most recruiting leaders can’t answer May I suggest that this may be the most thought-provoking recruiting article that you read this year. It is thought provoking because it covers mind-numbing questions that you are likely to get covering the business impacts of recruiting. Answering tough …
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The World’s Most Effective Referral Approach – Give Me 5!
An effective referral tool that takes advantage of “memory retrieval cues” Most already realize that employee referral programs routinely produce the highest quality of hires, but few know that the “Give Me 5” program produces the highest-performing hires of any individual referral approach. The “Give Me 5 Names” tool is …
Read More »The Future Of Predictive Analytics – The Next Generation of Talent Metrics to Consider
A comprehensive list of current and future predictive talent metrics The use of predictive analytics is a hot issue and a developing trend in talent management. But unfortunately as a longtime thought leader in the area, most of the current prediction efforts are extremely shallow. And as a result, they …
Read More »The Value and Use of Best Practices in Recruiting
By Kimberly Do and Dr. John Sullivan What is a best practice in recruiting? A best practice is a unique leading-edge solution applied at a noted firm to an emerging recruiting problem. It is “best” because a firm known for its excellence in management is implementing it. It is “a …
Read More »The Top 10 ‘Bleeding Edge’ Recruiting Trends to Watch in 2015
Most articles that cover recruiting trends highlight what I consider to be obvious approaches that many firms have already adopted. But my perspective on trends is unique because I am focused on what I call the “bleeding-edge trends.” These trends are unique and rare because they have been adopted by …
Read More »The Power Has Shifted to the Candidate, So Current Recruiting Practices Will Stop Working
Areas where recruiting must change during 2015 If you are frustrated because your recruiting approaches are no longer producing great results, you will be happy to know that there is a logical reason behind it. I estimate that 90 percent of recruiting leaders and hiring managers have yet to realize …
Read More »Increase Hiring Manager Performance and Compliance With Service-level Agreements
I estimate that hiring managers are responsible for more than 60 percent of all delays and errors during hiring. So if you want to improve your quality of hire, reduce position vacancy days, and improve process compliance, it only makes sense to try to get hiring managers to put a …
Read More »If Martian Executives Visited Recruiting … What Would They Find Missing?
It may seem like a strange proposition at first, but what if an experienced business executive who knew nothing about recruiting visited and took a snapshot assessment of your function? Obviously even a Martian executive would be able to quickly find and understand traditional recruiting functions like employer branding, sourcing, …
Read More »Metrics for STEM Women – a Critical Examination of the High-tech Approach
by Trena Luong and Dr John Sullivan There has been a great deal of publicity lately surrounding the lack of STEM women at high-tech firms. Unfortunately, we have to give two thumbs down to the diversity data from each of the top high-tech firms that have publicly released their numbers. …
Read More »Always Open ‘Evergreen Jobs’ Can Improve Your Chances of Recruiting Top Talent
As the war for talent continues, it’s time for recruiting leaders and hiring managers to shift to more creative and innovative recruiting solutions. A bold approach that I have been recommending since 1999 is the creation of “evergreen jobs.” Simply put, these are the one or two most critical corporate …
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