In a highly competitive world dominated by CFOs who want to cut your budget, it is no longer optional to demonstrate your value. Everyone is accountable! If you are in a situation where “charm” has run out as an option, then it’s probably time to consider switching to metrics in …
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Advice and How-Tos Recruiting Talent to Unglamorous Places, Part 2: Reverse Marketing
Not every firm can offer the glamour of a Cisco, HP, or G.E., nor can most firms be lucky enough to be located in great geographic areas like the Silicon Valley. But firms that are located in less-than-glamorous locations still need to attract top talent. Small-sized firms, as well as …
Read More »Why Don’t Directors of Recruiting Become VPs of HR?
Have you ever noticed that few directors of recruiting ever get promoted to the VP of HR position at their firms? Is this “glass ceiling” because recruiters are such an independent lot, or does their aggressiveness and results orientation make other HR people too nervous? Is there a roadblock because …
Read More »Why Sports Recruiters Are Heroes, and Corporate Recruiters Aren’t
Have you ever noticed that in the sports world, recruiters are treated as heroes? They have huge budgets and their managers spend a great deal of time and resources on the continuous identification of top talent. Everyone on the team knows who recruited Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant or Shaq. In …
Read More »Identifying Your Recruiting Competition
Most firms miss the boat when it comes to identifying their recruiting competitors. They assume that their competitors for talent are the same companies that they compete against in the product/service area. But that narrow assumption can be a major mistake. Your talent competitors (TC) are your product and service …
Read More »Why Recruiting Needs To Own Workforce Planning
Workforce planning is currently one of the hottest topics on the planet. Unfortunately, most recruiters see workforce planning as something that occurs beyond their scope. But in fact, it could be their ticket to job security during these tough economic times. Here are a few of the many reasons why …
Read More »Why Workforce Planning Is Hot
Workforce planning is currently one of the hottest topics on the planet?? and with few exceptions, recruiting isn’t. Unfortunately, most recruiters see workforce planning as something that occurs beyond their scope, when in fact it could be their ticket to job security during these tough economic times. Why Is Workforce Planning …
Read More »Improve Your Internal Brand: Don’t Outsource the High-Level Jobs
During tough times, recruiters need to do all they can to improve their internal image among senior managers and budget-cutting CFOs. Unfortunately, most recruiters and recruiting departments miss a great opportunity to build their internal brand when they outsource the recruiting of high-level jobs. Recruiting has it “bass ackwards”! From …
Read More »Rebuilding Your Staffing Function: It’s Past Time to Get Started
Around the country, firms are slowly but surely starting to realize that growth after a slowed economy does happen. Here and there a frantic realization is coming to light: “We need people, but like most firms we laid off our recruiting staff.” Some firms have tried to resolve short-term needs …
Read More »The Dumbest Things Recruiters Do
I spend a good deal of my time researching the elements of world-class recruiting. As an offshoot of that work, I find a good number of common errors that many recruiters make. Eliminating all these errors won’t make you a world-class recruiter…but it will help you get closer! Question: What do you …
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