The Concept In A Nutshell Recruiting can broaden its strategic impact by hiring not-yet-promotable candidates (i.e., those who already meet 50% of the promotion criteria). If those recent hires continue developing, they will strengthen your talent pipeline and speed up internal movement/promotions. The only recruiting process change that will be …
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The Dumbest Reasons For Rejecting Job Applicants (Questionable rejection factors that hurt hiring results)
How many of your qualified candidates are being rejected for these questionable reasons? Article Descriptors| Recruiting /rejection factors – How to – 4 min read It’s no secret that most hiring processes suffer because they are mostly intuitive and use assessment factors that don’t predict new hires’ on-the-job performance. As …
Read More »Hire More Employed Candidates… By Raising Doubts About Their Current Job (The power of “doubt raising”)
Employed candidates are gold but hard to sell unless you raise new doubts about their current job. Descriptors| Recruiting /Selling The Employed – Increasing Doubts – How To – 8 min Yes, Doubts Do Change Job Acceptance Decisions I hope that everyone realizes this. Among your currently employed candidates, doubts …
Read More »Everyone Jokes About HR… These Fast-Acting Strategic Steps Will Change That
There are 20.5 million “jokes about HR,” double those in accounting and millions more than CEO’s. Don’t you wish HR could stop them? Article Descriptors| Strategic Steps/Fast-Acting – List Of Five – 5 Min Read Don’t Complain… Act Yes, since Dilbert began providing readers with jokes about HR, it has …
Read More »Bad HR Can Cost You Billions, Just Ask Apple (How ignored HR process vulnerabilities can lead to business catastrophes)
Retention and recruiting were factors in the downfall of Apple’s $10 billion EV car project! Boeing’s missing door catastrophe was also caused by overlooked HR vulnerabilities. Article Descriptors | Another case of bad HR – Apple’s EV failure – Identifying HR vulnerabilities – 6-minute read Here We Go Again, First …
Read More »Need Exceptional Talent? Recruit Contest And Award Winners (Competition reveals exceptional talent)
Contests build your employer brand, attract top-tier talent, improve assessment, and yield solutions. The problem solvers who win these recruiting-related competitions are some of the most impactful of all hires. Article Descriptors| Recruiting /Sourcing – Contests to attract/assess – How to – 7 min. read What exactly is “contest recruiting/sourcing?” …
Read More »This “Forever” Hiring Shortage… Will Forever Hurt Your Business Results (Shifting to Competitive Advantage Recruiting)
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 …
Read More »Competitive Retaliation – When They Recruit Your Talent… Strike Back Hard! (To boost your employee retention)
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 …
Read More »8 Ugly Numbers… That Highlight HR’s Failures
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 …
Read More »New Year’s Resolutions For Progressive Recruiters (Simple but effective recruiting tools)
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 …
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