If you knew their secrets, you could recruit like a champion too! Even though the recent success of the New York Knicks occurred in sports and not in your industry, it still makes sense for every talent leader who expects to raise their talent management results to industry-leading levels to …
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5 Powerful Reasons For Recruiting During The Summer (Using the “best time” strategy)
Surprisingly, summer months rank in the top 5 of applicant volume. And during 2025, the summer months of August, July, and June literally ranked 1, 2, and 3 in the months with the highest US applicant volume. So the critical lesson that hiring managers and smart recruiting leaders need to …
Read More »Vacation Area Recruiting – “I Love This Area, I Wish We Could Live Here Year-Round”
How often have you heard the “I wish we could stay here” phrase while you were on a vacation trip? Well, if your company has retail locations throughout the US, offers remote jobs, or has jobs that happen to be close to popular vacation areas, you have an opportunity this …
Read More »Strategic Omissions – Business-Like Actions That Make Recruiting More Strategic
All talent leaders try to be strategic, but most fall short. And it’s not because leaders don’t get the Xs and Os of recruiting right. Instead, my research has found that many fail to reach strategic status because most recruiting leaders are not strong business leaders. This lack of business …
Read More »“Futur-View” Interviews – Reveal How A Candidate Will Act In The Future (When a future focus is essential)
Their accurate view of the future is a key sign that you have a top candidate. So when you need a forward-looking candidate for a key job, you should add a futur-view interview to capture both a candidate’s forecast of upcoming problems and how they plan to act in order …
Read More »Layoff Recruiting – The Strategy For Cherry Picking The Best From Large Layoffs
Spirit’s massive shutdown should have activated your “layoff recruiting” process. This is a targeted recruiting strategy designed to let you cherry-pick the very best “released talent” who have recently been laid off by a major corporation. And this year, when you add Spirit’s sudden 17,000 employee release to the massive …
Read More »Move Over Google, Nvidia And Amazon… Anthropic Became A “Talent Magnet” Overnight (How they did it)
Note that the often boring topic of ethics has suddenly become a key talent attraction factor! Anthropic is an AI company that has successfully made its “put the public interest first” ethics strategy a major element of its employer brand image. Of course, every company says that it is ethical …
Read More »When A Loyal Employee Departs – Get Their Help In Finding A Replacement (Using departing employee referrals)
Remember that you felt guilty when, as a highly loyal employee, circumstances forced you to quit. And then you wished there was some way to repay the company/manager that had been so good to you. Well, fortunately, there is a way for a loyal employee to make one last contribution …
Read More »Gas Prices, TSA Resignations & Affordability Create A Sudden Recruiting Opportunity (Take advantage of talent surges)
Rather than being constant, the supply of talent often suddenly increases after a recent event. So in order to maximize its impact, a recruiting strategy must have the capability of identifying what I call these “Sudden Recruiting Opportunities.” These SROs are sudden and unexpected surges in talent availability. And if …
Read More »The Prediction Market – And Its Surprise Impacts On HR (Consider this a warning)
You read it here… the impacts from the prediction market will soon blindside HR. Yet if you look at the forecasted HR trends for 2026, not a single one even mentions The Prediction Market (or TPM). Nor the broad impact that this market will have on employees, managers, and executives. …
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