In a business world where everyone takes sides, corporations must now come across as apolitical. Article Descriptors| Elon Musk/Appearing Political – Problems With His Relocation Decision – 4 Min Read Why Musk’s Relocation Decision Qualifies As A “Bonehead Move” The recent decision by Elon Musk to move the headquarters of …
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Hiring Innovators – The Highest Impact Action In Talent Management (Highlighting the benefits from hiring innovators)
Hiring has the highest bus. impact in HR, and innovators produce the highest impact of any new hire. Article Descriptors| Recruiting / Innovators – Highlighting The Benefits – 5 Min Read Logically, there must be a single area within Talent Management that produces the highest business impact. And because of …
Read More »The “No Application Required” Recruiting Strategy (Providing employed top talent with “job search deniability”)
Top employees are reluctant to apply for external jobs because it makes them appear disloyal. “Getting caught” would not only be embarrassing, but it would likely result in some career damage at their current company. However, this “no application required” strategy delays any formal job application. It allows a currently …
Read More »Re-Energize Recruiting – Reward Managers For Great Hiring Results (Because managers are driven by incentives)
What you measure and reward gets done, so start rewarding managers for great hiring results. Article Descriptors| Recruiting /Manager Incentives – Benefits – Implementation Tips – 4 Min Read Managers Are The Biggest Recruiting Roadblock BCG research found that, of all HR activities, recruiting has the highest impact on corporate …
Read More »Create “A Forever Impression” With A Memorable Welcoming Package (A powerful candidate experience and preboarding tool)
Before a new hire starts, prove that you really are different with a “Memorable Welcoming Package.” Article Descriptors| Preboarding/Welcoming New-Hires – Its Benefits – 4 Min. Read What Is A “Memorable Welcoming Package”? A “Memorable Welcoming Package” (a.k.a. MWP) is a physical package that is highly memorable because it surprises …
Read More »Shifting To A “What’s In It For Me” Recruiting Prospective (Spelling out what the new hire will experience)
Compared to just listing dry company benefits, seeing “what’s in it for me” is extremely powerful from a candidate’s perspective. Article Descriptors| recruiting/messaging from the candidate perspective – How to – 4 min read The “What’s In It For Me” Messaging Approach Explained When attempting to sell a product, service, …
Read More »Hire Your Customers – The Top Recruiting Source In Retail (Target this often-ignored talent pool)
If you recruit in retail or service industries, a top source should be your customers (after employee referrals). Article Descriptors| Recruiting /Targeting Customers – Advantages – How To – 4 Min Recruiting Your Customers Can End Your Talent Shortage Most recruiting leaders who work in organizations that interact with the …
Read More »Alert – Those Great Interview Answers May Be Generated By AI (Identifying “AI boosted” interview answers)
After hearing brilliant interview answer after answer, you might be shocked to learn that AI wrote those answers. Article Descriptors| Recruiting /Interviews – AI generated answers – How to – 6 min read Yes, it’s true that today, the great interview answers that you are hearing may not be genuine …
Read More »Stop Painful New-Hire Turnover – By Identifying Candidates That Will Quit (A checklist for screening out flight-risks)
38% of new hires quit, yet no one attempts to identify the candidates that are likely to quit. Which is puzzling. Because I have found that you can predict (with up to 70% accuracy) which candidates will quit during their first year. Article Descriptors| Recruiting /Retention – A Checklist Of …
Read More »Hire The Not-Yet-Promotable… And Improve Internal Movement (Hiring for this and the next job)
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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