Alert, we may be returning to an era where their CEOs no longer consider employee inputs. So, everyone must prepare for the beginning of a return to a “my way or the highway” CEO leadership style. This is a think piece – its purpose is to make you examine a …
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Gender Pronouns – Understanding Their Many Hidden Problems (And how this program’s downsides may outweigh its benefits)
A think piece – for increasing awareness of the potential negative problems associated with using gender pronouns. Encouraging or requiring the use of gender pronouns has recently been enthusiastically supported by many corporate DEI leaders. Unfortunately, I have found that their enthusiasm has not been tempered or supported with sufficient …
Read More »Candidate Exit Interviews – Getting Feedback From Your Recruiting Customers (The #2 barrier to recruiting excellence)
The two dumbest things in recruiting are not soliciting candidate feedback and not assessing new-hire performance (a.k.a. quality of hire). Unfortunately, most in recruiting are not even aware of the practice of “candidate exit interviews,” soliciting new hires and candidate feedback after completing each hiring process. Unfortunately, gathering exit interview …
Read More »Reduce Your Talent Shortage… By Offering Candidate Incentives (The complete guide to recruiting incentives)
In a talent shortage, when you must increase participation in recruiting, learn to pay for it! During these extremely challenging recruiting times, there is ample proof that even small incentives will increase participation rates during important recruiting steps. “What gets rewarded gets done.” When looking at the big picture, it’s …
Read More »Inflation And War Will Damage Recruiting, Retention And Productivity
Distractions like high commute costs and the Ukrainian war lower productivity and hurt retention/recruiting.
Read More »Knowing The Business – The #1 Driver Of Performance In HR And Recruiting
This comprehensive guide to “knowing the business” will jumpstart both your performance and your career.
Read More »The Last Major Untapped Sourcing Frontier – Online Video Game Platforms
An astonishing 2/3 of adults play video games, so almost everyone can be IDed and recruited on gaming platforms.
Read More »A Referral Program That Actually Increases Diversity… Requires These Design Features
With a data-driven design, employee referrals can be your #1 source for diversity (Forget that old wife’s tale).
Read More »Recruiting Practices That Are, And Deserve To Be Fading Into History
There are 8 common recruiting practices that are becoming obsolete, just as newspaper ads and application forms did years ago. Smart recruiting leaders need to be aware that these common practices like fit, salary disclosure, drug testing, and non-competes are already being pushed aside at top companies. This gradual obsolescence …
Read More »Interview Trick – Excite Candidates By Adding A “Feedback Minute”
A minute of positive feedback can instantly make an ordinary interview memorable! Let’s face it, in today’s challenging recruiting marketplace, a critical part of a great candidate experience is each successful recruiter must continually do things that excite the candidate and make their company stand out from all the rest. …
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