I am consistently disappointed when SME managers complain they can’t recruit against elite firms like Google because it’s simply not true. Instead, I have found that small businesses and startups are small and flexible enough. They can offer recruits their “dream job,” where they will be doing “the best work …
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Small Business Should Win Most Recruiting Battles, Here’s Why They Don’t (Recruiting advantages at small businesses – a comprehensive guide) (Part 1 of 2)
Ask retirees what was the best job in your career? And often the answer is a job at a small business. And because so many respond positively that a job at a small business was the best one in their professional career, I literally laugh when small business managers complain …
Read More »Alert For An Exceptional Talent Opportunity… Target Elite Firms That Are Currently Undergoing Layoffs (Job security is becoming a major attraction factor, so why not poach at Twitter?)
Targeting struggling firms allows you to hire exceptional talent that now seeks greater job security. Yes, during a time when talent opportunities have been quite rare, there is suddenly a recruiting opportunity that shouldn’t be missed. This opportunity now exists because a significant number of elite but temporarily struggling firms, …
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 »Requiring Any Bachelor’s Degree Is BS… Says College Professor
I see that my 1998 degree from N. Korean U in Cannabis Growing with a 2.0 meets your bachelor's degree requirement?
Read More »The Complete Guide To PDQ Boomerang Re-Recruiting – Getting Recent Quits To Return
PDQ boomerang re-recruiting is the most powerful undiscovered opportunity in all recruiting.
Read More »The Complete Guide To Blind Assessments – Hiding Bias Factors That Hurt Diversity
Boldly obscure names, age indicators, voices, etc. – to limit most conscious and unconscious screening biases. Diversity hiring fails to meet its goals regularly. Less than 2% of surveyed companies recently reported that they were “confident that they were achieving their DEI goals.” One of the primary reasons why diversity …
Read More »The Great Resignation Should Be Renamed – The Great Recruiting Opportunity
With 55% of employees open to a new job, you could describe this time as "The Great Recruiting Opportunity" of the 21st century.
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.
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