Comments on: Building a Recruiting Culture, Part 2 http://www.ere.net/2006/05/08/building-a-recruiting-culture-part-2/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:41:59 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Hans Gieskes http://www.ere.net/2006/05/08/building-a-recruiting-culture-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1627 Hans Gieskes Mon, 08 May 2006 05:42:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2006/05/08/building-a-recruiting-culture-part-2/#comment-1627 Could not agree more with John on this one. Sadly in too many organizations hiring managers and employees like to scream how urgent their need for more staff is, while at the same time often not contributing more than 'I'm too busy' and complaints about corporate recruiters. Hiring managers can deliver a more demanding call for referral action to their employees than corporate recrutiters / HR can, and thus achieve more urgency and better participation. Why? Not only because they will be known much better by the employees, but also as they can hold their teams feet a little closer to the fire as to number of referrals generated etc. It's sad, but a fact of life in most larger corporations. At h3.com we often see 50% better results (= candidates + hires) when hiring managers are actively involved in driving the referral process. Could not agree more with John on this one. Sadly in too many organizations hiring managers and employees like to scream how urgent their need for more staff is, while at the same time often not contributing more than ‘I’m too busy’ and complaints about corporate recruiters.

Hiring managers can deliver a more demanding call for referral action to their employees than corporate recrutiters / HR can, and thus achieve more urgency and better participation. Why? Not only because they will be known much better by the employees, but also as they can hold their teams feet a little closer to the fire as to number of referrals generated etc.

It’s sad, but a fact of life in most larger corporations.

At h3.com we often see 50% better results (= candidates + hires) when hiring managers are actively involved in driving the referral process.

]]> By: Dave Hardwick http://www.ere.net/2006/05/08/building-a-recruiting-culture-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-1626 Dave Hardwick Mon, 08 May 2006 05:36:00 +0000 http://www.ere.net/2006/05/08/building-a-recruiting-culture-part-2/#comment-1626 I read through both parts 1 & 2 this morning, and really enjoyed the read. One nit: I would not put the NY Yankees at the top of the recruiting pool in baseball. In their place, I'd put the Oakland As. I have no quibble that the NY Yankees consistently field great teams, but they do so at great expense. OTOH, the Oakland As field consistently good teams at an extremely low cost. As a business person, I'm much more interested in the latter than the former, especially since I do not work for a monopoly. I read through both parts 1 & 2 this morning, and really enjoyed the read.

One nit: I would not put the NY Yankees at the top of the recruiting pool in baseball. In their place, I’d put the Oakland As. I have no quibble that the NY Yankees consistently field great teams, but they do so at great expense. OTOH, the Oakland As field consistently good teams at an extremely low cost. As a business person, I’m much more interested in the latter than the former, especially since I do not work for a monopoly.

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