Comments on: Why Is This Taking So Long? http://www.ere.net/2009/11/17/why-is-this-taking-so-long/ Recruiting News, Recruiting Events, Recruiting Community, Social Recruiting Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:04:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rob Wetzel http://www.ere.net/2009/11/17/why-is-this-taking-so-long/comment-page-1/#comment-16973 Rob Wetzel Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:27:41 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=10739#comment-16973 Howard – You have brought up some very good points. I can recall some of these situations when you worked for me. We found though many trials and tribulations that the best way to ward this off was to put a Service Level Agreement (SLA) into place between the Hiring Manager and Recruiting which Tony alludes to in his post. The SLA defined clearly the various roles of each party and tracked the progress within the recruiting life cycle. We set up cetain metrics so we could proactively identify any area that needed to be discussed before balls would be dropped by either party. This process alleviated a number of problems before they could raise their ugly heads and brought continuity to the process. Howard – You have brought up some very good points. I can recall some of these situations when you worked for me. We found though many trials and tribulations that the best way to ward this off was to put a Service Level Agreement (SLA) into place between the Hiring Manager and Recruiting which Tony alludes to in his post. The SLA defined clearly the various roles of each party and tracked the progress within the recruiting life cycle. We set up cetain metrics so we could proactively identify any area that needed to be discussed before balls would be dropped by either party. This process alleviated a number of problems before they could raise their ugly heads and brought continuity to the process.

]]> By: Tony Crisci http://www.ere.net/2009/11/17/why-is-this-taking-so-long/comment-page-1/#comment-16968 Tony Crisci Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:05:42 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=10739#comment-16968 I liked your action item 1 - Agree - This is where I like to start, it puts you ahead of the game. Putting a Service Level Agreement in place outlining the different steps in the process along with a timeline makes a huge difference. It increases the level of professionalism the hiring manager perceives that you have as you ask good questions and set up proper expectations for a successful engagement. Setting up your communication strategy ahead of time lets the hiring manager know that you will be following up in X amount of time after each step. Hiring managers have many other things they are working on at any point in time, but when they know what to expect they are much more responsive. I liked your action item 1 – Agree – This is where I like to start, it puts you ahead of the game. Putting a Service Level Agreement in place outlining the different steps in the process along with a timeline makes a huge difference. It increases the level of professionalism the hiring manager perceives that you have as you ask good questions and set up proper expectations for a successful engagement. Setting up your communication strategy ahead of time lets the hiring manager know that you will be following up in X amount of time after each step. Hiring managers have many other things they are working on at any point in time, but when they know what to expect they are much more responsive.

]]> By: Maureen Sharib http://www.ere.net/2009/11/17/why-is-this-taking-so-long/comment-page-1/#comment-16964 Maureen Sharib Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:19:09 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=10739#comment-16964 Yep, that is absolutely cool. "...don’t wait 30 days to begin to source candidates. Start fast and start hard..." Start that day if you know what's good for you. Things can change in a heartbeat and often do. Get the job done immediately (this message is for sourcers). Also, I am always surprised when I am given a sourcing assignment and the recruiter goes on vacation. It happens not infrequently. Yep, that is absolutely cool.

“…don’t wait 30 days to begin to source candidates. Start fast and start hard…”
Start that day if you know what’s good for you. Things can change in a heartbeat and often do. Get the job done immediately (this message is for sourcers).

Also, I am always surprised when I am given a sourcing assignment and the recruiter goes on vacation. It happens not infrequently.

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