We talk about “top” talent and “top” performers, but how do you know you’ve reached the “top”? Is there some kind of altitude marker? A sign that reads “Welcome to the Top”? Unfortunately, no. But of all the recruiting metrics in your talent capital toolbox, one indicates a recruiting job-well-done above the rest: Quality of... [full article »]
Stephen Lowisz
Stephen Lowisz has the better part of the last 2 decades as both a practitioner and educator within most areas of Talent Acquisition including candidate sourcing, candidate recruitment, operational improvement, and professional development of recruiting related staff.
During his first 12 years in the industry, Stephen focused on building third party sourcing and recruiting organizations, eventually founding and serving as president of 2 successful recruitment research and professional search firms.
Due to Stephen's experience in developing effective, performance driven talent acquisition functions, he has had the privilege of sharing what he has learned with practitioners and hiring managers across the globe. As a regular speaker for SHRM, Kennedy Information, ONREC, and ERE, Stephen provides a practical perspective on the topics that most effect the industry today. In addition he is regularly requested to speak at both corporate leadership and corporate talent acquisition conferences for organizations both in the United States and abroad including Cisco Systems, Allscripts, and Starbucks.
The bottom line is that Stephen enjoys the recruiting industry…creating partnerships, educating others on how they can find the talent they are looking for, providing services and advice that delivers results…this is what he is all about. His ultimate goal is to be a resource to anyone or any company that is driven to not only grow, but grow as a result of their quality talent.
Articles by Stephen Lowisz...
Over-hiring Is Company Suicide
by Stephen Lowisz Dec 16, 2009, 3:08 pm ET
We have all heard the recent statistics of rising unemployment rates, along with candidate-to-position ratios being the highest we have seen in decades. Almost every time I open the paper there is a depressing story of how one job posting attracted hundreds of applications. One story even told us of a job posting for a... [full article »]
Technology: Recruiters’ Friend or Foe?
by Stephen Lowisz Dec 3, 2008, 5:13 am ET
There is no doubt that technology has had a significant impact on the way we identify and recruit candidates in this age of social networking and blogging, but have we gone too far? I recently had the opportunity to speak at a recruiting conference whose major theme focused on technology and its application in the... [full article »]
5 Steps to Recruiting (or Sales) Success
by Stephen Lowisz Jul 10, 2008, 1:17 pm ET
A great recruiter should have the same skill sets and qualifications of a great salesperson. All of the great sales visionaries including Zig Ziglar and Tom Hopkins have taught these steps to sales professionals around the world, yet few recruiters today understand or use any of these available resources. So much emphasis has been placed... [full article »]
6 Good Metrics
by Stephen Lowisz Jul 7, 2008, 3:35 pm ET
Recruiting metrics require a number of characteristics to be considered effective and reliable: • Metrics must be predictive and actionable. Statistics need to provide information that can be acted upon by providing data to indicate trends.• Metrics must be tracked over time in order to generate internal benchmarks and analyze internal performance. • Recruitment metrics... [full article »]
