Building a talent community is a great step in pipelining talent. But, it’s just the first step. Once you get people to opt in, you have to engage them in a way that is segmented and regular. That’s not really…
Phil Strazzulla
Phil Strazzulla
A Simplified Way to Measure the Value of Your Recruiting
Measuring the overall effectiveness of your talent acquisition strategy can be challenging at best. There are so many metrics to keep track of, and many aren’t exactly useful. Here’s a simple metric that we adopted from marketing: total talent acquisition…
Talent Pipelines, Explained
There seems to be a lot of talk about talent pipelines, or CRM, or talent communities, or whatever you want to call it. There’s good reason for that: the few companies that are starting to effectively pipeline talent don’t have…
Where Job Candidates Most Research You
There are so many different solutions for “employer branding” out there. You can invest in review sites, social media, employee testimonials …it’s really hard to figure out what is and isn’t “employer branding.” Furthermore, it’s hard to understand how these…
What Amazon’s Success and Recruiting Have in Common
Virtuous cycles underpin some of the most successful businesses in the world, from Amazon to top venture capital funds For example, Amazon has super low prices, which allows them to gain customers. Customers lead to volume. Volume means Amazon can pressure their…
Hiring Managers: the Sleeping Giants of Your Employment Branding Efforts
Much has been written about your marketing department’s role in building your employer brand, how it can help in social media recruiting, etc. In another vein of thought, Harvard thinks CEOs should own the brand and therefore be an ally to…