In last week’s companion article “The Top 5 No Cost Sourcing Approaches — And Each Is Guaranteed To Work,” I covered the five best no-cost approaches … Read more
Why Structured Interviews Are the Best Way to Hire
Have you ever asked different people how the same movie was and received different reactions and emotions? The conversation could flow like this: Will: How … Read more
What Time to Schedule Your Interviews to Avoid Candidate Ghosting
Timing plays a crucial part in “candidate ghosting” — specifically the time and day a candidate is scheduled to come in for an interview. … Read more
Here’s When It’s Okay to Be Slow to Hire
Being slow to hire often means a job goes unfilled for awhile. But it doesn’t have to. There’s a way to be slow to hire that’s fast and effective. It … Read more
Real-Life Recruiting Robots Are as Creepy as You’d Expect
Text messaging with a bot is one thing. Asking Alexa and Siri what today’s weather looks like is another. But a robot you can actually touch and feel … Read more
Top 10 Reasons Why Peer Interviews Are The No. 1 Candidate Selling Tool
For some unexplained reason, the sales component of recruiting is often ignored. Few recruiting leaders ever make a scientific assessment of the sales … Read more
Want to Keep Candidates Fully Engaged During the Hiring Process? Do What Teachers Do
Teachers have a secret weapon for keeping students engaged — homework. As students do their homework, the subject matter stays top of mind even … Read more
Just In Time to Be Commoditized, Automated Scheduling Solution GoodTime Raises $5 Million
Automated scheduling is hot. Google is in. Lever is in. TextRecruit is in. And San Francisco-based GoodTime, launched in 2016 and raising $2 million last … Read more
4 Things We Should Change in the Hiring Process: Cover Letters, Interview Follow-up, and Salary Transparency
Recently, a Reddit user asked fellow users on the platform, “What social custom needs to be retired?” Many of the top answers pertained to work and jobs. … Read more
5 Avoidable Interviewing Mistakes
The best way to solve a problem is to keep it from happening. By avoiding common mistakes, we can avert all kinds of problems, including those of the … Read more
8 Proven Strategies to Attract and Retain Job Candidates on the Autism Spectrum
Here are several strategies for attracting and retaining autistic job candidates, based on my experience working as a job recruiter and community manager … Read more
Using Incentives to Attract Interviewees — Don’t Miss This Trend
If you are having difficulty getting prospects to interview, join the trend of offering qualified candidates incentives for interviewing or job acceptance. … Read more
3 Questions to Evaluate a Candidate’s Emotional Intelligence
When looking to fill an open position, a lot of factors go into the screening process for the perfect candidate. You want someone who has relevant … Read more
A 4–step Interview System We’ve Used to Reduce Time Spent Interviewing and Time to Hire Dramatically
It’s a hot summer day and you’re watching your favorite baseball team, hotdog and beer in hand. Tie score, bases loaded, bottom of the ninth, your nemesis’ … Read more
Early Recruiting Steps Determine If Candidates Want to Work at Your Firm
Revelation! Did you know that two thirds (67 percent) of candidates decide on whether they would accept a job at a firm prior to their first interview? … Read more
Why Going With Your Gut Causes Hiring Mistakes
You’ve likely been told you can’t afford to hire the wrong person. The costs of making a bad hire are many: damage to your reputation, lost opportunities, … Read more
Improve Your Hiring Results With These Speed of Hire Tips
Many recruiting leaders are not aware that “the magic bullet” in recruiting is improving your speed of hire. Hiring faster improves your quality of hire … Read more
How to Hire Salespeople Who Know How to Sell
One of the hardest and most stressful hires to make is a salesperson. An interview with a prospective sales hire is a pitch. He’s pitching you to win the … Read more
Adopt Same-Day Hiring or Lose Your Top Candidates With Multiple Offers
Heads up: you are probably unwittingly damaging your firm’s hiring results. Slow hiring during periods of record low employment means that top candidates … Read more
Employers Aren’t All That Interested in Artificial Intelligence (Yet)
For all the talk and commentary dedicated to artificial intelligence in our industry, you’d think adoption and interest would be hockey-sticking to … Read more