When it comes to closing top candidates, your own employees are the best salespeople. Top recruiting leaders already know the tremendous value that a firm receives when it lands even a single superstar recruit. In addition to outstanding performance and…
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Poor Recruiting Is Killing Retail — the Top 12 Tips for Stopping the Pain
The biggest threat to retail isn’t Amazon. It’s poor recruiting! Skeptical? Well, look no further than the recent announcement that the famous and profitable Napa Valley restaurant Terra is closing because “we can’t get staff.” If you work in retail,…
Another Employee-referral Platform Is Going Bye-Bye
I wrote about Indeed’s dip into the referral program business back in September 2016 with a post entitled We Are All Recruiters Thanks to Indeed Crowd. Unfortunately for Indeed, it looks like there weren’t enough people wanting to become amateur…
Boomerangs — The No. 1 Solution for Reducing the Need to Hire ‘Stranger Candidates’
Most have never heard of “stranger candidates.” However, most firms hire almost exclusively from a group of candidates who they knew nothing about before they applied to your firm (aka strangers). Because strangers can easily fool you, I have found…
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 will be gone long before you make an offer. In fact, a CareerBuilder 2012 survey revealed that…
Indeed.com Survey: Here’s Why People Don’t Share Your Job Openings on Social Media
Employee referral programs are consistently at the top of the source-of-hire list. Refer a friend to your employer, and if they get hired, you get paid. For over a decade, startups hoping to capitalize on this win-win-win transaction have tried…
We Asked 145 Companies About Their Referral Programs. Here’s What We Learned
If you’ve ever had to fight an internal battle to get an employee referral bonus approved, this post is for you. Referrals and networking are the undisputed best sources of hires, but it’s notoriously hard to get budget to work…
WOW Hiring Managers by Projecting a Candidate’s Performance and Promotion Trajectories
Imagine a recruiting session with your hiring manager where you are selecting from among three finalists who all seem to be about equal in their required qualifications and thus their ability to do this “current job.” And you speak up…
Building an Advanced Talent Acquisition Function Today — People and TA Structures (Part 1 of 3)
I wrote an article not too long ago called What does an advanced talent acquisition function look like?, and received a fair few calls about it. A lot of the questions were related to building (or redesigning) a talent acquisition…
Security Giant Telling Organizations They’ll Get $400 for a Hire
Allied Universal, the 150,000-employee security company hiring about 50,000 new employees over the next few months, is trying a new spin on referrals, offering money not just to employees but to organizations that may need funding. The company is the…
What Worked and Didn’t Work for Us When Quickly Building a Technical Team
Cities like Seattle, San Francisco, New York, and where we are based — Austin, Texas — are typically underserved with highly skilled engineering talent, making it difficult for large organizations to attract and retain sought after experienced engineers. As a…
It’s Time to Build a Strong Foundation of Core Fundamentals for Recruiting
I’m a big proponent of innovation in the talent acquisition space. When it comes to innovative talent-acquisition technology, I’ve been an early adopter, an implementer, a beta-tester, a power-user, and a trainer throughout my 23+ years in the profession. I’ve seen…
Need More Strategic Thinkers? Here’s How to Hire Them
What firm doesn’t need to be strategic? In fact, what could contribute more to the success of an organization in today’s fast-changing world of business than having a large cadre of strategic thinkers? As a result, CEOs would love to…
How to Throw a LinkedIn Party and Reach 100 Candidates in an Hour
Imagine a scenario where you find 100 excellent candidates in 90 minutes, and, as a bonus, you make your current employees recruiting evangelists. The one of the best way to achieve this is by throwing a LinkedIn party. What It Is The…
Dear Hiring Manager: An Open Letter
Dear Hiring Manager, I understand that you’re busy. Probably more than ever since your company has likely remained lean following the Great Recession. That’s why I’m suggesting you take on an important task. One that may seem counterintuitive. Your company…
Indeed Crowd Adds the Option to Get Paid ‘per Match’ with Amazon Gift Cards
Indeed Crowd launched August of last year, promising to reignite the pay-per-referral model that has seen so many crash and burn before it. For the world’s most popular job search site, the move seems like a natural progression to the…
Do You Work At a Dinosaur Recruiting Function? A Quick Assessment Checklist
I read an excellent think piece the other day by Kaela Wax. On her blog she stated that as an outsider, after closely studying the recruiting industry, she concluded that “My biggest takeaway: The industry is about 65 million years…
This Is What People Who Provide Employee Referrals Are Thinking
To hire exceptional talent through referrals, you have to develop empathy with referrers. Referrals are known to be the No. 1 source for hiring. Companies that hire through referrals, and execute referral programs that extend not just to their team…
Talent Shortage Problem Solved! Create a Recruiting Culture
How leaders can stop worrying about their persistent and damaging talent shortage It’s hard to find a large corporation, a tech firm, or a small business that isn’t currently suffering from a shortage of top talent with the required skills….
Recruiters: Stop Asking for Referrals and Start Giving Respect
“Find out who they know!” “Get some names!” Every recruiter has heard those or similar phrases from their manager. It is reasonable to expect a recruiter to get referrals because an important part of any recruiter’s job is to maintain…