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 … Read more
This Big Fish Swims Fast to Bring ‘Experience of a Lifetime’ to Vail Resorts
David Reed is the VP of global talent at Vail Resorts, the premier mountain resort company with a simple mission: “Experience of a Lifetime.” That … Read more
The Only Speed Metric You Need
Over the past two years, I’ve spent a good amount of time talking to companies about their metrics, and while most companies don’t have good data, almost … Read more
The Future of Hiring Is Quality of Hire
The function responsible for identifying, engaging, and bringing talent into an organization has lived under a variety of names over the decades, ranging … Read more
Rewire Your Brain to Present Talent-acquisition Metrics Differently
People, I am sure you have read enough posts about metrics that state “predictive analytics” is the pinnacle of the mountain we must aspire to as a … Read more
Average Time to fill Takes Big Drop In May. But Is It Temporary?
It took an average of 27.6 working days to fill a job in May, according to the latest data from career site publisher DHI Group. That’s the fewest … Read more
Without Metrics, Weak Onboarding Will Neutralize Your Recruiting Results
Think about it for a minute. You devote thousands of dollars and hundreds of management hours to recruiting, and as a result, you land a great candidate. … Read more
The Top 7 Ways to Get Hiring Managers to Devote More Time to Recruiting
Of all of the contributing factors that lead to success in recruiting, the hiring manager has the highest overall impact. For example, one study found that … Read more
Open Letter to the CEO and CHRO: You’re Disconnected On Talent Priorities.
Dear Mr/s CEO and CHRO, I needed to send you this important note after reading all those McKinsey and Gartner “What are the CEO’s … Read more
Who Wants to Be a Recruiting Metric-Aire?
If you’ve been in HR for any amount of time, you know that people want to hear about metrics. Whether it’s a vendor telling you about their metric heavy … Read more
Impress Your CEO by Focusing on the Things They Care About
Contrasting the Factors That CEOs Focus On, With Those That Garner Little Interest One of the reasons why talent managers continually strive to become more … Read more
Tell Me the Talent-acquisition Metrics You Invented (Even the Bad Ones)
As Jessie Garcia and I were prepping for our leadership workshop at the Spring ERE Conference in San Diego on April 18, we had a spirited discussion around … Read more
Facing a Shortage of Candidates? Discover and Use the Right ‘Attraction Factors’
They call it talent attraction for a reason. Because, obviously, the primary role of the function is to literally “attract” the very best candidates. But … Read more
Fast to Hire and Quicker to Inspire: How to Help Managers Speed Up Employee Selection
Hiring is one of the most important tasks done by leaders in your organization. When they get it right, their job (and yours) is made easier. When they get … Read more
The Top 10 Strategic HR and TA Metrics That CEOs Want to See
Unfortunately, most of those who create metrics in HR and recruiting don’t really understand the strategic mindset of CEOs. And, as a result, the metrics … Read more
Why CEOs Don’t Act on Talent Metrics — No Trend Lines, $ Impacts, or Prescriptive Actions
Talent metrics have been a miserable failure! They don’t drive executives to act because they are not forward-looking and they don’t prescribe the needed … Read more
3 Steps to Become a Metrics-Driven Recruiter
How much does your company spend on agency hires? What are your most valuable recruiting channels? How much budget have you slated for emergency … Read more
3 Ways You Can Measure the Quality of a Hire
CEB, after exhaustive research, concludes that 20 percent of new hires are “regretted decisions.” If this is true, why aren’t more companies testing … Read more
Human Capital Is Their No. 1 Challenge, So CEOs Must Demand More From HR!
A recent survey of global CEOs and board chairmen was conducted by the prestigious Conference Board, and it concluded once again that human capital is the … Read more
We’re Taking the Plunge and Hiring an Analytics Leader
You might have seen my comment on Raghav Singh’s article about Monster’s fall. I said: “The better companies get at analyzing and using … Read more