How Your Flawed Reference Checking Is Causing Numerous Bad Hires (Part 2 – The remaining process flaws)
Pick one: reference checks suck, or they are the perfect scam. Even though everyone uses them, there is no...
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How Your Flawed Reference Checking Process Is Causing Numerous Bad Hires Part 1
Cheating on reference checks is at an all-time high. To slow this trend, this article provides a scannable list...
Corporate Recruiters – Why Aren’t You Rewarded For Exceptional Results?
“Recruiting is just sales with a crummy budget.” So why haven’t recruiting leaders learned a lesson about incentives from...
Corporate Recruiters – Why Aren’t You Rewarded For Exceptional Results?
“Recruiting is just sales with a crummy budget.” So why haven’t recruiting leaders learned a lesson about incentives from...
It’s Easier Than You Think… To Name The Best Employee In Your Industry (A recruiting tip from “Deadliest Catch”)
I never had TV-hiring tips until Freddy was labeled as the best worker in his industry. Like most recruiters,...
How To Hire LeBron James (And Exceptional Corporate Talent) Every Time!
LeBron was recently recruited using a dream job offer, where the money offered him clearly came last in importance....
CEOs Are Competitive – So Winning Head-To-Head Recruiting Battles Impresses Them
CEOs track every battle with competitors, except recruiting! Yes, in my experience, CEOs are competitive. (Let me correct that:...
Complementary Recruiting – The NFL Shows How To Maximize Collaboration
As the NFL season is about to begin, I wonder how many of those in recruiting have heard of...
What Is The Most Effective Hiring Source, And Why Aren’t You Prioritizing It?
Referrals are the most effective sourcing channel. And among all referrals, those from top performers are the absolute best....
Referrals From New-Hires – Another Hidden Talent Pool
When new-hire referrals are ignored, wait 3 months to request them. Yes, most are surprised that a simple 3-month...
New-Hire Turnover Has Risen To An Alarming Level – How To Stop The Pain
Last year, new-hire turnover jumped a whopping 15%! So everyone involved in hiring should take notice. This type of...
The Business Impacts From Fast Hiring (Why you should adopt a first-to-offer strategy)
Being late to make an offer guarantees you an ugly prom date! And the only way to ensure that...
Focus On Candidates With A Strong Interest In Your Company (A checklist for improving your candidate screening)
Ignore spammed resumes; focus on highly interested candidates. Unfortunately, it’s not unusual for 75% of today’s received resumes to...
Tips For Hiring Next-Gen Talent (Reducing interview rejections due to weak social skills)
A record 1 in 3 under-35 adults lived with their parents in 2025. So, lacking a proper handshake, Liam...
Clickbait Recruiting – Takeaways From This Powerful Attention-Grabbing Tool
Most struggle to get the attention of applicants. Clickbaiting may be the answer! Unfortunately, a great deal of recruitment...
Talent Lessons From The NY Knicks (How to recruit like a champion)
If you knew their secrets, you could recruit like a champion too! Even though the recent success of the...
5 Powerful Reasons For Recruiting During The Summer (Using the “best time” strategy)
Surprisingly, summer months rank in the top 5 of applicant volume. And during 2025, the summer months of August,...
Vacation Area Recruiting – “I Love This Area, I Wish We Could Live Here Year-Round”
How often have you heard the “I wish we could stay here” phrase while you were on a vacation...
The Costliest Failure In Recruiting – “Settling” For The Number 2 Candidate
You won’t hire a number 2 candidate for a critical job after you discover the high cost of settling....
Competitor Talent Mapping – A Powerful Recruiting Tool That No One Uses (Despite its numerous benefits)
Competitor talent mapping identifies the best recruiting targets at your competitors. This competitive intelligence approach’s strength is identifying top...