A Referral Program That Actually Increases Diversity… Requires These Design Features
With a data-driven design, employee referrals can be your #1 source for diversity (Forget that old wife’s tale). Realize...
Tag: recruiting strategy
Think of Talent Retention Like You Think of Customer Retention
The expression, you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone is all too true in employee retention. Far...
Generating Referrals From Team Members For Team Jobs – A How-To Guide
Corporate referral results are usually limited by design flaws, so supplement them with team-generated referrals. Unfortunately, few team leaders...
Recruiting Practices That Are, And Deserve To Be Fading Into History
There are 8 common recruiting practices that are becoming obsolete, just as newspaper ads and application forms did years...
Mispronouncing The Names Of Diverse Candidates – A Stealth Diversity Killer
Mutilating unusual names may seem inconsequential, but it hurts diversity hiring, both now and in the future. In today’s...
Interview Trick – Excite Candidates By Adding A “Feedback Minute”
A minute of positive feedback can instantly make an ordinary interview memorable! Let’s face it, in today’s challenging recruiting...
Death By Interview – Another Stealth Killer Of Recruiting Results
Excess interviews frustrate candidates, but they don’t improve hiring decisions. Of course, most have heard about the candidate experience....
Top 8 Diversity Killers – Stealth Assessment Areas That Hurt Diversity Hiring
The diverse are often dropped after failing assessments on minor factors, not because of overt discrimination during hiring. Yes,...
Your Job Offer Process Needs Upgrading… So More Finalists Will Say Yes
Credit: Pixabay What’s wrong with most job offer development processes? Almost everything! In fact, the job offer development process...
Your Job Offer Process Needs Upgrading… So More Finalists Will Say Yes (Part 1 of 2 parts)
What’s wrong with most job offer development processes? Almost everything! In fact, the job offer development process at most...
The August Numbers are In…. It’s not looking good!
The US economy created the fewest jobs in seven months in August as the hiring stalled in the leisure...
Need Applicants? Fear Of Covid Is The #1 Cause Of Applicant Resistance
Realize that recruitment messaging can mitigate this “fear of contracting COVID.” There’s no need to be subtle here. Understand...
Losing Your Fight For Talent? – Shift To A “War For Talent” Strategy
It’s naïve to think you’ll win a talent war without the elements of a war strategy. I am continually...
It’s “The Right Time” To Raid Texas… For Its Tech And Diversity Talent
“Right time recruiting” targets states at a time when they are struggling. This Article Advocates The Use Of The...
Top 3 Strategies for Hiring in a Tight Talent Market
This year has proven to be full of surprises: ongoing issues with COVID, confusing recruiting statistics and a labor...
Recent Resignation Data Shows Some Interesting Trends
My friends at Visier and Emsi released a report earlier this year focused on resignations and remote work. It...
Tell Job Applicants The Odds Of Success – A Small First Step Toward Recruiting Honesty
Getting a job at Google can be 10X harder than getting into Harvard! Like most corporations, Google keeps its...
Want more candidates? Treat them like a VIP
In a survey conducted by Talent Board North America, candidates said the top three reasons they withdrew from the...
Does Inflation have an Effect on Recruiting?
Many leaders are keeping an eye on rising inflation and the potential impact on hiring and retaining staff in...
Spend More… Not Less On Cost Per Hire – And Instead Focus On Hiring Results
CEOs often cited recruiting as their #1 strategic challenge, yet HR’s response is to cut hiring costs? I can...