How To Keep Your Job… As A Recruiter (Factors that make you indispensable during recruiter layoffs)
I’ve advised recruiters during 8 different hiring downturns on how to avoid being laid off. Unfortunately, today, I am...
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Recruiting Opportunity Of The Decade – My “I Told You So” Update (Target the DOGE talent pool today)
Last year, I predicted a unique recruiting opportunity that’s now a reality. Because today… I estimate that the DOGE...
Improving Your Recruiting Results By Updating Your Sourcing Metrics (A checklist of what to fix)
Blame sourcing and its metrics when you’re not getting top candidates. It is increasingly important to focus on the...
Reneging On Offers – A Growing Recruiting Nightmare
Imagine your anger when, after a 3-month search, a finalist who said yes accepts a last-minute competing offer. Ouch!...
Why The “Need-On-Date” Is The Best Time-Based Recruiting Metric (And why the “time to fill” metric is misleading)
This article is in response to a recent social media discussion on the use of the “time to fill”...
Why Haven’t You Thanked Your Recruiter? (Because you wouldn’t have gotten the job without them)
Few things are as impactful as landing a good job, so why not thank your recruiter for their help?...
Hire Managers That Excel At Execution… Because They Create Huge Business Impacts (The hiring of team/project managers is critical for strategic execution)
I’ve found that a hidden key to overall corporate success is the effective hiring of project managers. Why? They...
“Tis The Season” To Be Recruiting (Recruit in December when the competition is low)
With an abundance of candidates and little competition, the best actively recruit during December. Corporate sales or marketing leaders...
Recruiting Opportunity Of The Decade – Target Anxious Federal Employees (Who might leave because of pending position and budget cuts)
Beat your talent competitors by being the first to implement a federal employee recruitment program. And take advantage of...
Turn Your Boring Job Posts Into Talent Magnets – Using Advertising Science (The complete guide to compelling job posts)
Job posts have an astonishing 90% failure rate because less than 10% of those who view a post actually...
Increase Applications – Also Post Your Jobs On Frequently Visited Online Sites (In addition to placing them on job boards)
Post jobs on sites that your top employees visit because top candidates likely visit them, too. There is so...
Recruiting Videos – Reveal The Excitement & Passion In Your Team (Team-level smartphone videos can boost applications by 34%)
Stop keeping the excitement in your team a secret by revealing it in smartphone recruiting videos. Add them because...
Reference Checking – Simple Steps For Making Yours Better (The complete guide to accurate reference checking)
If you can’t afford to hire a single candidate who has lied about their experience or credentials, you must...
The Best External Sourcing Channel – Association Officers (Ask industry association officers for names)
Professional association officers know emerging industry-wide talent better than anyone. This extensive talent knowledge is accessible to them because...
Stop Hiring Candidates “You’d Like To Have A Beer With” (And other dinosaur recruiting practices to stop using)
After 25 years as a TA leader, I admit that we use many recruiting practices that are simply silly. ...
Improve Your Interviews With Five Easy Additions (And identify top candidates faster)
Unstructured interviews don’t predict very well, so add a little structure in 5 key areas. It’s a fact that...
Invited Open Houses – The Best Way To Sell Exceptional Candidates (They work by involving the entire team in the selling effort)
The best candidates will only join a great team, and open houses excel at revealing why a team is...
Back to the Future: A 2024 HR Technology Conference Preview Post
In a world where the only constant is change, there’s something inherently reassuring about an event that’s more or...