A comprehensive name-capturing guide for identifying who should be in your recruiting pipeline Let’s get straight to the point: having an external … Read more
Outrageous Talent Practices – They Grab the Attention of Top Talent
If you’re battling to recruit and retain top talent, you must have talent practices that go beyond the mundane in order to get their attention. And if you … Read more
Today Is the ‘Right Day’ to Raid Volkswagen for Its Top Talent
Unless you have had your head in the sand, you are aware that Volkswagen is in serious trouble because it appears that it tampered with pollution control … Read more
Sourcing Hacks – Are Your Hiring Managers Overthinking Resumes?
Does this Sourcing story sound familiar? You conduct a targeted search for non-active prospects, reach out using your favorite medium, and get an excellent … Read more
There Is No Talent or Skills Shortage if You Can Recruit Talent Away From Your Competitors
Recruiting is just like fishing. You may think that there is a shortage of fish, when the real problem is where you fish and what bait you use! I simply … Read more
Grow a Pair — Treat Other Firms as Your ‘Farm Teams’ and as Part of Your Talent Pipeline
I get frustrated with recruiting leaders that continually say that they want to be bold and strategic but they end up actually taking only minor actions. … Read more
Lessons in the Karma of Recruiting
Today’s Roundup (you do remember Roundup, don’t you?) is about recruiting karma. Not yet another reprise of those stories about great people … Read more
The Best Sources for Identifying ‘Passives’ … or How to Find “Not-Looking Top Prospects’
In a related companion article last week, I highlighted why using the term “passive candidate” or “passive job seeker” was inappropriate and I proposed a … Read more
Sourcing Revelation — Work Anniversaries Are the Best Time to Recruit Employed Prospects
Rather than being data-driven, I have found that most recruiters and sourcers contact employed prospects almost randomly on a trial-and-error basis. … Read more
The Power Has Shifted to the Candidate, So Current Recruiting Practices Will Stop Working
Areas where recruiting must change during 2015 If you are frustrated because your recruiting approaches are no longer producing great results, you will be … Read more