Most have never heard of “stranger candidates.” However, most firms hire almost exclusively from a group of candidates who they knew nothing about before … Read more
Adopt Same-Day Hiring or Lose Your Top Candidates With Multiple Offers
Heads up: you are probably unwittingly damaging your firm’s hiring results. Slow hiring during periods of record low employment means that top candidates … Read more
Sourcing Different – The Referral Tree
Referrals are some of the best resources on the market. Someone always knows someone, and with a referral, the key to success is closer than ever. … Read more
Creative Ways to Build your Employee Referral Pipeline
The sourcing and recruitment community continues to see an overwhelming influx of new technologies, techniques, and theories on how to attract and retain … Read more
Sourcing and Employee Referrals
As sourcers we almost never think about employee referrals, but I would suggest it is time to reconsider that position. There are a few reasons for this. … Read more
Indeed.com Survey: Here’s Why People Don’t Share Your Job Openings on Social Media
Employee referral programs are consistently at the top of the source-of-hire list. Refer a friend to your employer, and if they get hired, you get paid. … Read more
We Asked 145 Companies About Their Referral Programs. Here’s What We Learned
If you’ve ever had to fight an internal battle to get an employee referral bonus approved, this post is for you. Referrals and networking are the … Read more
WOW Hiring Managers by Projecting a Candidate’s Performance and Promotion Trajectories
Imagine a recruiting session with your hiring manager where you are selecting from among three finalists who all seem to be about equal in their required … Read more
Building an Advanced Talent Acquisition Function Today — People and TA Structures (Part 1 of 3)
I wrote an article not too long ago called What does an advanced talent acquisition function look like?, and received a fair few calls about it. A lot of … Read more
High Volume Sourcing Success
For anyone who’s had the distinct pleasure of sourcing for high volume industries such as manufacturing, call centers, or retail, they know it’s an … Read more