Mostly what HR professionals are looking up online is pretty standard information about candidates, like LinkedIn recommendations. Fewer — but still … Read more
Talent Acquisition Steps That Enrage, Not Engage, Top Talent
Many employers place critical talent acquisition responsibilities into the hands of ill-equipped and oftentimes unprofessional individuals who step on … Read more
Getting Back to Basics
Recruiting is the kind of career that can be as big (or as small) as you want to make it. It’s not the kind of job you can major in at college — … Read more
20 Reasons Why Weak Managers Never Hire A-level Talent
Talent acquisition functions spend thousands of hours and millions of dollars designing processes to hire top performers, innovators, and game changers. … Read more
Timing Is Critical
“As a general rule, you should assume that time is always against you when you are trying to make a deal – any kind of deal.” Robert J. … Read more
Involve Your CEO in Selling Top Candidates
Consider this scenario: you’re trying to recruit a star in your industry, but you’re having difficulty because they are treated extremely well … Read more
Quality, Cost, or Compliance — What Drives Your Company’s Hiring Process?
I recently reread Michael Gerber’s business best seller The eMyth and found that many of the principles he suggests for growing a business apply directly … Read more
LeBron the $200 Million Hire Came From a High-Impact Hiring Strategy
There are two fundamental types of hiring strategies: high volume and high impact. Most corporate directors of recruiting think that the most common, … Read more
Pointing the Way to the Candidate Experience
What does “Candidate Experience” mean? That would seem to be an easy question. But try it and you quickly see how tricky it is to answer. The … Read more
I “FIRED” My Candidate…and Still Closed $27k
Last month, I “fired” a candidate during the interview/offer process, and I am 100% convinced the only reason I still earned the fee was because… (are you … Read more