Structuring the offer for a college graduate these days has become complex. More of them they have choices of employers and many offers and can be very … Read more
Instead Of The Cost Of Hire?Measure The Cost Of A Bad Hire
If your company has a turnover of 20% per year and all of your new hires are mediocre, it will only take 5 years for all of your entire workforce to be … Read more
So Many Sites, So Little Money: Thinking Strategically About Your Recruiting Plan
In Part I of this series (published on December 10 — before the snow, tornadoes, floods, ice storms, and flu season) we covered alternative ways of … Read more
The Web of Influence: Building On-Campus Relationships
Last week we discussed how important it is to create a brand image for your organization on campus. Equally important, is building long-term relationships … Read more
Stop Worrying About The Cost Per Hire – A “Better Metric” Is The Quality Of Hire
I hear HR professionals say they want to be strategic but often their actions indicate otherwise. Take the all too commonly used “cost per … Read more
Creating a “Brand”
Let’s face it; most of us who do recruiting are not very good at marketing. We may be relatively good salespeople and we may know how to close a … Read more
World Class College Recruiting: How is it Different From Other Recruiting?
Did you know that the average male college graduate got 2.65 offers and the average female graduate got 2.53 offers last year? Did you know that fewer than … Read more
Becoming an Employer of Choice – Part II
FIRST STEPS IN BECOMING AN EMPLOYER OF CHOICE (EOC) Do a preliminary survey of top management to identify possible support or resistance. Read more
Becoming an “Employer of Choice”
Have a shortage of candidates? An “Employer of Choice” (EOC) like HP, for example may get as many as 1,000 resumes a day! Becoming an EOC … Read more
“Intraplacement”: Reduce Retention Problems By Increasing The Internal Movement Of Your Employees
Intraplacement is a dynamic process that uses the tools and strategies of external search and applies them to internal candidates. Internal candidates are … Read more