Ever wonder why the smartest person on your team is not necessarily the best team player? Have you been trying to put your finger on what makes your … Read more
Your Job Postings Aren’t Attracting Top Applicants, and a Simple Test Will Prove It
You simply can’t catch trophy fish with weak bait, and similarly, you can’t attract quality candidates with dull and ineffective job post descriptions. But … Read more
Hiring Managers Think Recruiters Are Getting Worse – Here’s What To Do About It
The topic of my talk at the ERE conference in New Orleans this fall is “Using Data to Drive a Consultative, Proactive Talent-Acquisition Function.” … Read more
The Key Operational Components of an Effective Talent Pipeline
Let’s face reality: most sourcing efforts are extremely rushed. As a result, there is a high probability that in key jobs, your sourcing effort will … Read more
4 Steps to Make Campus Recruitment a More Data-driven Program
Let’s move beyond the “two-years experience required” for entry-level jobs generation of job ads, and talk about how to actually insert … Read more
The Many Benefits From a Talent Pipeline – And How It Improves Quality of Hire
If you’re looking for a powerful strategic recruiting approach that has powerful long-term impacts, you really only have two choices: employer branding, … Read more
The 7 Pillars of Successful People Analytics Implementation
Gone are the days when finding a job involved walking into a business with a WordPerfect resume in hand. Prior to social media networking, cloud, mobile … Read more
Your Talent Pipeline Needs a Roto-Router Because It’s Not Producing
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
6 Steps to Analyze Post-Hire Data and Improve Your Recruitment Marketing Efforts
Recruiting doesn’t end once you’ve made your hire. Valuable post-hire data exists if you know where to look and what to do with it. It’s not enough for … Read more
Move Over Marketing, Recruitment Is Also Engineering
Good decision making is essential in talent acquisition and employer branding, and it does not happen by accident. It requires a reasoned choice among … Read more