8 Traits of Successful Recruiting Leaders

What makes a person an outstanding recruiting leader?  Is it the ability to set a vision, develop a strategy, or manage a budget? Or is it something much less visible and subtler?I believe that leadership is not something we are born with, although we may have a...

Eliminating Wasteful Recruiting

Recruiting is a wasteful process – filled with inefficiencies and administrivia. In lean manufacturing, waste is defined as any non-value added process. Value-add means it actually improves or moves a process to the next step with maximum speed and quality.In...

Candidates Get No Respect

Sharon had been through seven interviews, taken a coding test, and had developed what she thought was a good relationship with the prospective hiring manager. Sam, her recruiter connection, assured her the manager was excited about her joining his team she had the...

Does The Source of Hire Matter?

Hint: It’s DoubtfulWhere do the best performers come from?  Is there a particular type of candidate that is more often successful and more often regarded as a high performer than other types? Many writers and speakers on recruiting make a case for hiring only...

The Advantages of RPO

A White paperI am sharing a white paper I recently wrote for Cielo on the advantages of RPO.I outline the many benefits of switching all or part of your internal recruitment to RPO. Some of these benefits include better technology, speed of presenting qualified...

Measuring The Quality of Hire

And Why You Really Can’tWhat do you mean when you say Quality of Hire? How do you measure it?One of the most difficult aspects of creating a metric of any kind is having a precise, clear, and measurable definition. And here is where the challenge lies when...

The Interview is a Poor Assessment Tool

Recruiters and hiring managers love interviews.  I have never been sure why that’s the case, but it seems to satisfy a human need for social connection and relationship. There is nothing wrong with either of those, but are they legitimate ways to assess whether or not...

Simplify Selection

Thoughts on Accelerated SelectionOur complex and time-consuming current interviewing and selection practices have done little to improve retention or productivity. The failure speaks loudly. The data shows that 49 percent of new hires fail within 18 months. Of these,...