The Five Disciplines

An Holistic Approach to Changing RecruitmentSystems thinking is the ability to integrate the critical elements of a function and understand how each impacts the other. A good example of a smoothly operating system is an automobile. All of its parts work together, and...

A Open Letter To Hiring Managers

Five Tips to Help Hire Better PeopleDear Hiring Manager:You probably only hire a handful of people each year, and your recruiter usually does a reasonable job of finding qualified candidates for you. Sure, sometimes you get frustrated because she can’t seem to find...

How to Make Recruiting Networks Valuable

The Potentially Most Powerful Tool You Can BuildThe Most Valuable NetworkThe most valuable network I could imagine would help me attract well-qualified potential candidates. It would ultimately lead me to people I could place with less energy and time. Anything else...

The Theory of Constraints Applied to Recruiting

Finding & Removing Recruiting BottlenecksMore than three decades ago, Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt wrote a seminal book, The Theory of Constraints. The concept is simple: every system has a constraint, which limits the system’s output.If we think of recruiting as a...

What's Your Firm's Culture and Talent Philosophy

We All Have One But May Not Know What It IsYears ago, when I was recruiting for the semiconductor industry, managers frequently insisted on hiring graduates of MIT, Cal Poly, or similar top-rated engineering schools. They equated excellent schools with outstanding...

How the Best Onboarding Programs Work

And Why They Are CriticalOnboarding is the best way to ensure that those you have spent so much time attracting and wooing decide to stay with you.Organizations are devoting more time to the on-boarding process and employing more creative and exciting techniques to...

Recruiting is All About Relationships

And About Building Them with TechnologyTechnology is not just a tool to manage information or make life easier it is a tool to create and channel relationships between people, businesses, and employees. Way back in 1999, Kevin Kelly, author of the book “New Rules for...

Our Talent Supply Chain Sucks

Think Like a Supply Chain ManagerRecruiters rarely think about recruiting as a supply chain, yet it is one, and it is as critical as any other. The talent shortage is as much a result of the lack of a well thought out talent supply strategy and strategic thinking as...