Sometimes the pain around finding top talent is excruciating. All too frequently, companies run ads, do a little networking, attend a few job fairs, and hope the very best candidates drop into their laps over the next 30-60 days. How often does this really happen? Then 60 days later they run the same ad again.

Benjamin Franklin called this the Definition of Insanity. Don't keep doing the same thing over and over hoping for different results. Do the following symptoms describe the sensation your experiencing around frustration and desperation in finding top talent:

you’re close to pulling some of your hair out (perhaps clumps are already lying on the floor)

you’re considering hiring whoever is at the door just to get it over with

your boss is breathing down your neck everyday asking where are the new candidates

you haven't had a day off in weeks because you're picking up the slack of the open position

For those executives currently facing excruciating pain around finding top talent, we assembled a set of steps that will begin to move you down the path of fin