Category: Hiring and Retention Trends

Your Reputation Can Impact Hiring Top Talent

We were retained to conduct a search for a VP of Marketing. The position had been open for more than six months, during which time the company had interviewed ten people who showed little interest in the position or the company. In fact, one offer had been turned down. At first glance this seemed strange, [...]

Thursday December 8th, 2011 in Hiring and Retention Trends, Retaining Top Talent, Success Factor Methodology | No Comments »

Stopping Recruiters From Taking Your People

Q. Our industry is one that is actually growing during this recession.  Some of my people are getting calls from recruiters offering them new positions. We can’t afford to lose anyone at this time. Is there any way to keep recruiters away from my people? The short answer is no. Good recruiters are as good [...]

Thursday August 25th, 2011 in Finding Candidates, Hiring and Retention Trends, Recruiters | No Comments »

Sabbatical From Writing

Brad and I are back after a month-long sabbatical where we’ve been working diligently preparing for 2011. Contrary to popular opinion, we did not spend December with our feet up on the desk kicking back in Southern California. We’ve been working hard to improve our entire on-line presence. We’ve got an overwhelming number of new [...]

Thursday January 6th, 2011 in Hiring and Retention Trends, Hiring Mistakes | No Comments »

Do Your Employees Trust You?

In numerous studies, surveys, and research, employees indicate over and over that trusting their immediate supervisor is one of the most important elements of their job satisfaction. Can you honestly say that your direct reports trust you? Do their direct reports trust them? How do you know? Do you cross your fingers hoping they trust [...]

Tuesday November 23rd, 2010 in Hiring and Retention Trends, Non-monetary rewards | 2 Comments »

Who Is Responsible For Hiring Top Talent In Your Company?

Was your answer HR or the hiring manager? I typically ask this question in our hiring workshops, seminars and Vistage presentations to CEOs and key executives. The answers are generally either HR or the hiring manager. Both of which I disagree with. I believe hiring top talent in any organization falls squarely on the CEO’s [...]

Thursday September 30th, 2010 in Finding Candidates, Hiring and Retention Trends, Hiring Methodology or Process, Hiring Mistakes | 3 Comments »

What Role Does Luck Play When Hiring Sales People?

If you’re praying that luck will help – you’re doomed to mediocre and average hires. Improve the probability of hiring top talent in your sales function. Barry and Brad discuss the elements of a rigorous hiring process for ensuring that you’ll hire top-notch sales professionals. Components discussed in this radio program include finding and recruiting [...]

Thursday September 16th, 2010 in Finding Candidates, Hiring and Retention Trends, Hiring Frustrations, Hiring Mistakes | No Comments »

Not All Reference Checks Say Good Things – 54% Have Received Bad References

I was recently facilitating our, You’re NOT The Person I Hired, workshop with CEOs and key executives. As is often the case, the subject of reference checking came up. Most in the audience tended to agree that checking references is a waste of time. After all, candidates only give references they are sure will say [...]

Tuesday June 22nd, 2010 in Hiring and Retention Trends, Hiring Mistakes, Reference Checking, Validation and Verification | No Comments »

Recruiters Don’t Steal People, Managers Lose People

So often recruiters are accused of  “stealing your best employee.”  While it is true that we do present opportunities to your employees, the fact is, we don’t steal them. To the amazement of most recruiters, the vast majority of the time the employee already has a resume prepared and ready to go. All we do [...]

Thursday March 25th, 2010 in Finding Candidates, Hiring and Retention Trends, Hiring Mistakes, Retaining Top Talent | 1 Comment »

Preparing Your Organization Now For The Recovery: How to Tap into Your Best Resource Part 2

“The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.” La Rochefoucauld In part one, we focused on issues that come up with communication and we will delve further into this complex subject. We knew one organization that placed a very high performing accounting coordinator into a [...]

Tuesday February 23rd, 2010 in Hiring and Retention Trends, Retaining Top Talent | No Comments »

Preparing Your Organization Now For The Recovery: How to Tap into Your Best Resource Part 1

“The glory of great men should always be measured by the means they have used to acquire it.” La Rochefoucauld Communication has come so far over the years. In less than a split second, we can send emails to thirty different people around the world and everyone will receive the same data. Yet the most [...]

Monday February 22nd, 2010 in Hiring and Retention Trends, Retaining Top Talent | No Comments »
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