Posts tagged: finding people

How Many Interviews Should It Take To Hire Someone?

Q. How many interviews should a company have when hiring someone? Our company has 9 or 10 people meet the candidate. Some candidates complain it is too long. Is there a normal number of interviews before hiring someone? It isn’t the quantity of the interviews but the quality of the interviews that counts.  When jointly [...]

Thursday January 12th, 2012 in , , , , , | No Comments »

It Is Harder To Find People When Unemployment Is High. Here’s Why.

Q. We have run ads on the job boards for two manager level positions and only received about 30 resumes. We expected to have more resumes than we could review in a reasonable time frame.  There has to be a good reason for such a low response rate. For years when we were hiring for [...]

Thursday December 29th, 2011 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

How To Lower Your Risk When Hiring Salespeople

Q. We hire sales reps to be out in the field. Some are not even in Southern California. Hiring successful salespeople seems to be the most difficult hiring we do. How can we ensure they aren’t just selling us in the interview? This is one of the most asked questions I receive from my clients. [...]

Thursday December 22nd, 2011 in , , , , , , , | No Comments »

How You Can Expand The Pool To Find Qualified Candidates

Q. How can we improve our advertising so it expands the pool of candidates we attract? Most company’s job advertisements actually turn off many candidates which results in a very small pool of candidates to choose from. If you want to expand the pool of candidates your ads attract, you probably need to change your [...]

Thursday September 15th, 2011 in , , , , | No Comments »

Solving The NUMBER One Hiring Problem Can Be Done

The number one hiring problem is untrained people. Most people have never had any formal training on hiring. This is especially true in mid to small companies. Even many large organizations don’t train managers on this topic. Some companies may provide interviewing training, but that is only one step in an effective hiring methodology. There [...]

Thursday August 11th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Why Skills And Experience Are Irrelevant When Hiring

One reason hiring fails is because people focus on the person’s skills and experience, and then if everyone likes the person, they are the right person and will be successful. This is not true.  I have asked thousands of CEOs and key executives if they have ever hired someone with an excellent resume, that had [...]

Thursday August 4th, 2011 in , , , , | 23 Comments »

How To Shorten The Time It Takes To Hire

Q. We are a mid-size company that doesn’t hire that often. It seems that when we want to hire it takes a long time just to find qualified candidates. Is there a way to shorten the time it takes to hire someone? Hiring fast rarely includes hiring the very best. The best way to shorten [...]

Thursday July 14th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Caution – Using Online Information To Not Hire Someone

Q:  Is there a legal problem if a company looks online, and then uses this information as part of a no-hire decision? This is one of the hottest topics for many companies right now. Most companies are using the Internet in some form to check out candidates before they hire someone. I would suggest checking [...]

Friday May 27th, 2011 in , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Ten Mistakes Using Recruiters (Mistakes 10, 9, 8)

This entry is part 2 of 3 in the series 10 Mistake When Hiring A Recruiter

Over the years, we’ve heard a lot of frustration from our clients regarding recruiters. Many of them indicated that using a recruiter feels like throwing money down the drain. Much of the frustration executives experience with recruiters stems from initial mistakes made in hiring the recruiter. We undertook an in-depth survey project conducted over a [...]

Saturday February 5th, 2011 in , , , , , | 2 Comments »

A+B+C = Top Talent. Defining A,B,C.

Top talent = doing the right things, the right way, the first time + ability to get the most from others + intuitive ability to think and work strategically. Looking deeper into this equation: A) Do the right things, the right way, the first time deals with the tactical functions of the job. The basic [...]

Wednesday November 17th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »
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