Posts tagged: Finding Top Talent

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 »

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 , , , , , | No Comments »

We Have Jobs – Where Are All Of The Candidates?

Q. We thought with unemployment as high as it is we wouldn’t have any problem finding people. However, the opposite seems to be happening. We get a lot of resumes, but the people are not the right fit, they don’t have the right experience or skills, and often aren’t even close to what we are [...]

Thursday October 6th, 2011 in , , , , , , | 7 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 »

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 »

Reducing Turnover Without An HR Department

Question:  We have a lot of turnover, what would you suggest to help reduce it? We don’t have an HR department. In our experience, turnover generally starts with a bad hire. A bad hire often starts by not properly defining the job and limited sourcing techniques that don’t bring the best candidates to you. One [...]

Thursday June 9th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

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 »

10 Mistakes Companies Make When Hiring Recruiters

This entry is part 1 of 3 in the series 10 Mistake When Hiring A Recruiter

This will be a series in which I discuss what research showed to be the ten biggest mistakes companies make when working with recruiters. This doesn’t mean recruiters don’t make mistakes. The purpose of the series is to assist companies in getting the most value when selecting or using a recruiter. I’m regularly asked about [...]

Tuesday February 1st, 2011 in , , , , , , | No Comments »
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