Posts tagged: Finding Top Talent

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 »

3 Guarantees To Recruiter-Proof Your Best Talent

As recruiters for more than 30 years, my partner Barry Deutsch and I have intuitively known why every now and then a potential candidate we try to recruit says to us, “Thanks for the call, but I really like my position.”  Until last year though, we have never actually validated those reasons. Last year I [...]

Monday January 17th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 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 , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Who’s On Your List to Recruit?

One of my favorite authors, Seth Godin, recently posted an article on his blog related to hiring. He posed the question that when you have a need “Who’s on your list?” Seth made the following point in an example where he referenced Francis Ford Coppola and Al Pacino working together: Ask any successful director for [...]

Thursday January 6th, 2011 in , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Why and How LinkedIn Can Bring More Than Just Top Talent To Your Company

LinkedIn is one of the social media sites that maybe as misunderstood as Twitter. CEO’s and key executives constantly ask me why they should be using either one. They haven’t been able to grasp the impact these can have on their company. The CEO or key executive doesn’t have to actually use either of them, [...]

Monday November 22nd, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , , | No 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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