Posts tagged: pre-screening

Losing a Top Candidate – Perception is The Only Reality. Lessons learned from 20 years on the front lines of the talent wars.

You rarely lose a top candidate at the end of the hiring process. It’s usually in steps taken along the way. In this case the client made a series of seemingly small mistakes that resulted in the candidate declining to go forward. It started simply by the hiring manager keeping the candidate waiting 30 minutes, [...]

Tuesday February 9th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Can’t Find People? They Are Hiding In Plain Sight – 3 Examples

Finding people is a consistent problem we encounter just about every time we ask CEOs or key executives what their biggest issue is when it comes to hiring. If it isn’t in the top three it is always in the top five. Yet when you ask them what their process is to find top talent [...]

Monday February 1st, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments »

Finding Top Talent in a Down Economy: It’s Still Hard Work

Just because the haystack is bigger, it doesn’t mean that there are more needles in it. There’s a misconception in the market now that finding good people is suddenly easy. HR people, hiring managers, and the general public believe that when unemployment is high, recruiters just have to run an ad and tons of top-notch, [...]

Monday November 9th, 2009 in , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

Why Passive Candidates Require Special Handling. A True Story.

I asked a candidate after an interview, “How did the meeting go with the CEO?” The candidate sarcastically replied, “Remind me again, why would I want to leave my current position and go to work there?” Not exactly the sort of answer I was searching for. He was what we refer to as a, “passive [...]

Thursday October 22nd, 2009 in , , , , , , , | 19 Comments »

Can Your Company Save Thousands Through HR Outsourcing?

Listen to our podcast from our Live Internet Radio Show on LATALKRADIO.com regarding HR Outsourcing. Can your company save thousands by outsourcing HR.  Jeff Stinson, President of Global Human Resources Outsourcing (GHRO), discusses all the reasons if you are a CEO you should consider this option. HR is becoming more and more complex. The legal [...]

Monday May 18th, 2009 in , , , | No Comments »

Shocked by your candidate’s on-line image?

When you’re presented with a resume, (regardless of whether it comes from an internal HR pro, a 3rd-party recruiter, a network contact, or off an advertisement), do you go on-line and check them out. What type of rants are your candidates posting on Myspace, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter? What pictures are they posting on Flickr [...]

Thursday May 7th, 2009 in , , | No Comments »
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