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Hiring Frustrations Overview

Image of a Hiring Manager frustrated by the hiring process.During more than 1,000 presentations to CEOs and executive forums, management teams, and conferences, the partners of IHS have uncovered some of the greatest hiring frustrations most executives and managers constantly face.

In this section, we explore these and provide various products, services, and FREE resources to overcome these hiring frustrations.

Why is there such a high degree of frustration by hiring managers regarding the hiring process?

Our research with thousands of companies has shown us that very few hiring managers are taught how to hire top talent.

The 8 Top Hiring Frustrations

#2 Hiring Frustration - Not Enough Candidates

#2 Hiring Frustration - Not Enough Candidates

Most of the methods companies use to attract candidates bring those who are floating near the surface aggressively looking for a new job.

#1 Hiring Frustration - What Am I Measuring?

#1 Hiring Frustration - What Am I Measuring?

Most Job Descriptions are Worthless as a tool for predicting future success! Most job descriptions define nothing more than minimum, average, and mediocre standards. If the goal is to hire top talent, then you must define the expectations of top talent.

#3 Hiring Frustration - Exaggeration and Lies

#3 Hiring Frustration - Exaggeration and Lies

The vast majority of the 50,000 executives and managers we've presented to over the last 2 decades believe that almost all candidates embellish and exaggerate what they've accomplished or what they think they can achieve.

#4 Hiring Frustration - No Hiring Process

#4 Hiring Frustration - No Hiring Process

In most companies, the hiring process is predicated on how each individual manager decides to apply it. Who knows what goes on behind the door as the hiring manager starts their interview?

#5 Hiring Frustration - Poor Cultural Fit

#5 Hiring Frustration - Poor Cultural Fit

Even though a candidate may have all the required qualifications, failure may occur sometimes since they cannot adapt to your unique culture.

#6 Hiring Frustration - Useless Evaluation

#6 Hiring Frustration - Useless Evaluation

Typical evaluations of candidates after an interview are filled with ambiguity, superficial statements, platitudes, and generalizations.

#7 Hiring Frustration - 1st Impression Victim

#7 Hiring Frustration - 1st Impression Victim

One of the greatest hiring frustrations is to fall victim to making a 1st Impression judgment and then spending the remainder of the interview justifying it!

#8 Hiring Frustration - You're Not the Person I Hired

#8 Hiring Frustration - You're Not the Person I Hired

Over the past 25 years, the Partners of IMPACT Hiring Solutions, Brad Remillard and Barry Deutsch, have presented their workshop, You're Not the Person I Hired, to over 50,000 managers and executives.

Spotlight on Products to Overcome the 8 Top Hiring Frustrations

 

Spotlight on Services and Resources to Overcome Hiring Frustrations

FREE Hiring Check-up

Image of Doctors doing a check-up as a metaphor for the FREE Hiring Check-up

Our FREE Hiring Check-up will examine 8 key components of a best practice hiring process. If you qualify, we'll benchmark your process against our Success Factor Methodology. The results will identify improvement opportunities.

Request a Hiring Check-up for Your Company Now!

Our Most Popular Workshop

Our popular course for hiring managers to learn how to develop skills in finding, interviewing, and evaluating candidates

Our 5 step process will raise you hiring accuracy almost immediately. You will locate passive candidates and eliminate candidate embellishment.  If you only make one hire during tough times it has to be the right one.

Learn the 5 key steps how to hire top talent consistently in every role in your company

You're Not the Person I Hired

Get the book that shows you how to put the candidate in the job BEFORE you hire them!

With almost 10,000 copies in print, thousands of companies have implemented the Success Factor Methodology described in our book. You should be hiring top talent.

Transform your hiring process today by ordering a copy of the book. Are you ready to start hiring top talent?

Buy the book that will change your life as a hiring manager.

Virtual Chief Talent Officer

What if you could have a Chief Talent Officer in your back pocket when you need it? Imagine having a Virtual Chief Talent Officer available at any time. Get on-call help and on-demand consulting to implement the Success Factor Methodology.

Start by requesting our FREE 8-point Hiring Check-up. Quickly improve your Hiring Process and start raising hiring success.

Imagine having your own personal virtual Chief Talent Officer available anytime to support your hiring managers.

 

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