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We’ve seen a lot of articles and research lately on hiring for culture fit and how it has come to the fore in importance. I
Let’s turn this around a bit and start thinking about potential a bit more rather than the degree or the award winning resume. The old
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/christinafox1_a-couple-of-weeks-ago-we-had-a-fascinating-activity-7173290384826023936-D9F-/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop As anybody who knows me well will tell you, this is a red letter day. I read a book. I’m even going to provide
Shared from LinkedIn, here https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7280620483291541505/. Thanks to https://www.predictiveindex.com/ for the inspiration! It’s the New Year, we’re all allowed to dream a bit!! I might add
The current recruiting market is “different” shall we say, it’s incredibly frustrating for everybody. People on the market for way too long, accusations of lowball
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/opinion/remote-work-rto.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Revisiting the topic. We all love simple solutions don’t we? Just look at the news. I’m neither a fan nor a detractor of working
I went out for a beer on Friday night with a good mate who’s the church warden at his local church.
Let’s play a game: You’ve got 3 candidates lined up, all with the same qualifications—experience, skills, and salary expectations. You think, “Great! Any one of them will do.” But here’s the catch: you’re about to make a huge mistake. Drumroll…..
When you ask most career-focused people what their dream job is, the answer isn’t all that surprising.
Their dream job isn’t something that just pays the bills, but something that lights up their day-to-day life, supports their growth, and makes them happy and proud to show up – even on the hard days.
Anybody who has ever hired anybody knows the basic of good and bad hiring practices.
Bad:
“I’d like to get her in for that 9th interview that we mentioned”
“I worry that the other people on his team won’t be able to pronounce his name”
“I’ve been recruiting for years, I can spot the right fit 2 minutes into an interview”
Apparently labour laws in most of the world prevent you from actually chaining somebody to their desk, I can’t think why, it was good enough for the Ancient Greeks (not desks, big boats) and they were, like, the founders of civilization.
It’s your hiring process.
Your ATS
The problem with your ATS is that you either use it or you don’t.
Great, that’s insightful isn’t it?
Here to help.
You don’t use it.
I joke that the ATS is where candidates go to die. Many more seasoned agency recruiters know this in the literal sense.
“Hi, my name is Gareth, Bob sent his resume to us a few years ago and I was hoping to talk to hi about a role”. “I’m sorry, Bob died 4 years ago”. Cue pregnant pause…..
I know, it’s funny and ridiculous but then again, it was only September 4th that the Federal Trade Commission banned non competes that locked people into crappy jobs, inhibited innovation, depressed wages and increased healthcare costs.
But other than that they were a great idea.
It’s a shame though, indentured servitude has always been great for the employee experience…..
Walmart is, I think, the latest major corporation to roll back Diversity, Equity and inclusion initiatives. Many think this is largely a reflection of a shift to the right in the political landscape.
Other companies to either be thought leaders or crumple under the pressure of public pressure are Harley Davidson, Lowes, Ford motor Company and John Deere.
I was reading this article on LinkedIn about soft skills and some excellent questions to ask to do a deep dive on assessing soft skills and then I started reflecting.
First off, what are soft skills?
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