Employee Retention – The Red Headed Stepchild
Full disclosure, I should start by saying that I do actually have a red-headed stepchild, but that’s by the way. Agencies, human resources, line managers; we all tend to ignore employee retention as a cost of doing business until the issue is on fire somewhere. And yet I can guarantee 110% that with such high […]
Tracking Your Job Search – We have a Freebie To Help You.
I have to admit, as a recruiter, nothing drives me more insane than my kids leaving their hats on at meal time. Oh wait, that’s another rant. As a recruiter, nothing drives me more insane than candidates who don’t track where they have applied. This exchange from a few weeks ago. ME – “great news […]
Where do your recruiting dollars go?
With the inherent weaknesses of budgetting for the recruiting process it can be a challenge tracking where the money goes. Certain fixed costs get averaged over all hires (such as subscriptions) so may not get assigned on a per hire basis and hidden costs like researching, searching, selecting and interviewing hours don’t always (in fact […]
Sourcing Good Candidates Quickly and Cost Effectively – The Impossible Challenge?
One of my favourite lines in sales is “good, fast and cheap, pick any two and I’ll tell you what it won’t be”. On the face of it, this headline appears to check all three boxes. Let’s look at the challenges. Good Candidates The economy is booming, with the lowest unemployment in 18 years and […]
Marrying Instincts with Data-Driven Insights
As a talent recruiter, you’ve got to have great instincts. It’s probably one of the reasons you fell into this career path. You rely on these instincts on a daily basis to not only build relationships with candidates, but also attract them to your organization. But as you’re probably well aware, instincts can only take […]
Swimming in The Blue Ocean in 2018
As Christmas approaches I also find myself planning for 2018 and just as George Santayana said, “Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes.”, so it’s also time to look back on 2017, to be a little circumspect about the year, about what went wrong, what went right and what has potential. It […]
10 Ways to Use LinkedIn to Get Your Own Job
I had a conversation with a client this morning about his nephew who has just graduated on The Dean’s List, asking if I could find him a job. Much as I hate to say no to a client, I said no. Sort of. I actually suggested his nephew call me and then it occurred to […]
The Idiocy of Preferred Relationships
Don’t get me wrong, I quite like a preferred relationship in, well, like, my marriage. Both my wife and I find it quite nice to be certain that we are each other’s preferred suppliers (I haven’t asked her lately but I think she likes me being her preferred supplier, if I see a RFP any […]
Recruiters – Stop Chasing the Low Hanging Fruit
Our industry used to be governed by the 6 Degrees of Separation, click here for more information on a very interesting concept. Basically, everybody could be connected to everybody else through 6 well chosen links. Look at how many second and third level connections that you have on LinkedIn to prove the concept. In fact, […]
It’s time Recruiting became a Marketing exercise, not a Sales exercise
I was thinking about this article for agency recruiters but it became clear that it was a good topic for corporate recruiters too. Whether we talk to potential clients, clients or, on that rare occasion, candidates, the conversation always seems to start with a variation of; “Are you looking?” “Nope” “OK, talk to you next […]
