Recruiting Is Sales
The Power Of Proper Goal Setting In Recruiting (Talent Attraction, Talent Acquisition)
In 1969, I set an aggressive Goal to hitchhike from Beltsville, MD to LA in 5 days. The following summer, I set a more aggressive goal to hitchhike from Beltsville, MD to Samta Barbara (stretch goal) in 5 days, take two English courses at the University of California Santa Barbara, then hitchhike back to Beltsville,…
Read MoreWhy Retention Is Critical to Your Company’s Success
Why Retention Is Critical to Your Company’s Success When I was the Recruiting Manager for a pre-IPO company, I posed a question to the VP of Sales: Why is your team “pouring through salespeople in small towns like water down a drain?” His response? “Why is a Recruiter asking me business questions?” I replied with…
Read MoreHow Often Has Your Business Ignored Solutions to Talent Attraction Problems?
How Often Has Your Business Ignored Solutions to Talent Attraction Problems? And yet, you continue down the same path, hoping for a positive change. What do they call that practice? Oh yes, insanity. Let’s face facts: the “Post Online and Hope” approach to attracting the BEST candidates only works about 8% of the time (per…
Read MoreTALENT ATTRACTION Is NOT “JUST RECRUITING!”
As a Leading Talent Attraction Consultant, my 40+ years of Talent Attraction Consulting experience has honed my recruiting skills. The Talent Attraction process is more effective than the post and hope Talent Acquisition process.
Read MoreOFF-SEASON EMPLOYEE RETENTION, WILL YOU ENTERTAIN CREATIVE NEW IDEAS?
Construction and Utility Companies, particularly in the northern climate, where they must lay off their summer employees, may have an interesting new way to retain those employees. Does your company feel the pain of hiring hourly workers at the beginning of a construction season and then having to lay them off during the winter season?…
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