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Yesterday when I presented the “Secrets of a Successful Job Search” at the University of Utah, I asked the participants “How many of you feel you have been discriminated because of your age?” About a third of the people raised their hands. When you read about diversity recruitment most people discuss systems and solutions but…

Of course you are saying, “What? How are the two connected?” More ways than you may think. Importantly, almost all of those players (candidates) were recruited by coaches (hiring managers) to create a cohesive team. What does your recruiting team do? Obviously they are working to source, identify, and recruit the candidates who will create…

Abraham Maslow developed his hierarchy of needs by studying successful people. How does your company’s recruiting process match up with our human needs? Obviously the physiological needs are taken care of through compensation and benefits. Your company’s offers need to be competitive in order to attract the best candidates. Compensation and benefits are generally only…

When I listen to recruiters discuss sourcing some have an amazing attitude. They are like Labrador Retrievers on the search – pant, pant, pant, There! Other recruiters act almost like sourcing is an imposition. They want to try to find the easiest way to “screen out” candidates. What is the correct attitude? Well, recruiters who…

When you are sourcing candidates, do you source by title, skills, or both? When recruiters tell me they search by titles only, they may be attempting to recruit the wrong candidates. Why? In the US we sometimes seem too concerned about titles and not enough about the work to be accomplished. Therefore, janitors become maintenance…