WANTED: TOP PERFORMING PEOPLE! NEEDED: AN IMPROVED RECRUITING PROCESS!

By Bill Humbert | November 6, 2026
Bill Humbert, Talent Attraction Consultant, Author, Board Member

Updated for November 2026 from my original December 14, 2021 article. Who feels the pain when a company cannot attract Top Performing Talent? Operations! Who complains when recruiters introduce candidates who do not meet the position requirements? Operations! Who is generally responsible for recruiting? Human Resources! Does anyone else see an opportunity for improvement? Talent…

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Talent Attraction Safari Series #3

By RecruiterGuy | August 15, 2023
Impalas from African safari trip paying attention

Want a Winning Formula For Your Business’ Talent Attraction? Not everyone can experience a total change of perspective like I did in July 2023. I flew to Johannesburg, South Africa from Salt Lake City, rented a car at the airport, and drove on the other side of the road in the other side of the…

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Talent Attraction Safari Series

By RecruiterGuy | July 27, 2023
Giraffe in the sunset

Do You Feel Alone In Your Search for Qualified Candidates? Occasionally, it only takes a change of scenery to spark new ideas. Recently, during a Safari in Pilanesberg National Park in South Africa, I took this photo of a solitary giraffe. As a leading Talent Attraction Consultant, my process is to see things differently. Then…

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#TalentAttraction #Tuesday IS THE TALENT ACQUISITION PROCESS A FAILURE? WILL COMPANIES IMPROVE RECRUITING TO A SALES PROCESS?

By RecruiterGuy | May 10, 2022

Some organizations are lucky, aren’t they? They post positions and receive hundreds of responses, more than any human can handle. Therefore, they ask the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) engineers to create screens to narrow the field. Euphemistically, the ATS companies’ marketing group calls those systems “powered by AI.” What is the only problem? The systems…

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