Posts Tagged ‘#TalentAttraction’
WANTED: TOP PERFORMING PEOPLE! NEEDED: AN IMPROVED RECRUITING PROCESS!
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…
Read MoreCorporate Recruiting’s Misunderstanding
(963 words) Executives, would you hire an Administrative or Compliance professional without Sales experience for a Sales position? Yet many companies follow essentially that practice when they hire a Human Resources “Recruiter.” I have 45 years of experience in Recruiting as both a Fee-Based Recruiter and Talent Attraction Consultant. One experience early in my consulting…
Read MoreDo Career Coaches Network?
(726 words) Career Coaches constantly tell job seekers to NETWORK. And sometimes job seekers get tired of hearing it. After speaking to a career-search assistance group, I shared two statistics with the participants: 74% to 76% of people find their jobs through networking. Only about 8% find their jobs by responding to Job Postings. Several…
Read MoreThe Benefit of Reaching Out
(373 Words) Last Monday, two strangers met for coffee in Waunakee, Wisconsin. We both thought an hour would be plenty of time. Two hours later, we were still talking. Jennifer Hoege and I had something interesting in common before we ever met. We were both recognized by Influence Digest as members of the Top 15…
Read MoreI Have A Confession
(442 words) I am left-handed. For 77 years, that has meant looking at the world from a slightly different angle. Most things were created with right-handed people in mind. School desks. Scissors. Tools. Manual can openers. Even the simple act of writing from left to right creates a challenge when your hand follows directly across…
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