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We understand the pressures that organisations face when finding candidates for a role they are trying to fill. There is always a need to find someone quickly and often there are constraints. Here we look at the real costs of getting the hiring process wrong. The impact on the bottom line There are a number[…]
Often the best companies struggle to maintain good recruiting practices. Why, simply because they are growing so fast that they start to take short cuts and often believe their brand will get them through. A great example of this can be found in the Forbes article Tired of recruiting’s broken image Airbnb rewrites the playbook.[…]
This is a question often asked. Where are the best candidates? One thing you can be sure of is that they probably aren’t actively looking for work through traditional methods for the simple reason that they are busy being good at what they do. In LinkedIn’s Talent Trends 2014 found that about 75% of the[…]
I am often asked what is the best way to find the right candidate. The answer is surprisingly simple, go out and find them. This will make sense when we look at how most candidates are found. The organisation or recruitment firm places a job advert through Seek or LinkedIn and the recruitment firm may[…]
Interview with a real voice Interviewers often use a set script of questions hoping to create uniformity across candidates and comfort in conducting the interview. This approach will certainly be easy to run with. However, the downside is that it stifles real conversation, which leads to real insights that may help you to understand more[…]
Here is a nice article by Travis Bradberry on Fobes that looks at the 12 habits of exceptional leaders. However, what really struck me about this article were the quotes that Travis used to illustrate each habit. “Courage is the first virtue that makes all other virtues possible.” —Aristotle “The more elaborate our means of[…]
Last week I was talking with the owner of a national retail chain about recruiting. I asked him was he happy with his staff? His shoulders dropped and he had a look of defeat about him when he answered by saying ‘we get the best of those who apply for the roles’. He explained that[…]
We have talked a lot about the short comings of automated recruiting systems. Over the holiday break I read this article The failure of automated recruiting by Liz Ryan on Forbes. Liz points out that the process doesn’t really produce the best result. What we should be focusing on is a more human voice. Tell[…]