Category: Hiring
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Hiring Habits for the Holocracy, The Zappos Revolution
Those zany zapponians have done it again… When all visual representations of your core values and corresponding corporate culture resemble a convergence of Spring break debauchery and a carousel of SNL skits, why not create a WOW reaction by foregoing one of the most tedious talent acquisition tasks? What might that be? You ask. Developing…
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LinkedIn & HiringSolved: Why You Should Care (Even If You’re Not in Recruiting)
In January, LinkedIn filed a 17 page complaint targeting unknown defendants in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, a move designed explicitly to force Amazon Web Services to discover, under subpoena, exactly which IP address was associated with the payment records and/or the ISPs connected to those addresses to track down, in the…
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The Need for New Key Performance Indicators in Recruiting & Hiring
Last week, I mentioned that I’ve begun work on a new framework for high-performance talent acquisition. In many ways, it’s the culmination of all of the work I’ve done in my role here at Brandon Hall Group – and beyond, as I’m drawing on years of experience in operations. The reason being, a framework captures…
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Size Doesn’t Matter: Recruiting Technology for Small Business Hiring
As many of you know, Brandon Hall Group launched its first annual Talent Acquisition Benchmark Survey at the start of the year. In the time since, I’ve been slicing and dicing the data – by levels of effectiveness, by industry, and most recently by company size. Across the board, survey respondents indicated hiring better talent is their highest talent…
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Military Intelligence: Branching Out in Veteran Recruiting & Hiring
Back in 2010 Harvard Business Review had a special issue largely focused on things the private world could learn from the military. One of the articles in that issue that immediately stuck with me focused on the different leadership styles that each service cultivates. The authors of Which Of These People Is Your Future CEO? essentially separated…
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Veteran Recruiting & Military Hiring: Sell Talent, Not Titles
There’s a lot of PR going on right now around the topic of veteran hiring. Private organizations are picking up on the terrific talent pool coming out of the armed forces and many even have specific outreach programs designed to attract recently separated military personnel. Let’s be clear though, no one will hire us because…
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Network Engineering: Referral Hiring With YesGraph
Even with the proliferation of social networks, search engines and SaaS solutions available to recruiters today, referrals continue to represent the most effective source of hire for employers, proof that sometimes high touch indeed trumps high tech. Most employee referral programs, whether formal or informal, continue to emphasize personalization over automation, functioning as something of…
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High Tech Hiring: How To Recruit In A Job Seeker’s Market
Unemployment in certain sectors is never out of the news, but there are a few groups of skilled professionals who don’t seem to be having any trouble finding work. Unemployment among tech professionals is amongst some of lowest in the country, around 4%, and seems to be constantly on the decline. This is great news…
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Recruiting, Technology & Your Hiring Strategy
With numerous recruiting systems available, it can be overwhelming trying to decide which tool is best for your business—and, more importantly, your recruiting strategy. Software Advice, a business that reviews recruiting software, spoke with Laura Smous of The Resumator to learn how HR managers can optimize their tools to assist them in meeting their recruiting goals. Smous offered a…
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One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Hiring The Best Fitting Candidates
Finding the best person for your client’s open positions is never easy. It becomes even more difficult if you spend all of your time looking for the most impressive resume instead of the best-fitting candidate. Company culture fit is just as important as impressive credentials. After all, a recent study found 46 percent of small…