Is Your Talent Brand Losing You Candidates?
Are you having difficulty recruiting in the job market for open positions? Does your pool of talent know you exist -- or worse, do the very candidates you want look down on your company? The culprit could be a poor talent brand. A "talent brand" is the messaging that current and former employees share about your business, as compared to an "employer brand," which is driven by the company...
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Thinking About Launching a New Business? Read These 7 Books First
You have what you believe to be a brilliant, unique idea for a product that has the potential to revolutionize the marketplace. While you are confident in your innovative concept, you are also debating whether or not to take the next step and launch your business. What if you quit your job and spend all your hard-earned money on a startup just to watch the business fail? Given that 50...
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7 Great Ways to Invest Your HR Budget in 2016, Part 1
As we enter the last quarter of the year, many of us are beginning to think about strategy, planning, and budgeting for 2016. At this moment, recruiters and talent management professionals should be reflecting on the successes and failures of the past year, thinking about new, improved approaches for the next year that could yield better results. There are plenty of tactics and strategies...
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The Single Most Underrated Career Skill Ever Is ...
... PowerPoint. I'm not kidding! (It is a strange one, isn't it?) You probably thought it was going to something like "initiative" or "creative thinking" or "interpersonal skills," didn't you? Let me explain. I'm using "PowerPoint" as a kind of shorthand. I am not really talking about how to bullet a list or bold a word. I'm talking about something a little more. What Are...
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Are Your Recruiters Making These 3 Major Mistakes?
The best practices for the hiring processes in general have changed dramatically over the past few years. The failure to acknowledge the evolving job market and adapt to the demands of today's job seekers can lead to missed opportunities -- and lost revenue. Here are three recruiting mistakes that may stand between your business and the best and the brightest job applicants. 1. Lack of...
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Developing an Effective Employer Value Proposition, Part 2: EVPs Are a Team Sport
Author and global vice president of strategy and advisory at Universum Richard Mosley knows a lot about employer brand management. In fact, he's written two bestselling books on the subject. Now, Mosley is here with a three-part series of articles on employer value propositions (EVPs), in which he'll share his eight tips on developing strong EVPs. Check out part one, and join us on...
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9 Critical Pieces of Advice for People Who Find Themselves Managing Their Former Peers
Generally, getting a promotion is great. You'll face new challenges, gain a better status and, of course, make more money. But it's no all sunshine -- especially when you end up in charge of your teammates who were, up until yesterday, on equal footing with you. This situation can create feelings of jealousy, awkwardness, and even resentment among some team members. When you're promoted...
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7 Keys to Success for New Hires in the First 3 Months
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Have a question you'd like to ask? Leave it in the comments, and you might just see it in the next installment of Recruiter QA! Today's Question: The first 90 days on the job are critical for new hires. In that time frame, a new employee will either soar to the top...
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If Your Company Is Going to Succeed Today, It Needs to Leverage Intellectual Diversity
Imagine you are sitting in a conference room. You and various other members of the company are discussing a major new marketing initiative (or any sort of business strategy or plan, really). Now, imagine that, out all the people sitting in this room with you, two stand out to you in particular: Person A is quick with their words, a loud, passionate speaker. It is clear that, whenever Person...
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How to Detect a Candidate's Leadership Potential
In the war for talent, it is crucial for organizations to fill their talent pipelines with high-potential candidates who have what it takes to rise to -- and succeed in -- leadership roles. Most organizations have systems in place to measure performance and leadership potential once a candidate becomes an employee, but few employers consider the importance of measuring such potential...
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Who Should You Hire First at Your Startup? 6 Entrepreneurs Weigh In
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Have a question you'd like to ask? Leave it in the comments, and you might just see it in the next installment of Recruiter QA! Today's Question: When your startup is just getting off the ground, you need to make some careful hiring decisions. You probably don't...
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What You Miss When You Don't Debrief Candidates After the Interview
As a recruiter, it's normal to focus most of your time and energy on the beginning part of the interview process -- e.g., identifying top candidates, conducting phone screenings, seeking approval from the hiring manager, and prepping candidates for interview. But your job shouldn't end there. Post-interview debriefing is just as important as pre-interview prep, and it should be done after...
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Developing an Effective Employer Value Proposition, Part 1: Why You Need an EVP
Author and global vice president of strategy and advisory at Universum Richard Mosley knows a lot about employer brand management. In fact, he's written two bestselling books on the subject. Now, Mosley is here with a three-part series of articles on employer value propositions (EVPs), in which he'll share his eight tips on developing strong EVPs. Join us on Monday, September 21st, and...
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Productivity Is Personal: How to Create a 'Productivity Manifesto'
What comes to mind when you hear the word "productive"? Do your thoughts jump immediately to those "always-on" types, the people who seem to be working from sunup to sundown? Those coworkers who start the day at the gym, jam in a 10-hour day, and spend their evenings answering client emails? According to Erin Wortham, people engagement manager at Insights Learning Development, that's...
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5 Reasons You Need LinkedIn
Some experts say that if you aren't on LinkedIn, you don't exist. This could be true, but it does seem a little extreme. My existence as a professional is void because I don't have a LinkedIn account? As it turns out, there are many reasons why career experts and hiring authorities speak so highly of LinkedIn. Here are the top five reasons why maintaining a strong LinkedIn presence is so...
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How to Build an Effective Employee Referral Program
According to Glassdoor, only 10 percent of candidates come in from employee referrals. And yet, that 10 percent accounts for the highest quality hires. If your recruiting team is searching for a way to bring in better candidates, look no further than employee referrals. But how do you build a dependable pipeline of employee referrals? The answer, of course, is to create an employee...
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How to Survive Working for a Toxic Boss
Many employees (including supervisors, mid-level managers, and even executives) report they work for toxic leaders -- that is, someone who is mean, demanding, and unpredictable; someone who will use unscrupulous tactics to get what they want. A toxic leader is damaging to the health of those around them, both emotionally and physically. Here are some of the foundational traits of toxic bosses...
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Is Procrastination Holding You Back From Success?
If you've been dragging your feet on the job search or putting off taking the first step on a new career path, you might be surprised to discover the underlying reason for your procrastination. Procrastinators come from all walks of life and invent all kinds of excuses for their behavior. Some of us say we enjoy the thrill of beating a deadline, while others claim to work better under...
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What's Your Hiring Process Like? 6 Experts Share Their Tips
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Have a question you'd like to ask? Leave it in the comments, and you might just see it in the next installment of Recruiter QA! This Week's Question: Every employer has its own hiring process, and we want to know about yours! How many rounds of interviews do you do,...
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5 Productivity Tips for Those Who Work From Home
The world took note a couple of years back when Marissa Mayer banned telecommuting at Yahoo. Until that point, we had all been watching what seemed to be the irresistible rise of working from home. Yahoo's ban may have signaled the end of the honeymoon. From then on, many employers adopted more critical views of telecommuting. We saw studies such as this one from Citrix, which found that...
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Forget What You Know: Recruiting Talent in Emerging Markets
Uncontroversial statement: We live in a globalized economy, and as a result, the war for talent is a global phenomenon. Thanks to the rise of telecommuting technology, even smaller companies are beginning to hire talent from around the world. Controversial statement: People everywhere are not the same. Now, don't misunderstand us. We're not talking about fundamental differences in human...
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5 Statistics That Prove Women Are Impacting Business at Unprecedented Levels [Infographic]
Women are shaking up the status quo and bringing more diversity to the corporate world. As leading ladies at larger corporations and startup pioneers, women are making professional strides at work. From founding businesses at 1.5 times the national average to pursuing higher education in record numbers, many women are proving to be confident risk takers and champions for the advancement of women...
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3 Tips to Help You Rebound From a Disastrous Interview
If you take time to prepare and choose your potential employers well, you should perform competently or even exceptionally at an interview. But, we are humans, not machines. Every now and again, something will go wrong, and you'll underperform -- or perhaps totally bomb -- at an interview. After such a catastrophic showing, it may seem to you like you've blown all your chances of landing...
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Recruiting in the Hospitality Industry: Put Culture First
There's no question that the hospitality industry is an extremely demanding one. Since the Industrial Revolution, hotels have been coming up with new and innovative ways to not only get more guests in the door, but also attract and retaining talented employees. This latter task can be quite difficult, due to the demanding nature of the hospitality industry and shifts in employee...
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Skip the Foosball Tables — Give Your Employees Perks That Really Work [Infographic]
Oddly enough, the foosball table has become the symbol of what we might call the "employee perks movement." Spearheaded in large part by tech companies -- both established giants like Google and the nimble startups following in its wake have placed heavy emphasis on perks in recent years -- the movement seeks to solve the employee engagement crisis by giving workers everything from on-campus...
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How to Make the Most of Your Internship
Internships are important stepping stones in your career path. In this day and age, internships are essential to securing full-time positions. Not only does your time spent interning enable you to personally determine what field you want to pursue a career in, but it also gives you an advantage when you're going through future recruitment processes. What you take away from an internship is...
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Remember to Swim in Your Talent Pool
As it turns out, a "talent pool" is pretty similar to a swimming pool -- you know, the one that you dreamed of putting in your backyard, the one you would swim all summer long, the one you would lounge around with a nice cool beverage. And yet, here it is, the end of summer -- and with work, kids, family outings, and other events claiming your time, you haven't even dipped a single toe in the...
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Managing Global Talent: Is a Remote Team Right for Your Business?
In my role as cofounder and CEO of a company that helps businesses attract and retain remote talent in emerging markets, I often get asked about the future of work. Specifically, people ask me about best practices for managing diverse remote talent bases and whether or not it's a good thing to let employees work from home. However, there is no perfect practice, because people around the world...
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Is Your Company Making These 5 Crucial Mistakes on Social Media?
"If you don't like what is being said, then change the conversation." -- Don Draper, Mad Men The number of ways in which one can market a company is limited only by the imaginations marketing professionals. Despite the best intentions of mailers, flyers, commercials, spots, billboards, and other promotions, far too many companies are tuning out newer media channels, thereby running the...
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Why You Need to Get More Sleep [Infographic]
"You wouldn't go to work drunk, so why go to work tired?" asks a new infographic from U.K.-based bedding retailer SleepyPeople. According to SleepyPeople, sleeping less than five hours a night over the course of a few nights can leave a person just as cognitively impaired as a round of heavy drinking can. Funny thing is, our hyper-connected, always-on culture doesn't exactly encourage rest....
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How to Seal the Deal After a Job Interview
The interview is over, and you are experiencing a mishmosh of emotions. You think you did well, but you can never really tell, can you? You feel like they loved you, but you aren't quite sure. You know you aced that dreaded "Tell me about yourself" question, but you think you may have bombed that other one about your weakness... Not to worry -- even if you did make a few mistakes, there is...
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4 Ways to Make Your Staff Love — or, at Least, Not Loathe — Performance Reviews
For most organizations, performance reviews have become part of the furniture. Managers and staff join firms assuming that appraisals have always been there and always will be there, and they have no reason to question the existence of or need for these appraisals. Employees and managers just get on board the performance review train without a second thought. But perhaps appraisals should...
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When Resources Shrink and Demands Grow, Managers Get Caught in the Middle
Last week, author, leadership expert, and Recruiter.com contributor Dr. Jesse Sostrin published a piece on our site about "leaky" talent pools. According to Dr. Sostrin, a "deep bench of emerging leaders" means nothing if your company routinely places impossible demands on the shoulders of those leaders. These impossible demands are part of what Dr. Sostrin calls "the manager's dilemma,"...
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5 Easy Ways to Make Your HR-Tech White Papers More Exciting
You've created what you believe to be an awesome white paper on the latest trends within the human resources industry. It's informative, insightful, and an overall good read for anyone in HR -- and even people who aren't! But is it really? In a world of data-overload, the time spent researching and drafting content for white papers can sometimes go to waste. So, why bother? Well, as it...
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5 Common Mistakes That Desperate Job Seekers Make
Often, when we're looking for jobs, we make a lot of mistakes. Unemployed job seekers especially may feel some mild panic as they search for employment, which can lead to rushed applications, which beget mistakes and ultimately compromise one's job-seeking strategy. Even the passive, currently employed job seeker may be prone to job-hunting mistakes. These mistakes often arise from being...
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3 Invaluable Lessons From My First Client Meeting as a New Recruiter
I recently attended my first client meeting as a new recruiter. Naturally, I was a bit anxious about making a good first impression -- especially in front of my boss. But once I calmed my nerves, I found I was able to focus on listening to and learning from our client, which helped me gain some great insights on how to source and recruit most effectively on their behalf. Our conversation...
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Bring Back the Human Side of Recruiting
As a follower of Liz Ryan, I've read multiple articles on how to make the workplace more human. Thankfully, I have a supportive manager who empowers me to test out my new ideas in this regard. Here's a story of what happened when I tried a more human-centric recruiting approach recently. I received an application from an individual for one of our open positions. To protect his identity, let's...
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Will Your Employees Be Happy When They Learn How Much the CEO Makes?
204. That's how many times greater the average CEO's pay is than the average median employee's pay, according to a new report from Glassdoor. The report, which compares CEO pay to median worker pay at companies in the SP 500, found that "cross all companies, the average CEO pay was $13.8 million per year, the average median worker pay was about $77,800, and the average ratio of CEO...
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4 Ways Employers Can Build Big Career Pathways in Small Companies
Smaller companies are not usually able to offer the highly visible, varied, and extensive career pathways enjoyed by the employees of larger organizations. In small organizations of 10-20 people, which employ nearly 20 percent of the U.S.'s working population, it's likely that there are only one or two management positions available and few (if any) opportunities to move sideways into another...
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Digital Interviews: How to Attract, Engage, and Retain Top Talent
In today's candidate-driven market, 75 percent of candidates identify themselves as passive candidates. Very few candidates are knocking on recruiters' doors, looking for work. Recruiters must now work extra hard to attract, engage, and retain top talent. Digital interviews can help recruiters identify top talent in the applicant pool and push those candidates through the interviewing...
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Forget Entrepreneurs — Let's Get 'Intrapreneurial'
"We live in an age of entrepreneurship and imagination," said Menlo Innovations CEO Rich Sheridan at a Google for Entrepreneurs Hangout last year. One would be a fool to argue with Sheridan on this point. Research suggests that more Americans are becoming entrepreneurs than ever before, and it often feels as if not a day goes by without some new company springing up to "disrupt" an industry...
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Recruiting Tools: Spend a Little, Gain a Lot
The American economy is in recovery, but if you're in a sector that requires heavily skilled workers, you could be facing long-vacant positions and a lack of qualified workers. According to ManpowerGroup's annual "Talent Shortage Survey," employers in industries such as construction, IT, and engineering are having trouble recruiting the right candidates. This talent shortage is costing...
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Did It Just Get More Difficult to Be a Recruiter at Amazon?
Now that the dust has settled regarding the New York Times exposé of what it's like to work at Amazon, did it just get more difficult to be a recruiter at Amazon? The Times piece, which ran a few weeks ago, made the online merchandiser out to be a scary place to work. Amazon was portrayed as the kind of place where long hours are the norm, total commitment is expected, and conflict among...
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How to Make Freelancers Fall in Love With Your Business
A recent report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office show that 40 percent of U.S. workers now have contingent job, "contingent jobs" here meaning all manner of flexible work, such as temp workers, on-call workers, contractor workers, independent contractors, part-timers, and the self-employed. The makeup of the workforce and talent market is changing, becoming more flexible and...
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Is There a Leak In Your Talent Pool?
Your deep bench of emerging leaders doesn't matter when the talent you have is undermined by unrealistic, punishing demands. Conventional wisdom suggests that a dynamic talent pool is the key to winning that elusive human capital advantage. Attracting a deep bench of high-performers that delivers a diverse pipeline of future leaders can not only ease succession planning pressure in the long...
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15 Hiring Tips for Startups
Is your startup expanding? Are you looking to make a few new hires? Or maybe you're just starting out, getting ready to build your team. Whatever the case may be, entrepreneur and recruiting expert Clinton Buelter is here with some tips to help you find -- and hire -- the best talent for your business: 1. Don't Hire Just Because Only hire because you cannot physically complete the...
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4 Ways to Efficiently Find a New Job When You're Working Full-Time
Finding a new job when you're already employed full-time is much easier to do than you think -- and a lot less conventional than you might imagine. I typically have most of my clients start off by dedicating only one or two hours to their job searches per week. Some people -- still deeply entrenched in the belief that searching for a job requires numerous hours of research, applications, and...
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3 Things to Know About Recruiting a Recruiter
A top-notch recruiter can make all the difference in the company's quality-of-hire. In today's job-rich, candidate-poor environment, much has been written about how to hire "ninja-rock star engineers" -- but very little attention has been paid to how companies can recruit top-notch recruiters who can hire those ninja-rock stars. Two Types of Recruiting: Full Cycle and...
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