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Critical Corporate Interviewing Improves Retention
When trusted employees are promoted into management, generally what is their first task? Replace themselves. How do they interview candidates for their replacement? Go to HR and ask for a list of acceptable questions to ask. If they are lucky, HR has a list of “approved questions.” Are the questions targeting the skills required to be successful in the position? Generally not, they are simply acceptable interview questions.
Top 5 Industries for Remote and Flexible Jobs
2.8 million Americans now consider their home offices to be their primary workplace and 27 million Americans have flexible schedules. Between 2005 and 2009, telecommuting grew 61 percent and is expected to grow another 69 percent by 2016. Despite the rapid growth of remote work and flexible jobs, they continue to be discussed by many employers as though they are a scarce, and perhaps even scary, way of working.
Succession Management Value Proposition (SMVP): How to Propel Leaders & Organizations to Greatness
The “Stealth Fighter” Model offers a compelling, symbolic way to understand the predictive relationships that exist between critical human capital/succession management processes (the 4 D’s), critical “leading indicators” (capability, commitment and alignment—more on these later), intermediate outcomes and ultimate outcomes. The 4 D’s essentially act as the 4 turbo-charged engines that propel the “Stealth Fighter” towards its target—defined as an organization’s “Future Desired State” and the required leadership competencies to execute both the current and future business strategy.
Prep Your Hiring Authorities
The competition for top talent will continue to increase as the job market improves. Most hiring authorities have been in the driver’s seat for the past two years and have not had to sell their opportunity or company. This is not reflective of today’s reality. It is important for you to attract, interview and present the best talent available. Part of your job is to excite the job seeker about your company and opportunity. It is also important that you begin to prep your hiring authorities.
The Eeyore Candidate
Many months ago, I was interviewing candidates for a recruiting position. The position had been open for months, and I felt like I was never going to find a candidate who had the unique experience I wanted. That was until I found the perfect resume.
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Sourcing and Recruiting Brand Strategy - Employment Branding – What Every Recruiter Should Know
Although social media provides a low-cost and potentially high-traffic opportunity that allows a company to share the experience and expound upon the benefits of employment at its organization, many companies are not taking advantage of it – in other words, not leveraging their Employer Brand.
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SUMSER'S TECH TALK
Trends in Recruiting v1.01 Social Technology Experiments
All manner of company has emerged to aggregate data, introduce people to each other, harness referrals, post job ads, augment resumes and smooth out the hiring process. These endeavors give us an ever clearer picture of what doesn’t work and what doesn’t work very well, yet nothing that resembles the power of the job board or the employment section of a website has turned up yet. The things that social technology will ultimately do remain beyond our imaginations. Throughout 2012, expect to see an acceleration in the number and quality of experiments.
John Sumser keeps you on the cutting edge with each edition of Tech Talk: Startups, new techniques, impending changes, opportunities, and the critical trends that drive recruiting effectiveness.
