Archive for Recruiting
Recruiters: Do we know what we are looking for? (Part 1)
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As I travel the globe talking to recruiters, I am amazed at the huge disconnect between them and their hiring managers. It doesn’t really matter how experienced or junior the recruiter is – many complain about their hiring managers and the hiring managers complain about them! Its interesting to compare our self evaluation
as recruiters with the evaluation that comes from our hiring managers. More than 60% of the recruiters I have spoken with that rank themselves as “great” recruiters were ranked as “poor” by the managers they support!
Recruiter Replies:
- My manager does not understand what I do.
- My manager never knows what he/she wants.
- My manager does not communicate with me – I need to track him/her down.
- My manager only wants me to email them resumes. Read More→
From Bust to Bang in Financial Services Recruiting
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Although we have experienced record high foreclosure rates, lack of small business lending, and overall tightening of credit requirements, banks are hiring at record paces. Bank of America, Wells Fargo and JP Morgan Chase added thousands of employees in 2010 and again have their talent acquisition departments scouring their key markets for bankers, underwriters, brokers, private bankers, traders, treasury sales, and a host of other professionals that can aid in generating fee income and growing deposits.
In what is still being described as a down economy, current reports reveal that banks reported a 77% increase in earnings last year, fueling a renewed focus on growth. Read More→
Economic Bounceback – Recruiter Shortage?
Posted by: | CommentsIf you were one of the 700 or so attendees at the 2011 SHRM Staffing & Talent Management Conference, you probably heard the buzz about staffing challenges, shortage of qualified candidates, too many unqualified applicants, hiring manager expectations, social media tools, etc., etc. It seemed as though there was a theme similar to 2006 and 2007 – we need more qualified candidates with less resources and lower external costs.
I personally had conversations with 2 Corporate Heads of Talent acquisition that told me they could not find enough experienced people who really knew how to recruit, knew how to manage their hiring managers, or knew how to close candidates. They both indicated that most of the recruiters they interview today understand how to post jobs on LinkedIn, send a job specific tweet, or perform a Boolean search, however few could properly engage a potential candidate after they found the name!!! Read More→
See you at the 2011 SHRM Staffing Management Conference.
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We are just a week away from the SHRM 2011 Talent & Staffing Management Conference being held in San Diego on April 11 – 13. According to the agenda, the event looks to be full of great sessions, workshops and concurrent sessions. What a great opportunity for you to hear from some of the industry’s leaders in Talent Management and Talent Aquisition, while mingling with your peers.
I have been fortunate to speak at the event in past years and was invited back again this year to conduct a session entitled Recruit or Get Out Of The Way…. The purpose of the session is to look at the common mistakes that recruiting organizations make and learn how to overcome these often self-imposed barriers. As recruiters, we often talk about the tools we don’t have, the money we can’t spend and the resources we can’t get. Although these are all very valid issues, we seem to spend more time licking our wounds than leveraging the tools and resources we do have.
Be sure to join me for a high energy, engaging, and thought provoking session on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 from 3:30 – 4:45PM PST at the Manchester Grand Hyatt. I look forward to seeing you there!
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