If you have ever run a sourcing team or been asked to build one you know that sourcing for your own team can be the most daunting of all of the purple squirrel hunts you have been on. So as…
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Turning Your Intake Meeting Into a Winning Service Level Agreement – Sample Included
The past few articles I have written have focused on relationships, trust, empowering, etc. I think we spend a lot of time sharing techniques, process, etc.; as these topics are essential to building professional relationships. Having a solid S.L.A (Service…
The Interview That Never Should Have Happened
Whenever I interview someone for a job, I always ask them whether they want to sit in Bernanke’s chair. The only wrong answer is, ‘Who’s Bernanke?’ -Austan Goolsbee Recently I was sourced and solicited by a recruiter that works for…
Examining the Interview Process to Improve Candidate Experience and Employer Brand
I came across an old SHRM article yesterday titled, “Why Hiring Is Taking So Long—and What HR Can Do About It?”, As I made my way through the article, I almost cried tears of validation. As the SHRM article points out,…
Perfect Hires Don’t Exist
Most companies are in search of the ‘perfect hire’ for their open roles. It’s understandable because every company requires the ‘best fit’ employees to thrive. Top achievers are the backbone of any business. Therefore, after successfully hiring these stellar candidates,…
It’s Not About Years of Experience but About Skills
If we start reading job advertisements from various industries, we will see that the employers require experience in most of these ads. We see things like “at least five-plus years’ experience,” “ten-plus years’ experience in a similar role,” etc. In…
How to Impress the Hiring Manager
Having a healthy relationship with the hiring maker is very important to your success. Building the trust is very important to start the connection on the best note. When you master the intake meeting and show the manager you’re all…
Sourcing Different – The Intake Meeting
In the last article, we discussed on how to source the all mighty referral tree, with this topic we dive into one of the most critical aspects of our jobs, the intake meeting. The intake meeting is a crucial step…
Time Management – Candidate Conversations
Now that we have our schedule planned for the day, we have reviewed resumes and have calls scheduled with potential candidates we step into Time Management – Candidate Conversations. This series on Time Management is to ultimately make you a…
The One Follow-up Question You’re Missing That Could Cost You a Future Prospect
Hey, I get it. We’ve all done it. When we experience that initial rejection of “No, I’m really not looking right now,” or “I’m actually really happy where I’m at,” we thank a candidate for their time and try not…
Don’t Lie To Me – Make Candidates Show Who They Really Are
In almost every interview, we ask, “Why are you looking?” or “Why are you looking to leave XYZ company?” What is the information that we expect to receive from this question? We can find out the story, but is it…
Hoops and Hurdles and Holy Cow That’s a Long Recruiting Process, Oh My!
You may have been the recruiter, the hiring manager, or the candidate in this horrific Oz of terrible recruitment, and we all know how it looks. Resume review, recruiter phone screen, send the candidate to the hiring manager for a…
Questions to Ask When You Are Interviewing a Sourcer
Interviewing sourcers is tricky, we’re all people, people. We made great first dates and knew how to engage in easy conversation. We have a sales outlook, so we sell ourselves well. And therefore we can bond, engage and like each…
Interviewing Sourcers – Hire The Person, Not The Skill
You’ve just completed your interviews, and now it’s time to decide. Which candidate do you hire as the new sourcer for your team? I have gone back and forth on this debate, teetering between choosing technology expertise and industry experience,…
It’s Not the Recruiter, It’s the Role
A recruiter’s job is tough. With the power in the job seekers hands, a recruiter has to dig deeper and think of innovative ways to fill a role with the perfect candidate. As the talent pool shrinks the task of…
HR Tech Update: ScheduleOnce Acquires Reschedge from HireVue
Scheduling phone screens and going back and forth to find the right time to chat with someone has always been one of the most time-consuming parts of a recruiter or sourcers day. For me, the risk isn’t necessarily the time…
Mastering the Intake Meeting as A Sourcer
In the construction of any building – you have to have a firm foundation. The foundation sets the tone for the building that follows, and with it, assurance that your building will most likely survive environmental factors: earthquakes, weather, or…