Raising the talent bar involves consistently hiring people who are in the top half of their peer group. If this is a strategic talent acquisition goal for your company, you need to consider these fundamental truths about hiring people who are already in the top half: Unless you have an excess supply of people who are in the top half applying to your job postings...
Posts by Lou Adler
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- Quality of Hire
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Over the years I’ve discovered that by obtaining the information shown in this phone screen checklist, a recruiter can confidently recommend a candidate to be interviewed onsite. More importantly, by getting a hiring manager to conduct a similar phone screen, the manager would only need to personally interview 3-4 people to make one great hire. The impact of...
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- Recruiting Strategy,
- Interview Questions
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I find it puzzling that we hire and promote people we know based on their past performance while we hire strangers based on their level of skills, experiences, academic background and the quality of their presentation skills and personality. In fact, hiring strangers involves a totally different, less effective and fundamentally flawed process than hiring...
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- Recruiting Strategy
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I learned long ago you couldn’t “out-yell” a hiring manager who claimed your perfect candidate was ill-equipped to handle the role....
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- Hiring Managers,
- Recruiting Tips
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For many years I have advocated a “small batch, high touch” recruiting process. This involves identifying 12-15 highly qualified...
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- Recruiting Strategy
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I just read a post about how Facebook executives recently found the answer to increasing employee satisfaction and retention among...
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- Employee Retention