For many years I have advocated a “small batch, high touch” recruiting process. This involves identifying 12-15 highly qualified people who would see the job as a career move. Highly qualified means they’ve accomplished something comparable to what needs to be done and they have been recognized as a high achiever. For example, the person was promoted rapidly or...
Posts by Lou Adler
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I just read a post about how Facebook executives recently found the answer to increasing employee satisfaction and retention among their employees. Google discovered the same answer about 10 years ago after reviewing 10 years of quarterly performance reviews as part of their Project Oxygen. The answer? Great managers. But even before Facebook and Google’s...
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As I think back on the thousands of people I’ve interviewed and the hundreds I’ve tracked for years after they were hired, leadership stands out as the universal trait of success. At its simplest, I define leadership as the ability to figure out the best way to solve a problem and then executing on that solution. For an accountant, this could mean describing how...
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- Recruiting Strategy,
- Recruiting Tips
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Hiring the best talent, whether active or passive, requires exceptional recruiting skills. Part of this is overcoming objections at...
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My first search project (40 years ago) was for a plant manager for an automotive manufacturing company. Rather than listing a bunch of...
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- Recruiting Tips
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) is making rapid strides in improving the ability to identify the best Inbound candidates. By Inbound, I...
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- Recruiting Strategy,
- Hiring Managers