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...
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Maximizing quality of hire and spending less money at the same time may seem impossible, but it isn’t. It all comes down to allocating a company’s recruiting budget based on the channels that produce the best candidates. Just take a look at the graphic below, which shows quality of hire by sourcing channel: The data behind the chart (more details) reveals the...
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No candidate selection process can deliver a 100% success rate—even world class assessors make mistakes from time to time. As long as we are dealing with human beings, we will never achieve a goal of error-free hiring. The critical point is knowing when to take greater risk, and equipping your organization to address hiring mistakes efficiently and appropriately...
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Most companies unknowingly violate this the 80/20 Talent Rule every day. The rule is: Focus 80% of your hiring and recruiting efforts...
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In the last few years, we’ve run a survey asking how recently hired people found their jobs and how active or passive they were when...
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No one disputes the idea that if you want to raise quality of hire, you need to hire more passive candidates. But hiring more passive...
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