May 24, 2019 | Company Culture, Hiring, Human Resources, Recruiting, Sourcing, Talent Optimization
Did you know that Amazon offers a “pay to quit” program? In short, they will pay employees $10,000 and three month’s salary to quit the company and start a package-delivery business. With an earlier program, Amazon offered employees $5,000 just to quit – no...
Apr 9, 2019 | Hiring, Talent Optimization
Resumes are dying Did you know that the average recruiter spends about six seconds reviewing each resume? Yikes. If you’ve worked in recruiting or talent acquisition, this should come as no surprise. The average job opening receives as many as 250 applicants, so it...
Feb 14, 2018 | Hiring, Recruiting
From the get-go, it’s easy for recruiters to overlook qualified candidates. While resumes are a great starting point, recruiters have to pinpoint specific job seekers who meet the requirements of a role but aren’t a solid fit for the client. Ask these questions...
Jan 5, 2017 | Hiring, Recruiting
Those who have been in the field long enough are aware of the stereotypes: the paper-pushing recruiter or the purple squirrel-hunting hiring manager. While recruiters and hiring managers share the same goals, their methodologies cause quite a bit of friction and...
Dec 9, 2016 | Company Culture, Hiring, Recruiting
Hiring the wrong employee is one of the most expensive mistakes that an employer can make. Conversely, well-rounded employees make it easy to achieve your business goals. Many companies fail to identify, recruit, and hire top talent on a regular basis. In order to...
Oct 26, 2016 | Hiring, Recruiting
According to SHRM, nearly 4,000 talent acquisition managers agree that Quality of Hire is the most telling metric of performance. The Recruitment Education Institute defines an effective recruiting metric as: Consistent in measurement Actionable and predictive Tracked...