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Trouble Hiring? Start Here…
So, you posted a job ad, and the results were… disappointing. It was roughly the same ad you used three years ago, and it got you LOTS of applicants. While not all the applicants were a great fit, you got enough applications that you could sort through them to find
Are We Misinterpreting the Needs of the Current Job Seeker?
I am brought into many organizations to reimagine their hiring and employee development process. It is important for me to come to some foundational understandings about what job seekers are looking for in their next opportunity. Almost without fail, a derisive comment is made that “new employees are only here
Better Hiring is Only 3 Short Steps Away
If you have been following my thread in these blog posts over the past several months, you would be fairly certain of a couple of things: The answer is Definition, Research, and Marketing… Let’s define the terms. Definition: Before you make any changes to your job ads or ask your
It’s Not the World’s Fault You Don’t Have the Right Talent
If you spend just a little time watching TV or social media, you will find excuses for not having enough employees or the right employees. A year ago, it was the “quiet quitting” all over social media, showcasing that unhappy employees were doing the absolute minimum in their jobs as
Nobody is on Indeed as a Hobby
One of the great concepts about teaching companies to recruit better is being able to equate what I am teaching them with what they already do every day. As I told an audience of 150 dealership owners from the CLAAS organization last week in Iowa: “Selling a job is no
The Talent You Need is Closer than You Can Imagine
This afternoon, I spent an hour in a wrap up project audit for a company near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The results are nothing short of astounding, but the way they got there is the real story. As with all clients, this was a journey of data collection and discovery, and letting
