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Re-recruiting outstanding employees who have left you is the best source of outstanding, new employees. Your workplace has most certainly changed (for the better, I hope) since many of them moved on and you may be able to use those changes to […]
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Back in the day, print media recruitment advertising was a pretty-pricey proposition. You paid by the word, you paid extra for color, you paid for position. No wonder most ads were short and to the point. If you’re […]
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The best way to do it is to create a culture/work environment that makes you an employer-of-choice in your area. Another way to do it is to apply for the honor. Your local paper, your industry, accounting firms, […]
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When you get a call asking for a reference on a STAR employee who left you, you’ve just been put on notice that he or she is looking for a new job. So, before you share any information, […]
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When you have jobs that are tough to fill, one option is to look in places you normally wouldn’t. There are people with tremendous potential in each of these often looked groups if they would just be given a […]
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Quit concentrating on how to avoid hiring the wrong people and focus instead on how to find and hire the right ones. The primary goal of most hiring managers and hiring systems is to screen out the least […]
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Before you place a recruiting ad for a new employee, be sure to look at the people already on board. Perhaps someone on staff could easily do the job or there may be someone this job would be a stretch for, […]
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You may want to try this idea from one of the frontline managers I worked with recently… When she gets an applicant who is working elsewhere, she does a brief telephone screen first and, if she is still […]
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When it comes to getting potential employee referrals, use all of your connections — present employees, vendors, and customers. And don’t overlook your business and social networks. Go through your contact database and identify everyone who may know […]
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When a new hire turns out to be an unsuitable match to the job, it’s often because the hiring manager did not have a clear idea of what it would really take to successfully fill the position. While […]