1. Myth: Job interviews are a numbers game. You just have to go on as many as possible to increase your chances of getting hired.Reality: Spoiler alert ahead: quality is definitely more important than quantity when it comes to job interviews. You’re not going to land a great job by …
Read More »Get your copy of the newly updated edition of The Consultative Recruiter HERE. How cool would it be to have hiring managers singing your praises? Saying they don’t know what you’re doing but please keep doing it. To be filling positions left and right, faster than ever because you have tamed …
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The concept of recruiter as trusted advisor is certainly not new. It is obviously a critical avenue to improve recruiting results and besides—it make great sense. But unfortunately building a business relationship takes more than working hard to find great candidates.For exact concepts and scripts to build your consultative recruiter …
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I have no doubt you can give candidates compelling messages about what makes your position exciting, good for their career, etc. So why would I want you to ask your hiring managers to tell you why they think it’s a great opportunity when you already know a good answer? For …
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If you have hiring managers who are vague about what they really want in a candidate, this is for you. This is one of those recruiting realities that can have a big impact on a search, and yet be difficult to resolve. The solution is never to keep sourcing and …
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Recently a great recruiter I was coaching called in total frustration with one of his HMs. Perhaps you can relate! John was working on a req for which there were very few interested candidates. He had finally found a great one, but was blown away with his HM’s response. She …
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Time-to-fill states could be a great way to see where there are issues unnecessarily adding to the time it takes to fill positions. Unfortunately, the traditional way to calculate time-to-fill usually fails to identify those issues. So you may be evaluated on a statistic that does not tell the whole …
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If any of the situations below are happening in your search, you may think the solution is to do more sourcing. Even though the problem may be called “sourcing”, that often really isn’t the problem. Worse? It really isn’t the solution, though it’s the go-to solution in many of these …
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It’s not a matter of finding new sites or posting services. It’s not because you spend more time sourcing while building ever more complex Boolean search strings. Bersin Research determined the ability to build strong relationships with hiring managers was the top driver of recruiting performance. Astonishingly, it was determined …
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The Consultative Recruiter Katherine Moody Strategies for Epic Results Recruiting
