Recently one of the recruiters in my consultative recruiting master class shared a challenge she had with some of her hiring managers. Denise admitted she had probably created the situation when she started working with a new group of hiring managers, prompted by wanting them to like her. So in …
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OMG The HM Wants to See More & More!
picture source:.flickr.com/people/kalexanderson We’ve all had this happen: just when we thought there would probably be an offer made to one of your great candidates, the HM tells you they want to see more candidates. Even though the ones you’ve sent so far meet the requirements, they ask “Got any more resumes?” …
Read More »Questions You’ll Be Glad You Asked
NOTE: Ask these even if you think you know the answers (and you probably do) because you need to know what the hiring manager is really thinking. What makes this a great career opportunity? What is happening in the company overall, this portion of the company, etc., that would be …
Read More »Take A Different Route To Get Your HMs to Change
As recruiters, we can provide an incredible service to our hiring managers by helping them understand how to do their best hiring possible. But if you’re finding that your traditional methods aren’t working, here is a more covert way to share critical information. Sharing some of this information about Elon …
Read More »Secret Sauce for Getting More Candidates
Question from a Recruiter I seem to be struggling to find enough qualified candidates even though I’m sourcing people on LinkedIn. Should I be looking for more job boards, more sourcing techniques or??? My Thoughts: I’ve been recruiting for more years than I want to see in writing and absolutely …
Read More »Req Open a Long Time? Running out of Candidates? Unhappy HM?
Get Your Copy of Great Questions You’ll Be Glad You Asked If any of the situations below are happening in your search, you may think the solution is more sourcing. Even though the problem may be called “sourcing” it really isn’t the problem and it really isn’t the solution. Searches …
Read More »Tough Times? Let Your Inner Recruiting Consultant Out
When your company is going through a big change, especially if it hits the news, you have a new recruiting challenge. And with everything going on, your hiring manager may not even be thinking about how this change could influence how candidates feel about taking a new position at your …
Read More »The Chicken-Egg Question for Consultative Recruiters
Here is the question: Hiring Managers want you to be their consultative recruiter, and you want to do consultative recruiting. What comes first: they “let” you do your thing or you just start doing it? I have been called into many companies to assist either with a difficult search or …
Read More »HM Says My Candidate is Over Qualified. Now What?
While this can be a frustrating experience, it can actually work out to your advantage because: It gives you a chance to get to know the hiring manager a little better. You get to exercise your questioning skills. The hiring manager will see you differently as a result of this …
Read More »The Ideal Time for You to Write Job Postings
You probably know by now I feel strongly that using job descriptions for your postings is the best way to prolong a search, often to the pain point where we’re soooo tired of working on it! Job descriptions simply do not convey enough of the good stuff to excite and …
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