A less ranty, more empathetic 10 Minute Talent Rant (boooooo)
"How to Know That You Don’t Know How to Hire"
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We get it. Hiring is hard and a lot (most?) people are figuring it out as they go.
The killer is when you’re making mistakes, not even realizing it. So, we got you covered:
👉Falling victim to old school clichés.
Don’t like the resume format. Or cover letter.
Went to a ‘lesser’ college.
“I wouldn’t get a beer with him.”
Kick these habits now.
👉Reliance on reading the JD verbatim.
Laundry list of stuff you want vs skill sets real people have. They’re not the same thing.
👉You have internal recruiters AND agencies working a job but still: “no one can find anyone”
Something in your requirements aren’t realistic.
👉Multiple rejections. A bad pattern.
Courting is a two way street. If 4 people tell you no...you gotta figure out why that is.
👉Long Time-To-Fill with a full pipeline.
No job should ever take more than 90 days to fill.
👉Ripping your entire process from a book by Google/Facebook/Apple, with zero flex.
It took hundreds of iterations for them to get their interview processes where they are now. A culmination of decades of experience.
You’re not them. Pick up some tricks, but you’re different. And your process is going to have to be a little different.
👉Assigning hours of case studies or actual “work”.
Fake work is not the same as real work. Other great companies are getting candidates through the process in a day. And making quick decisions.
Besides, candidates hate it. Then think ‘busy work’ is the norm at your org.
👉Market salaries are higher than your current staff. Or you.
Internal comp bandings aren’t always legit. And that’s something you gotta address ASAP.
This you? Take action. We elaborate on it. Watch the show. :)
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