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A recruiting hot take about recruiting hot takes: our industry gets stuck in neutral because we keep rehashing the same old stuff. Over and over. Instead of pushing things forward.
Some examples:
šāThe LinkedIn Green Open to Work Bannerā
Thereās actual data on this. Messages sent to ābannerā candidates get a 35% higher response rate. (Here.)
Recruiters use it. Job seekers should, too. End of discussion.
šāHow To Get Past The ATSā
Not a real topic. Find me an ATS system that uses AI to blackball candidates and Iāll sell you the Brooklyn Bridge.
Itās the opposite: HR tech is so dated, candidates get lost in a black hole. Due to excessive volume, overworked recruiters, and crappy tech. Applications get lost because the tech isnāt sophisticated enough.
Thatās the real problem. Letās talk about fixing that.
šāStop Ghosting!ā
Recruiters ghost. Job seekers ghost. Friends ghosts. Your date from last week ghosts.
Notice the trend?
People. We suck.
šāCover Letters. Thank You Letters. Any Damn Lettersā
Yawn.
šāFirm Handshakes And Other Business 101 Topicsā
Yes you should familiarize yourself with social norms. Good stuff.
šRemote Work!
Yes, I went there. And yesā¦I ran this into the ground myself.
But itās simple: if youāre hybrid or onsite and you can hire, great. š
If you canāt hire...itās because you limited yourself to ~1.5% of the total talent pool (here).
Thatās it. What lame stuff did I miss?
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