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5 Simple Steps to Improve Your Recruitment Process and Attract Top Talent

5 Simple Steps to Improve Your Recruitment Process and Attract Top Talent

Finding the right talent for your company is vital to its success. A comprehensive recruitment process is essential to attract, select and retain the best employees. However, many companies struggle to create an efficient and effective recruitment process.

But there is hope.

From creating a job description that accurately reflects the position to utilizing modern recruitment tools, these steps can help you attract and retain the best employees. With the right recruitment process in place, you can be confident you are hiring the right people for the job.

Topics: recruitment

Recruitment Networking Not Finding Great Talent? How to Do It Right

Recruitment Networking Not Finding Great Talent How to Do It Right

Great job to all of you who have shifted your sales recruitment emphasis from advertising and job boards to personal networking. Networking invariably produces more quality, but only if it’s done right.

The age-old approach—I’m looking for a salesperson. Do you know of anyone who’s looking? Doesn’t work.

Topics: recruitment

3 Ways to Drain Your Talent Bank

3 Ways to Drain Your Talent Bank

Talk with any manager or leader, regardless of their company, industry, or size, and without a doubt, you will find one thing they all have in common – the struggle to find great talent. Building, and maintaining, a talent bank is not for the faint of heart.

Now imagine the added stress that occurs when you’ve made a heroic effort to build a great talent bank, and it runs dry.

Topics: recruitment sales talent

5 Ways To Recruit More Superstars

5 Ways To Recruit More Superstars

The economic downturn we are experiencing has led to increased competition and a greater need for effective recruitment. As a result, finding and hiring the best talent has become a top priority for many organizations, and it is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future.

Even companies that have traditionally received a steady flow of job applications may struggle to attract top talent in the current climate. To ensure success in your recruitment efforts, it is essential to master the basics. Here are five strategies you can use to improve your chances of attracting top talent.

Topics: recruitment talent bank sales talent

A Leader’s Guide to Recruiting Sales Superstars

A Leader’s Guide to Recruiting Sales Superstars

According to Fortune, 65% of US workers are looking for a new job. If you’re looking to fill a position, that sounds promising, right?

But wait LinkedIn found that 76% of managers admit attracting the right candidates is their greatest challenge.

With so many workers looking for new jobs, why are managers still struggling to attract talent? The answer is recruitment.

Topics: hiring salespeople recruitment

The Best Recession-Ready Talent Strategy

The Best Recession-Ready Talent Strategy

During a recession, businesses must strategize their talent management to weather the economic downturn. 

Here are some of the best recession-ready recruitment tactics as it becomes harder to find talented people.

Topics: recruitment talent bank

5 Recruiting Challenges and How to Overcome Them

5 Recruiting Challenges and How to Overcome Them

In the past year, recruitment has been an issue that has been part of every client call I have. It seems the biggest challenge is where to find the best people and how to attract them to leave their current position and join your team.

Here are some recruiting challenges I consistently face and some tips to overcome them.

Topics: recruitment talent bank

The Future is Here: AI Meets Recruiting

The Future is Here  AI Meets Recruiting

When was the last time you heard someone use the words “artificial intelligence”? A decade ago, it might have been sparingly, but today we hear the term daily.

As the tech industry continues to expand, engaging with other sectors such as automotive, biomedical science, data science, healthcare, and entertainment, it is increasingly likely that tech will come to play a role in all of our corporate lives.

It might seem that the tech industry is quite distant from Human Resources, but, in fact, the two fields are already working closely together.

Topics: recruitment

Round Peg, Square Hole: How to Know If You Have the Right People in the Right Places

How to Know If You Have the Right People in the Right Places

We have all heard the expression, “As impossible as trying to fit a round peg into a square hole.” A simple statement yet one that perfectly captures the challenge of making a match where there isn’t one.

Ask the leader of any organization about what keeps them up at night, and one answer is certain to be, “How can I make sure I have the right people in the right roles for the success of our business?”

Topics: recruitment sales talent

I Have Open Sales Territories And Recruiting is Challenging. What Are My Options?

I Have Open Sales Territories And Recruiting is Challenging. What Are My Options

Most people in hiring roles are having the conversation: How am I going to find someone to fill my vacant roles?

The problem is real, and for some, it’s overwhelming.

Here are four options to consider.

Topics: recruitment