One of the hardest things to do as a recruiter is to deliver on expectations. Notice that I didn’t say delivering on promises. There is a hidden dialog buried in our memories of a child quizzing a parent, “But you promised!†That scenario may have been an actual commitment that was broken or simply an expression of disappointment that the child did not get her own way. We grow older, but never really escape from… Read More »Broken Promises by a Recruiter?
July 1st is perhaps the beginning of a fiscal year for some businesses. There are reasons for a company’s fiscal year to differ from the calendar year, but most outside of financial circles would be hard pressed to explain the reason. Last Friday began with news pundits predicting what would happen in the financial markets to close out the 2nd Quarter of 2012 and ended the day reporting on how their keen predictions came true.… Read More »It’s Sunday – Happy New Year!
This is the final installment in a three part series on the candidate experience. It began with the ending: The Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition to Employee because in order to plan any journey the destination has to be clearly in sight. Backing up to the beginning of the process, the second in the series was The Candidate Experience – Part 1: Sourcing and the Thrill of the Chase because laying the foundation is… Read More »The Candidate Experience – Part 2: People Interacting with People
In case you missed the first installment in this series (No, Part 1 is NOT the first installment) then you need to understand the logic of presenting the candidate experience in this manner. Using my Star Wars damaged brain I started the story with the final episode in The Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition to Employee where we looked at the stakeholder involvement and influence during the final stages of hiring a new employee.… Read More »The Candidate Experience – Part 1: Sourcing and the Thrill of the Chase
No, you didn’t miss the two preceding parts of this series. They will come later. It appears that most of the discussion whirling around us is about improving the candidate experience during the recruiting and interviewing phase. I contend that Part 2 is important, but there is also a before and after picture that needs to be considered as well. The experience is not over after someone commits to accepting an offer of employment. In… Read More »The Candidate Experience – Part 3: Transition to Employee