Lou Adler – ERE https://www.ere.net The Industry Leader in Recruiting News and Insights Tue, 28 Mar 2023 21:51:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 When Being Great in the Hiring Process Is Overrated https://www.ere.net/when-being-great-in-the-hiring-process-is-overrated/ https://www.ere.net/when-being-great-in-the-hiring-process-is-overrated/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2022 13:00:28 +0000 https://www.ere.net/?p=201641 If you want to make your hiring a routinely formal business process, being pretty good at everything is usually good enough. The real problem with hiring is that sourcing, recruiting, interviewing, and every other aspect of the hiring process are typically just a bunch of loosely connected activities. Improving only your website or aggressively shining…]]>

If you want to make your hiring a routinely formal business process, being pretty good at everything is usually good enough. The real problem with hiring is that sourcing, recruiting, interviewing, and every other aspect of the hiring process are typically just a bunch of loosely connected activities. Improving only your website or aggressively shining up your brand image will not do much unless all other aspects of the hiring process work reasonably well together.

]]> https://www.ere.net/when-being-great-in-the-hiring-process-is-overrated/feed/ 0 Spend Less on Job Advertising and More on Recruiters https://www.ere.net/spend-less-on-job-advertising-and-more-on-recruiters/ https://www.ere.net/spend-less-on-job-advertising-and-more-on-recruiters/#respond Thu, 04 Aug 2022 13:10:18 +0000 https://www.ere.net/?p=184349 The economy will recover, and the most important thing you can do now is to upgrade the quality of your recruiting team. I’d like to make a business case for slashing your recruitment advertising budget and investing some of that money toward rebuilding your recruiting department. There are three main points to consider: Too much…]]>

The economy will recover, and the most important thing you can do now is to upgrade the quality of your recruiting team. I’d like to make a business case for slashing your recruitment advertising budget and investing some of that money toward rebuilding your recruiting department. There are three main points to consider:

]]> https://www.ere.net/spend-less-on-job-advertising-and-more-on-recruiters/feed/ 0 How to Improve Your Recruiting Batting Average 25 Points https://www.ere.net/how-to-improve-your-recruiting-batting-average-25-points/ https://www.ere.net/how-to-improve-your-recruiting-batting-average-25-points/#comments Wed, 11 Jun 2014 04:49:27 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=38196 I’ve been missing from these pages for awhile, but I asked if I could return and request the help of some real recruiters. I heard some of the best hang out here at ERE.

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]]> https://www.ere.net/why-you-cant-hire-high-achievers/feed/ 10 Why ‘Source of Hire’ Should Drive a Company’s Talent Acquisition Strategy https://www.ere.net/why-source-of-hire-should-drive-a-companys-talent-acquisition-strategy/ https://www.ere.net/why-source-of-hire-should-drive-a-companys-talent-acquisition-strategy/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 04:56:14 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=31582 Source and Sequence Hidden Job Market R3I decided to ask 1,582 U.S. company employees how they go their last job. I gave them four choices:

]]> https://www.ere.net/why-source-of-hire-should-drive-a-companys-talent-acquisition-strategy/feed/ 7 7 Ideas for Becoming a More Effective Recruiter https://www.ere.net/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-recruiters/ https://www.ere.net/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-recruiters/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:59:18 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=31200 Screen Shot 2013-03-19 at 12.54.00 PMWe just updated our Recruiter Circle of Excellence Competency Model to take into account the expected surge in hiring in Q2 and Q3. There was also an interesting story by the co-founder of Meebo who concluded that most recruiters are pretty bad. Her big points: recruiters are afraid to pick up the phone and call, they don’t know the job so they sell smoke and mirrors, and most just post boring jobs or search through LinkedIn. It was a pretty scathing summary. This approach might work when you’re trying to hire the 15% of fully-employed who are looking, but totally useless when trying to hire the 85% of candidates who are passive, even the bad ones!

]]> https://www.ere.net/the-7-habits-of-highly-effective-recruiters/feed/ 12 Why We Should Banish Job Descriptions and Resumes https://www.ere.net/why-we-should-banish-job-descriptions-and-resumes/ https://www.ere.net/why-we-should-banish-job-descriptions-and-resumes/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 06:16:11 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=30870 As most of you know, I think the continued use of traditional skills-infested job descriptions prevents companies from hiring the best talent available. By default they wind up hiring the best person who applies. That’s the same reason I’m against the indiscriminate use of assessment tests. While these tests are good confirming indicators of on-the-job performance, they’re poor predictors of it (square the correlation coefficient to get a sense of any test’s predictive value). Worse, they filter out everyone who isn’t willing to apply without first talking with someone about the worthiness of the position.

]]> https://www.ere.net/why-we-should-banish-job-descriptions-and-resumes/feed/ 22 Ban Job Descriptions and Hire Better People https://www.ere.net/ban-job-descriptions-and-hire-better-people/ https://www.ere.net/ban-job-descriptions-and-hire-better-people/#comments Wed, 13 Feb 2013 06:37:02 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=30502 For the past 30 years I’ve been on a kick to ban traditional skills- and experience-based job descriptions. The prime reason: they’re anti-talent and anti-diversity, aside from being terrible predictors of future success.

]]> https://www.ere.net/ban-job-descriptions-and-hire-better-people/feed/ 14 Recruiters Must Demand Their Hiring Managers Prepare performance-based Job Descriptions https://www.ere.net/recruiters-must-demand-their-hiring-managers-prepare-performance-based-job-descriptions/ https://www.ere.net/recruiters-must-demand-their-hiring-managers-prepare-performance-based-job-descriptions/#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2013 05:33:14 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=29866 Since we promote people based on their performance, why don’t we hire them the same way?

]]> https://www.ere.net/recruiters-must-demand-their-hiring-managers-prepare-performance-based-job-descriptions/feed/ 14 My Exclusive ERE Top 10 List for Becoming a Outstanding Recruiter in 2013 https://www.ere.net/my-exclusive-ere-top-10-list-for-becoming-a-outstanding-recruiter-in-2013/ https://www.ere.net/my-exclusive-ere-top-10-list-for-becoming-a-outstanding-recruiter-in-2013/#comments Fri, 04 Jan 2013 00:03:20 +0000 http://www.ere.net/?p=29593 I was talking with a bunch of corporate recruiters and talent leaders in San Jose last month about the future of corporate recruiting. At the end of the session one of the corporate recruiting managers asked me for a specific list of things her recruiting team could do to better compete with external search firms. Here’s what I came up with, in David Letterman-like order:

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