As I have mentioned in the past, I am one lucky “recruiting guy” because I get to interact with talented recruitment professionals throughout the world on a daily basis.
With our Solution engagement, I also get to become a ‘teammate’ of many recruitment organizations! With our Benchmark Study, I have intimate interaction with many, many more!
This unique opportunity always provides me with many thoughts/observations/insights!
Some recent “Lean, JIT ‘Elite’ Recruitment Thoughts” from the road:
Discipline, sense of urgency, and self-direction are a few of the most important ELITE recruiter competencies you can possess.
- The busier you get, the more time you need to plan your perfect day. If you are not planning at least 30 minutes a day . . . I bet you are 10-50% less productive than those that do!
- You can plan all you want but . . . if you are not “true to your schedule”, if you do not commit to crossing off your TO DOs (ETFs, MTNs), starting/stopping meetings ON TIME, etc., IT IS WORTHLESS!
Trust is also very important. If your hiring managers don’t TRUST that:
- You understand their business
- You have an eye for the talent they want/need
- You know how to find top talent
- They will continue to:
- Ask to see all resumes before setting up interviews
- Always want to “see more”
- Not listen to your salary/offer recommendations, etc.
- To earn trust, you must learn their business by attending staff meetings, learning from employees/candidates AND become an expert at performing intake sessions and setting SLAs
A strong ability to solicit interest is equally important. With technology, social media, it is much easier to FIND passive candidates . . . but still very difficult to SOLICIT THEIR INTEREST.
- To SOLICIT INTEREST, you need to master the three keys to the art & science of recruiting top talent; compelling message, timing, and tonality.
While there are many facets to recruiting, if you:
- Are able to plan for, and execute more Perfect Days (with passion
) - Have earned the trust of your hiring managers via knowledge and engaging/executing flawless intake/SLA sessions.
- Have mastered the ability to engage and recruit top talent.
You are pretty darn ‘elite’ in my book!
My ‘two cents’ from the road . . . Please share any of your ‘two cents’ from the field!
I hope you have (or had) a good spring break!





