On my recent trip to NZ and AU (to speak about project management), I had some informal conversations with people who could not find enough people for their projects.From my non-scientific survey, it appears that we have started a technical hiring crunch (not enough candidates for positions). Consider people you might not have considered before: […]
If you’re a hiring manager, read Mike’s Life Is A Hire Way: 5 Tips For Startup Hiring. Great ideas, Mike! (And not just for startups.) Labels: hiring decision, hiring strategy, interview, recruiting
So you’ve got a job description that offers an opportunity, not a job. You’ve come to terms with how you see the value of the job. Now it’s time to start looking for people–candidates–to help fill that job. One way to make a job highly attractive is if you, the hiring manager, actively participate in
I’ve been traveling virtually all of March. (You can probably tell, eh?) I’m leaving Albuquerque today and spoke with some folks from Chili’s, the restaurant chain.They’re opening a new restaurant in this area, and are hiring over 100 people. I asked about turnover and they said that yes, they do have a fair amount of
Via Mischievous Ramblings I discovered Microsoft tries to recruit me. Here’s the message I’m seeing loud and clear: It’s worth a few minutes to perform a little research on the name of the person you’ve just discovered via the web. If you’re a hiring manager and you’re hiring a contract recruiter, interview the recruiter. Ask
For some unknown-to-me-reason, more and more hiring managers appear to be attempting to do their own recruiting. While I do encourage hiring managers to network and constantly be on the lookout for candidates, especially passive candidates, I can’t see how a hiring manager can effectively perform the management job and recruit for candidates.If you’re in
A reader, Mike, sent me this gem: Interview with the Intern. The lessons: Mind your language — particularly in the cover letter. I tend to give more benefit of the doubt with affect/effect. But I don’t have much patience with cover letters that misspell my name or the name of the company. Calm down. I’ve
I’ve said before that networking is critically important to finding a job and finding candidates in Use the Power of Your One-on-One Network. A colleague of mine has just sent me an email explaining her predicament, I am currently looking for a job and networks are important to me. If you are interested in the resume
Heather has a great post, Recruiters who actually know what they are talking about. The piece that resonated with me: I can’t imagine doing a phone interview or discussing an open position with a hiring manager without having strong knowledge of the functional space. If you’re a hiring manager inside an organization, using an internal
© 2005 Johanna Rothman. Your staff holds the key to some of the best hires you’ll make. Learn how to extract value from their connections. Employee referrals are an excellent source of hiring leads. And if you’ve been hiring for any length of time you already know that. Almost every organization has some employee referral