In many ways, Recruiting is similar to Real Estate. Most property’s go up in value; others, not so much. Get the Green Hotel or Red House for Park Place? Which would you choose?
Per Jeff Bosher, it’s seven times easier to maintain an existing client than is to go out and get a new client. Jeff continues, “On a common sense level, it just makes a good business strategy to try to maintain as many existing clients as you can.”
Doesn’t a similar metric/philosophy apply towards existing Employees?
A strong relationship with a solid agency will pay great dividends. Not so sure? When’s the best time to develop a ‘relationship’ with your attorney? Dunno…but I’ll tell you when it’s NOT the best time: 3am, in jail, asking to borrow the yellow pages to make a phone call! (you know who you are)
Jul 022010
Happy Birthday America…where are the Heroes? America needs you…
Here’s a story about one. Utah Beach, 0600, June 6, 1944. It’s D Day.
Let’s pretend there are exactly 1,000 people in the United States that have a special skill set that you need, albeit due to attrition, expansion, or many other reasons why.
Your company needs just ONE. Should be a piece o’ cake, right? Think again!!
May 252010
In these difficult economic times, there’s no need to make a bad situation worse, albeit some very common mistakes. GOOD NEWS: The best place to start also happens to be the easiest to prevent…your resume.
May 252010
True Insight is of utmost importance. Call it navigational intelligence. Scalable data.
NOT a (Boolean based) Google search. That’s typically just additional bandwidth.
Let’s be crystal clear: RECRUITING is EXPENSIVE.
YES, it is…but, isn’t that highly subjective to the context in which it’s used?
May 212010
Congratulations! You’ve landed your Dream Job! It’s in ‘X’ (fill in blank), the place you’ve always THOUGHT you wanted to live. What does your Spouse think? How about the Juior in High School? Relatives, etc?
May 162010
Why are you surprised when the faceless giant organization you went to work for treats you like a number? Hey, this has been happening since your first contact…if you’ve been paying attention.
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