Hiring and Recruiting Tips for Managers

As one of San Diego’s leading talent management consulting and recruiting firms, we know firsthand the importance of hiring right ? the first time. To encourage the best hiring practices, we’ve pointed out five items that the top hiring managers are doing ? to ensure the right hire ? the first time.

Why Your Job Ad Sucks and You Aren’t Attracting Qualified Talent (FINAL ? Part 3)

The final part of finding the right-fit candidate is all about screening for culture fit. It’s a critical step – and the great news is – it can be done early in the hiring process – starting with the job description/ad! As a company, knowing WHY you’re in business, and not just what you do is the best way to identify your company culture.

Why Your Job Ad Sucks and You Aren’t Attracting Qualified Talent (part 2 of 3)

How can the job description/ad sound LESS like a job and MORE like an opportunity? SIMPLE: Shift your focus from the HAVES to the DOS. Instead of having a checklist of what someone needs to HAVE for a job, focus on what someone has to DO to be successful in a job. Top talent will only leave their current roles for an opportunity ? not just a job . Those employees want to be challenged ? they desire to learn something new. A successful job description/ad outlines the opportunity throughout the entire ad.

Why Your Job Ad Sucks and You Aren’t Attracting Qualified Talent (part 1 of 3)

The best practices in the hiring process start with creating an effective job description. A simple shift in your job description/job ad can dramatically alter the results you’re seeing, from 5%-10% of your applicant pool being quality to 50% or more! Here is part 1 of our 3 part series where we’re going to teach you how to attract top talent starting from the job description.

5 Ways to Improve the Hiring and Recruiting Process

As executive sales and marketing recruiters, we understand the challenges companies, and candidates, face. Interviewing and hiring is tedious, time consuming and repetitive ? and candidates can spend a lot of time interviewing ? with little to no follow up. With a few changes to the hiring process, both candidates and companies can have a more pleasant and effective experience. We’ve picked the top 5 changes that can improve the hiring and interviewing process.

What Type of Detail Oriented Person Are You Hiring?

As one of the leading San Diego recruitment firms, our clients are asking us this question, and others like: How do I interview for soft skills? How can I tell they are truly a hard worker? To assess for soft skills, like detail oriented, there are three things to focus on.

8 Qualities Found in High-Performers in the Hiring and Interviewing Process

As a talent management consulting firm, we often witness during hiring and interviewing processes, hiring managers are too focused on qualifications like how many years experience a candidate has OR where their degree is from and often overlook 8 must-have qualities.

RECRUITING: Passive or Active: What Pool Should You Fish From?

Since 2010, employment in the private sector has increased by 14.5 million jobs, an average of 194,000 jobs per month. And the unemployment rate has fallen below 4.7%! As one of the top talent strategy firms teaching companies how to hire SMART and a top California executive recruitment firm, we know job seekers have more opportunities than ever to choose from.

How to Recruit a Recruiter

Searching for top talent isn’t easy and requires many resources that most hiring managers don’t have ? time, recruiting skill and persistence. As the leading San Diego recruitment firm for sales, marketing and operations professionals, we’ve put together 4 tips for hiring a recruiter.

Do you Dare Diversify Your Workforce?

There is more to diversity in the workplace than what meets the eye. For example ? think of smartphones – with technology allowing people to view almost anything from anywhere, in a split second. Even tools like Skype or Google circles allow companies to employ talent regionally, nationally and internationally!