Talent Fit: An Art or a Science?
Google and Facebook, two of the hottest employers today are not only popular for their technologies, which bring people together, but also for their unique business models. Candidates globally are vying for the opportunity to work at either firm. Google alone can receive up to 75,000 applications in one week. Given no shortage of qualified candidates, these two firms put applicants through a gauntlet of interviews and tests; to not only decipher technical prowess, but more importantly fit. The way ...
Covering Talent Issues: A Reporter’s Perspective
I sit on the Board of our local talent acquisition non-profit group, RecruitDC. And since the inception, we’ve been lucky enough to have exceptional keynote speakers at each of our sell-out conferences. This year, with so many economic and government factors affecting our local talent landscape, we’re taking a different approach. Washington Post reporter Sarah Halzack will lead a panel of executive HR leaders to address some of these issues. Halzack, a Capital Business Reporter and Web Editor for the Post, has ...
Tech Shoppers Beware: Don’t Buy Candidates From This Guy
As I head to InfluenceHR in two weeks to talk with HR vendors about how to sell into the space, I’m continually amazed by the tactics people use. I’m not a career salesperson, but I have spent quite a bit of time in the buyer’s seat, and now that I run a consulting firm, new business is constantly on my mind. So I understand quarterly goals, year-end stress and pressure to make numbers. But I’ll never understand why people think ...
Please Stop Hiring Rockstars
When I think of “rockstar,” I think of Mick Jagger, Slash, James Hetfield, Ozzy Osbourne, Adam Levine. I think of long hair, tattoos, decibels, backstage mayhem, and decibels. “It’s Freedom Rock, turn it up.” When I search “rockstar,” I get energy drinks, Rolling Stone, a gaming company and “rockstar abs.” To be a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame rockstar, think talent and longevity. To be inducted you had to have been in the business for at least 25 years. ...
Why You Should Care About Candidate Experience
We’re marketers. That’s what we are. Talent acquisition is about promoting opportunities. Driving brand loyalty. Evaluating customer sentiment. Participating in the conversation about our brand. Whether you like it or not, if your game is talent, your playing field is strangely similar to a marketer’s. And that because it’s all about the experience.
Memo to Executives: Women Don’t Want It All
There are a million voices in the debate on women in the workplace. And I was reticent to add another. But there’s a perspective no one is talking about and that’s the work. Until the work changes, the ratio of women in leadership positions won’t change. My latest post in Forbes addresses just that. What if women don’t want it all? What if it’s not about promoting us but rather whether we even want it? This is an important conversation. ...
New Whitepaper: The State of the Workforce
At the end of 2012, exaqueo surveyed the U.S. workforce to see what role the economy plays in job seeking. Are more employees willing to jump ship as the economy gets better? Is the down economy the main reason they’ve been staying put? What we found may surprise you. On the heels of today’s jobs numbers, you won’t want to miss this. Read, download and share: State of The Workforce.
Employee Engagement: Can Data Save Your Organization?
As the economy continued to tank in 2011 and 2012, employee engagement dropped with it. Down economies often impact organizational loyalty in a negative way and Mercer’s 2012 report confirms that. According to the report, 24% of organizations are reporting lowered engagement up from 13% just two years ago. And while organizations continue to invest in employee engagement, or some form of loyalty strengthening activities, popular HR analysts and bloggers are challenging the notion of engagement score value. Companies do care about employee feedback: 96% of Fortune 100 companies and 65% of mid-sized companies use some sort of employee survey. But is fighting for increased engagement scores a good use of executive time and attention? And are increased scores really that valuable to your business?
Employer Brand: It’s What You Measure That Counts
If you could predict with a high degree of precision that investment in your employer brand strategy would deliver value wouldn’t you increase your investment?
Employer Brand International’s (EBI) 2012/2013 Global Research study found that 39% of companies plan to increase their investment in employer branding initiatives in 2013. The important consideration in this statistic is just how much of this investment will add value and how much will be wasted. For many companies it may lead to an outcome that many marketers are only too well aware of: half of their investment is wasted, they just don’t know which half!
How NOT to Get a New Job
Here at exaqueo, we take on a few career coaching clients each month. And inevitably, some cringe when they realize how much hard work is required for a successful job search. Every once in a while we have to really be clear—and sarcasm does the trick. Check out my latest post on Forbes: How Not to Get a New Job in 2013. If this doesn’t make an impression on your favorite lazy job-seeker, nothing will!