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Measuring Quality of Hire

After tracking the 10-year performance of 100s of candidates I placed in mid-management roles from 1980 to 2000, I finally figured out how to measure Quality of Hire. It’s described in detail in Chapter 16 of Hire with Your Head (4th edition, 2021, Wiley). The other day I asked ChatGPT if the approach was still […]

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A Non-(so)-Fictional Win-Win Hiring AI-Story

(I asked ChatGPT to write a story about the legal and diversity hiring implications of using Performance-based Hiring based on this whitepaper from Littler. I was shocked by the story it wrote with such a simple prompt.) In the heart of the corporate district, inside a spacious office adorned with contemporary art, John, the Hiring […]

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Converting Jobs into Careers

Using a single sentence prompt I asked ChatGPT to convert this LinkedIn Learning course on embedding post-hire success into the pre-hire process into a compelling super short story. It follows below. Send us a link to one of your open job descriptions and we’ll show you how to make Amelia’s story yours. Converting Jobs into […]

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Hiring for Success – Part 7

With AI, there’s a new math for hiring. It turns out everyone can now be in the top half of the top half. To get there candidates and hiring managers both need to be more discriminating and make wiser decisions. Getting to the top 10% takes a little more effort. For some it’s worth it. […]

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The New Metrics for Assessing Hiring Effectiveness

I uploaded this PDF describing the 12 factors in our Hiring Effectiveness Index (HEI) into ChatGPT. I then asked if the scoring system would help a company identify potential problems in its current hiring processes. 

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GAI’s Tip of the Hiring Iceberg

Spoiler alert. This could be scary. It represents the future of hiring.

I just used ChatGPT to fundamentally change how job candidates will be sourced, assessed, recruited and managed in the future. Here’s how to get started. If you dare.

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Filling Generic Jobs with Generic People is a Recipe for Disappointment

It turns out that hiring outstanding talent on a consistent basis has little to do with your ATS, which job boards you use or the quality of your competency model. The process shown in the image below (PDF version) will give you consistent great results as long as you do these four things first:

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Hiring More Leaders Starts by Changing Your Hiring Strategy

Many years ago I worked with LinkedIn on preparing a video highlighting the importance of developing a hiring strategy based on attracting the best rather than one designed to filter out the weak. It turns out that without the right talent strategy it’s not possible to hire more leaders on a consistent basis. Chance, hope, the latest technology or job boards won’t help. While the message in the video is still true today, most people will have some Catch-22 excuse why it won’t work.

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Stop the Revolving Door of Dissatisfaction and Turnover with This Crazy Idea

It’s important to remember that when it comes to changing jobs, it’s where you’re going that matters more than where you’ve been. 

In a recent post I contended that you don’t need a high-tech solution to solve a high touch problem like turnover. The problems and solutions are just too obvious.

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Use the Phone Interview to Convert Strangers into Acquaintances

The reason hiring acquaintances is more predictable is that these people are hired based on their known performance doing comparable work in comparable situations. Strangers, on the other hand, don’t get this free pass. Instead, they’re first screened on their level of skills, experiences and academic background and then assessed in large measure on the quality of their presentation skills, first impression and personality.

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This Phone Screen Will Change the Quality of Every Person Hired at Your Company

While a professional phone screen won’t solve these problems, it will identify their root cause. That’s why every recruiter and hiring manager needs to master the phone screen before implementing any other hiring initiative.

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Don’t Waste Your Time Trying to Hire Mary

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Focus on Recruiting at the Top of the Funnel to Overcome Talent Scarcity

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10 Email Best Practices for Attracting Passive Candidates

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The 7 Steps for Recruiting Hard-to-find Passive Candidates

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Lou’s Top 10 List for Becoming a Better Recruiter in 2013

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Don’t Put the Cart before the Horse if You Want to Find More Top People

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How to Achieve the Recruiting Performance Trifecta of Quality, Cost, and Time

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The Golden Rule of Passive Candidate Recruiting

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Bridging the Gap: Passive Candidate Recruiting: Part 3-1

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