Referral programs harness the energies of a few very specific types of people. While automation can reduce the complexity of referral programs, it is unlikely to significantly increase the yield of those programs.
Technology does not make recruiting easier. It makes it better and more precise. Great tools increase the level of detail that can be managed.
Although it may seem overwhelming at first, you should be able to identify the people who are likely to become a part of your workforce, the various sources (schools, competitors, adjacent industries) from which they will emerge.
Like any Recruiting methodology, referrals have their place. They can be a short-cut to the perfect employee or cause culture-rot if managed without care.
Dissonance People have maps of the world that they carry around in their heads. Accumulated experience, conventional wisdom and the insight of the people and institutions that influence us shape our worldview. Certain that we have a handle on the truth, we move through our reality as if we had a clear picture. We make […]
Extremophiles (April 22, 2009) In a world of writers and verbal intellects, Eileen Clegg is a visual thinker. She is a prototypical Renaissance person with broad interests and deep networks. The seasoned newspaper reporter (10 years at the Santa Rosa Press Democrat) spent an additional chunk of her life working at the Institute for the […]
Sustainable Work Force (April 07, 2009) Over the course of a decade, Kevin Wheeler has compiled a massive contribution to the HR – HCM – Recruiting Industry. Relentlessly travelling the world, he always finds time to head home for ERE. I bumped into him very briefly last week. To paraphrase James Brown, “Ain’t no dog, […]
Take a quick look at this. Though the sites have changed, the fundamentals of Recruiting Strategy remain the same. 1999 Recruiting Strategy
As budgets tighten, companies are beginning to wrestle with standard cost-effectiveness questions. Advertising and advertising-like functions are one of the first places that budget shaving takes root. Since much of Recruiting and Talent acquisition uses an advertising business model (upfront expense, limited quantification of returns), the cost cutter’s eyes are inevitably drawn towards expenses in […]
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