Recruiting Leaders: Why You Want Cold Leads (& How to Turn Them Warm)
We all know that hot leads are…hot. These are people who have already decided they want a new opportunity. You often don’t have a relationship with them, but you know they’re ready to move. Warm leads are talent who aren’t sure about their current employer, and if given the right value proposition they might be interested in your […]
Recruits Don’t Want to Work for Your Company
You’re building a team for the most innovative, interesting company in the industry, yet attracting new talent is harder than recruiting a penguin in the desert. You call and call, text and text, and wonder: Why aren’t candidates banging down your door to work with you? It’s because recruits don’t care about your company. They care […]
The #1 Recruiting Lesson I Learned from Growing Up Dirt Poor
At school, I was known as “the poor kid.” Let’s put it this way: I had to duct tape my tennis shoes, I wore clothes with holes in them before destroyed denim was a legitimate style, and I ate saltines and powdered milk for breakfast. When I left home at 19, I had just 50 […]
Your Values Are Worth Fighting For!
I will never forget that call. It was 12 hours until my family was leaving for our annual family vacation. It was to be our 5th consecutive year I had kept my promise to my family that I would unplug from my work for a full week. My wife was home packing with our four […]
Work Less, Recruit More
Why Trying Too Hard Kills Your Recruiting Efforts (And What to Do Instead) Ever hear of a tryhard? In teenage parlance, a tryhard is someone who tries so hard to look cool that it backfires, or who expends way too much effort in a video game to kill a “meh” player. There’s a little bit […]
