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When new-hire referrals are ignored, wait 3 months to request them. Yes, most are surprised that a simple 3-month delay has such a dramatic impact on your referral results.

Last year, new-hire turnover jumped a whopping 15%! So everyone involved in hiring should take notice. This type of turnover may be the most painful of all turnovers! Why New Hire Turnover Is Especially Painful Of course, all turnover hurts; however, I’ve found that new-hire turnover (where recent hires leave …

Being late to make an offer guarantees you an ugly prom date! And the only way to ensure that you have a chance to get the most attractive date is to be the first one to make an offer. And the recruiting world is no different. In our function, it’s …

Ignore spammed resumes; focus on highly interested candidates.

A record 1 in 3 under-35 adults lived with their parents in 2025. So, lacking a proper handshake, Liam may live in your basement forever! It’s ironic that during a time when hiring managers complain they can’t hire enough next-generation (aka next-gen) talent, these same hiring managers are rejecting a …

Most struggle to get the attention of applicants. Clickbaiting may be the answer! Unfortunately, a great deal of recruitment messaging is routine and dull. So often, important messages go unnoticed, and when they are spotted, the time that potential applicants spend on those messages is minuscule. However, clickbaiting recruitment messaging …

If you knew their secrets, you could recruit like a champion too! Even though the recent success of the New York Knicks occurred in sports and not in your industry, it still makes sense for every talent leader who expects to raise their talent management results to industry-leading levels to …

Surprisingly, summer months rank in the top 5 of applicant volume. And during 2025, the summer months of August, July, and June literally ranked 1, 2, and 3 in the months with the highest US applicant volume. So the critical lesson that hiring managers and smart recruiting leaders need to …

How often have you heard the “I wish we could stay here” phrase while you were on a vacation trip? Well, if your company has retail locations throughout the US, offers remote jobs, or has jobs that happen to be close to popular vacation areas, you have an opportunity this …

All talent leaders try to be strategic, but most fall short. And it’s not because leaders don’t get the Xs and Os of recruiting right. Instead, my research has found that many fail to reach strategic status because most recruiting leaders are not strong business leaders. This lack of business …