In consulting with our clients on executive search, we find some common areas of misconception about the talent acquisition process. Focusing on the five that we encounter the most. Relying only on inbound talent to fill your crucial positions. Even with the huge demand for talent, it is surprising how many companies are not augmenting […]
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9 Advantages to Using a Retained Executive Search Firm
With the tight talent market, we’ve updated this blog post about the 9 advantages of using a Retained Executive Search Firm with some new content for our readers. See below for updates. If you have a high level position that you are trying to fill, it may be worth considering bringing in a Retained Executive […]
Culture still counts in a tight talent market
The talent market is tight. With executive unemployment hovering around 1.7% companies are scrambling to fill critical roles. The shortage of talent with “Soft skills” – communication, teamwork, adaptability – has led to a shortfall of 1.4 Million executives. Larger companies with strong employer brands and dedicated recruiting teams have a distinct advantage over their […]
Unemployment Rate for Professionals is 1.7%
The recent jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals that in May the unemployment rate dropped to 3.8% overall. If you delve more closely into the numbers, you’ll see that the unemployment for Management, professional, and related occupations is in fact 1.7%. That means that out of any 100 Management and Professional level executives […]
The Talent Shortage Demands a New Hiring Strategy
Lou Adler wrote a great post on LinkedIn regarding the importance of adopting a new hiring strategy as the talent shortage continues to get worse. I have attached the link here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/low-unemployment-job-growth-demands-new-hiring-strategy-lou-adler/ He provides some valuable insight into the talent acquisition process and how to adapt your talent hiring strategy to get better results for […]
Get Better Talent Sourcing Results
The latest data from LinkedIn provides great information to work with in developing your talent strategy in today’s labor market. Talent strategy should be done prior to beginning your talent sourcing. You can read the full report here. Hiring was strong in April, up 19.8% from last year at the same time. There is a […]
Job Postings Cannot Close the Skills Gap
US job openings soar to record high of 6.3 million This January saw the largest increase in job postings in 2.5 years, with 645,000 new jobs being posted. The economy is booming, and at 4.1% unemployment is at a 17 year low. And that’s for jobs across all industries and levels. When you look at […]
Will 2018 see an increase in women CEO’s?
March 8th was International Women’s Day so thought it a great time to take a look at women’s employment and gain a solid picture of the progress women have made in employment in the United States with a specific focus on women in leadership, in the CEO suite. While overall employment for women in the […]
AI and Executive Search – Art meets Science
I, Robot Over the past few years Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning have become popular subjects of debate. Incredible technological advances are disrupting industries from Advertising to Finance to Transportation and seemingly everything in between. And AI has sprung up as a component of talent acquisition with everything from Chatbots as part of the initial […]
Recruitment is the second biggest challenge to HR Executives in 2018
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Globoforce conducted a survey of HR professionals to understand what issues are of key importance for 2018. This edition of the survey was sent to randomly selected SHRM members at a manager level or above. The final sample of the survey was composed of 738 HR professionals who […]