This headline caught my eye in last week’s WSJ: Employers trying to recruit in the tightest job market in decades are hiring some candidates sight unseen—after just one phone interview.To me, that makes no sense. I get it that hiring managers don’t want to lose good candidates, but this seems like they’re okay just hiring any warm body. If these companies are so intent on finding employees then they should hire more recruiters and more quickly and effectively interview those warm bodies, and creatively expedite their on-boarding process. Filling open positions quickly is not the same as finding and hiring the right people quickly: the first might make you feel good in the short-term, the second makes better sense in the long-term; saving money by having fewer recruiters will cost you more money in turnover: don’t be penny wise and pound foolish. If you’re passionate about finding the best employees then unleash your HR creativity and do what it takes to accomplish that goal more effectively today.
Yo-Yo Ma (born 1955): Cellist
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