Make Hiring Great Again!
What do I have in common with Donald Trump?
Great hair?
Billions in the bank?
Stirring up controversy?
Well, two out of three aint bad shooting!.??
The real connection is this: were both passionate about what we see as broken and believe in our power to fix it.
His hat says, “Make America Great Again.
”Mine? “Make Hiring Great Again.”
Same vision, same drive—the ability to see beyond the status quo (great band, by the way) and the belief that we can create something better.
With over 15 years in Recruitment—starting in an agency building and managing multiple desks, then successfully running my own multi-discipline firm, and now collaborating as part of a global decentralized network of recruiters—there’s very little in this industry I haven’t seen done or heard.
Honestly if I were working for or running an agency right now using RIGID traditional methods, I’d be absolutely miserable, I just know I would, it's the same old story, over and over again with zero sign of change:
Last month, I surveyed a group of what I’d call “ideal clients,” and their average employee tenure was just 2.4 years.
When I started in this industry, anything under 3 years at a single employer was considered risky. You’d have to go out of your way to vouch for a candidate like that just to get the client to even consider them.
The Recruitment and hiring landscape has evolved, but let’s be honest, most of the processes and attitudes surrounding it remain well.... SH*T.
OK wait, we’ve made some surface-level changes:
"Decreased time to hire": Great, but at what cost? Rushing candidates through a conveyor belt doesn’t guarantee quality or fit.
"Invested in the latest AT$ systems": Fancy tech that often filters out great candidates because they didn’t use the right buzzwords or answer a question to the correct grading (of course they'll tell you they don't ??)
"10k a month on LinkedIn job ads": Throwing money at visibility doesn’t fix a broken process."Psychometric and personality tests": Overcomplicating things while alienating candidates (who feel like lab rats), taking the shark and turning it on it's back.
"5 forms of ID and medical records": Because clearly, the next hire might be a sociopath if we don’t triple-quadruple check.
"Talent acquisition teams": No shade here—there’s top talent in some teams—but they’re often stuck within systems that don’t serve them or the candidates.
And then there's AI.... "no one knows what it means but its provocative" - Ron burgundy.
Alright, let's cut the fluff and get straight to the point.
We're living in a world obsessed with "easy," but what about fulfilling?
The industry loves to tout "faster" processes, but why?
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Why all the checks, all the tools, all the BS?
Shouldn't we be focusing on what makes hiring better, more successful for everyone involved?
But hey, let's not blame the robots or tech suppliers just yet.
Employers are still slinging job offers like they're the golden ticket to happiness.
Truth is, most candidates are just hungry (food shopping when hungry) – they need a job, any job. And if you, the employer, are sitting around waiting for the perfect candidate to magically appear at the eleventh hour, well, you're just as starving and desperate as they are. Sorry, not sorry.
Think of it like dating:
Employer: "Here's my list of demands. Meet them perfectly!"
Candidate: "Sounds... intense but I'll give it a go."
Employer: "Meet me at my place at 9 AM sharp for an evaluation!"
Candidate: "I'll say anything to get a bite at this cake, I'm starving, jeesh I'll even abandon my own needs to get some.
Employer: "OMG, you sound perfect marry me! Sign here!, when can you move in?"
How long would that last in our swipe-left-swipe-right world? I'm giving it a week, tops.
Here's the real question:
If you can see the potential pitfalls of using these methods to find your Ideal partner, why are you accepting of them to find your ideal employee?
The traditional hiring process - ESPECIALLY via traditional Recruiters, has been as broken as a politicians promise for quite some time now, the amount of tech/products to make it easier or more "fruitful" are testament to this. - Lipstick on a pig ????
We're living in a world of endless choices and careers that change faster than TikTok trends. But here we are, still slapping on Elastoplast's and chasing the latest fad like it's going to magically fix our hiring woes.Time to wake up and smell the coffee, people!
Listen to those of us who've accepted that something's gotta give. As the wise Dale Carnegie said, "Knowledge is not power until it is applied." So, let's apply some common sense, shall we?
A thought to chew on:
If you hit the "dating market" today, using the same logic, methods, and timelines you use for hiring, how confident would you be in finding "The One"?
"Make hiring great again" Just ask me how! (And maybe we'll grab coffee and cake sometime... but no pressure, I'm not starving or anything) ??
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