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When I mention to my friends in accounting, legal, or manufacturing that hiring has been downâŠthey have no idea what Iâm talking about.
Lots of industry sectors â and geographies â that are thriving right now. Many of which are underserved by a lot of B2B businesses. Not just recruiting, but marketing, software, etc. Because everyoneâs focused on the âcoolâ tech clients.
Hirewell actually does work in these areas. James Hornick and Jeff Smith break down how the most business (and career) opportunity is in traditionally underserved areas in episode 88 of The 10 Minute Talent Rant, "Neglected Markets Are Dying To Hire".
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"What Makes Recruiting Partnerships Fail (or Prosper)?" - The 10 Minute Talent Rant is LIVE
Stop me if you heard this one: âI had a bad experience with a recruiter.â
Doesnât matter if you were hiring for your company or looking for a job. Everyoneâs experienced this. Recruiters themselves have heard it from new clients about their previous partnerships, too. A million times.
But why? Why do so many people have bad experiences with recruiters? And whatâs different then they actually go well?
James Hornick and Jeff Smith break down the root causes of bad recruiting in episode 87 of The 10 Minute Talent Rant, "What Makes Recruiting Partnerships Fail (or Prosper)?"
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Does it feel like tenures are getting shorter? The data says they are. Both over the long term and the last year.
And that matches a lot of the conversations weâve had with companies. It sure feels like more people are leaving roles in their first year. But why is that?
Despite everyoneâs best intentions to fix up their onboarding and employee engagement during âThe Great Resignationâ era, it doesnât look like it stuck. Jeff Smith and James Hornick discuss how we still have some work to do in episode 86 of The 10 Minute Talent Rant, "We Never Fixed The Retention Problem" -
Social networks come and go. That includes LinkedIn.
Thereâs an argument to be made that LinkedIn is more than that. Itâs a user generated, worldwide corporate directory that serves as the source of truth for whoâs who in business. More tactically, Itâs the lifeblood of the sales and recruiting industries.
But what happens if people simply stop updating their profiles? Maybe theyâre covering gaps. Maybe theyâve been âgreen bannerâ shamed. What purpose does LinkedIn really serve then?
Itâs a real phenomenon that Jeff Smith and James Hornick are seeing. Theyâll discuss where LinkedIn is headed in episode 85 of The 10 Minute Talent Rant, "Will LinkedIn Be Dead In 10 Years?" -
In this episode of Talent Insights, Hirewell CEO, Matt Massucci discusses âThe Future of Workâ with experts Jon Milonas, SVP at CBRE, Dan Michelson, CEO and founder of UnCommon, and Mark Slocum, Tech Practice Lead at Hirewell. They delve into the evolving workplace landscape, focusing on shifts to flexible, remote, and hybrid models. The conversation covers challenges like office space use, employee engagement, and creating a culture that supports diverse work preferences while maintaining productivity. They highlight trust, opportunity, relationships, and experiences as key elements for organizational growth and retention. The discussion also includes talent acquisition and retention strategies, especially in remote work contexts and changes in professional services. Insights on leadership, strategy, and data-driven approaches for navigating the future work environment are shared, along with the role of technology in building connected communities and fostering engagement.
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The hiring market is improving, slowly but surely. Itâs not going to the moon like Bitcoin, but itâll get there.
Hiring needs create urgency. Urgency creates shortcuts. And shortcuts create every bad stereotype people have about recruiting.
What happens when scaling up becomes a hair-on-fire drill? And you didnât spend your down time fine tuning your strategy and processes? Jeff Smith and James Hornick covered it in episode 83 of The 10 Minute Talent Rant, "Dumb Hiring Ideas Are Back, Baby!" -
Remote on-the-job learning is hard. College loans are astronomically expensive. And no one knows what skills AI will make irrelevant (if any.)
Change is constant. But a lot of it at once is a lot to take in. Especially those just beginning their careers.
Jeff Smith and James Hornick arenât going to play generational favorites but they are going to point out the obvious in episode 82 of The 10 Minute Talent Rant, "The Unique Sh*tstorm For Young Professionals" -
The tech layoffs arenât over. Marketing budgets havenât recovered. DEI programs are slashed.
Might explain why we donât hear anyone talk about employer brand anymore. Itâs probably for the better: workers are skeptical. A lot of people got burned in the last 18 months and no one believes the old corporate jargon when theyâre looking for their next role.
Hiring isnât dead, but the talent attraction playbook needs a reboot. Jeff Smith and James Hornick discuss what resonates with job seekers and what falls flat in episode 81 of The 10 Minute Talent Rant, "Remember Employer Brand? It's Dead."
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New year. New hiring market. Hopefully.
2023 was a year a lot of recruiters are happy to turn the page on. But it wasnât all bad. Hirewell did see some growth areas and a consistently strong demand for interim talent.
Matt Massucci and James Hornick break down the previous quarter and look what whatâs happening to start 2024 with âHirewell Data Insights: Hiring Trends Q4 2023"
Replays will be available on Hirewellâs Youtube channel. Audio-only version will be available on the Talent Insights podcast on Apple, Google, Amazon and Spotify.
Subscribe to those channels here: https://linktr.ee/jameshornick
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Itâs January. Which means weâre in the lame duck period for year end bonuses. Earned but not yet paid.
With that comes complications. Some companies are bracing for post-bonus churn. Others are offering sign-on bonuses to jump the line and get the talent they need now.
And of course, some companies were beat up so bad in 2023 that bonuses went out the window. Thereâs the Haves and the Have-Nots.
Meanwhile, the real question: how effective is the yearly bonus model for retention anyway?
Jeff Smith and James Hornick kick off the new year with episode 80 of The 10 Minute Talent Rant, "Do Bonuses Buy Loyalty?" -
For most of Hirewellâs existence, internal recruiter positions were the #2 most commonly filled roles on a yearly basis. Right after software engineers.
In 2023? Not even on the heat map. Almost no demand. And lots of A+ recruiters have struggled to find work.
Why? Rising interest rates.
Jeff Smith and James Hornick put on their nerd hats and explain how the macroeconomic environment affects hiring in a very real way in episode 79 of The 10 Minute Talent Rant, "How High Interest Rates Tanked Recruiting" -
Ever not get hired and wonder where you fell short in the interview? But your contact at the company left you hanging?
Or maybe you were on the other side. Looking to pay it forward, but were shot down by legal.
Behind every job seeker who didnât get feedback, thereâs a recruiter who got their hand slapped for giving it previously. Welcome to the exciting world of hiring litigation.
Jeff Smith and James Hornick unpack what both job seekers and companies have lost in the modern say-nothing feedback world in episode 78 of The 10 Minute Talent Rant, "Interview Feedback Is Dead"
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The hiring world is obsessed with candidate pipeline building. Sure, the top of the funnel is important. But success in hiring has always been about conversion. Getting the right candidates to say âyes.â
And nothing converts offers to acceptances like an A+ interview experience.
Problem is: itâs really hard for your company to set itself apart when youâre doing 3 Zooms and an assessment like every other company.
Regardless of your office vs remote policy, onsite interviews offer so much more opportunity for curated, impactful interview experiences. Jeff Smith and James Hornick discussed how dramatic of a difference this can make in the next The 10 Minute Talent Rant, Episode 77 "Onsite Interviews Are Better"
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Hiring leaders want the best. People with strong skills who fit very specific skill needs. No one ever says theyâll hire someone who is âpretty good at a bunch of stuff.â
Yet come layoff time, thatâs who they prioritize retaining. Those who can take on the most workload. The old âdo more with less.â
High for specialization. Retain for breadth.
Why is that? And can layoff decision-making teach us how we should change our hiring process? Jeff Smith and James Hornick discuss in the next The 10 Minute Talent Rant, Episode 76 "The Disconnect Between Hiring and Retention"
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Itâs no secret that the recruiting industry doesnât have the best collective reputation. Thereâs a lot of fingers to point. Executives think hiring is easy. HR is resistant to change. Job seekers have unrealistic expectations.
But perhaps we should point the finger at ourselves. If âhiring is broken,â why havenât we fixed it? Sure, everyone complains about recruiting. But are we even listening?
Jeff Smith and James Hornick discuss accountability while dunking on themselves in the next The 10 Minute Talent Rant, Episode 75 "Recruiters Are Terrible Listeners"
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Miss us? We took Q3 quarter off for our mental health. The hiring market did so we did tooâŠ
But Q3 ended with some hiring bright spots in the technology and finance & accounting fields. Not to mention some (potential) leading indicators of good news on the horizon with interim talent.
Matt Massucci and James Hornick return with a numbers-driven look on what recruiting looks like going into the end of the year with âHirewell Data Insights: Hiring Trends Q4 2023"
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Real talk: back in the 9-5 in office days, thereâs nothing I wanted to do less than spending my evening (read: me time) at a networking event. Iâm a recruiter. I just spent the entire day networking.
Now? I miss people. (Well, sometimes anyway.) And it appears everyone feels the same way.
Industry happy hours. Onsite hiring events. Internal team events. Coffee with an old contact. The vibe shifted. It sure feels like people are into it now.
Whether itâs hiring, sales or a bit of both, Jeff Smith and James Hornick discuss how event planning is suddenly a core competency in The 10 Minute Talent Rant, Episode 74 "Event Planning. So Hot Right Now."
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Whatâs the most played-out online debate of this decade?
Thatâs easy. âAre workers more efficient remote or in the office?â Everyone has their opinion and on one is changing their mind. Itâs tribal.
But thereâs one point that most of us agree on: remote learning sucks. It doesnât matter if itâs in school or in the office.
When companies are expected to train new grads and skill develop experienced employees, it seems like kind of a big issue, doesnât it? If weâre not getting smarter, are we getting dumber?
Jeff Smith and James Hornick discuss whether or not the episode's title is clickbait in the next The 10 Minute Talent Rant, Episode 73 "Is Remote Work Making Us Dumber?"
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No one enjoys giving bad news. And thatâs a problem.
One of the biggest complaints job seekers have about the interview process (besides not getting the job) is not finding out why. Itâs often something they donât want to hear.
Every recruiter has a horror story about someone who blew up on them because of it. And that causes a lot of recruiters to avoid it whenever they.
But running away from your problems never solved anything. Jeff Smith and James Hornick talk about how to deliver bad new without becoming collateral damage in The 10 Minute Talent Rant, Episode 72 "Giving Job Seekers Bad News Sucks"
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The current hiring environment confounded a lot of recruiters. Stock market is up, unemployment is low, inflation is going downâŠbut hiring in tech-forward companies is still way down.
Internal recruiting teams are smaller. Agencies are struggling. âGetting byâ is the norm.
Whatâs the secret to survival? In the words of Ross Geller: âPivot!â
Jeff Smith and James Hornick will discuss what Hirewellâs done and what our contacts are focused on in 2023 in The 10 Minute Talent Rant, Episode 71 "Surviving A Turbulent Recruiting Market"
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