We know that our best hires are people we’ve worked with before, internal promotions, and candidates highly referred by someone we trust. The reason is obvious. We know their past performance, how they fit with the team and culture and whether they take personal...
The shift to skills-based hiring is undeniably positive. But let's be clear: it's just one step in a multi-step process. You need to be sure the skills selected are the correct ones, that they’re being evaluated properly and you can attract qualified people who are...
Consider this. We've built elaborate systems – competency matrices, skills assessments, personality profiles, behavioral interviews with STAR frameworks – that sound rigorous and scientific. But here's the uncomfortable truth: most organizations have no idea whether...
A $60 Billion Yearly HR Problem That Won't Go Away By Following the Leader By most estimates, global recruiting spend exceeds $60 billion annually. The yield? Less than 0.5% of applicants get hired – and half of those underperform or leave within 18 months. That's a...
This is a true story. It will take place sometime in the next 12 months. Maybe at your company. Maybe in your department. Maybe... to you. It's about two moles. Harry and Harriet. Both are good workers – the kind who show up on time, hit their deadlines, and never...
In this earlier post I suggested that excellence is universalregardless of the role. You can find them both using this one question: Tell me about your best work (describe your biggest job challenge)? Then dig deep 5-6 layers to uncover the attributes of excellence...
At a hiring manager training program last week, I ended the multi-day program with two pieces of advice. First, invoke the “No 2s”rule to prevent most hiring mistakes – immediately! A Level 2 is a person who is competent to do the work but not motivated to do it. As...
Decades of organizational research have consistently identified what separates exceptional employees from average ones. The Five Pillars: What Research Tells Us Results & Impact: McKinsey's research on high performers shows these individuals don't just complete...
At a hiring manager training program last week, I ended the multi-day program with two pieces of advice. First, invoke the “No 2s”rule to prevent most hiring mistakes – immediately! A Level 2 is a person who is competent to do the work but not motivated to do it. As...
Win-Win Hiring means measuring hiring success on the first year anniversary date, not the start date. This means both the new hire and the hiring manager enthusiastically agree – one year later – that they made the right decision. One way to increase the likelihood of...
There's a Better Way to Assess Work Ethic, Grit and Motivation At a recent Performance-based Hiring training sessionfor hiring managers I was bombarded with questions on how to hire people who were willing to work long hours. When I asked them what they were now...
Note: This is a fictional account drawn from real situations in multiple companies — a composite of leaders who’ve faced the same challenge. The names and details are fictional, but the underlying issues are real. This could be your story, too. Now let the tale...
As this research report points out, the most predictive factor in hiring success isn't credentials, experience, or skills – it's the degree of connectedness between candidates and the organization. The graphic above reveals an uncomfortable truth. Internal mobility...
It’s time for a hard reset. Let's put the person in charge of making the hiring decision in charge of the entire process! Hiring managers need to step up and measure their success by the quality of the people they've hired. But the metric of success is not measured on...
Is This the Future We've Been Waiting For, or Just Another Buzzword? As reviewed by a Fortune 500 CHRO with 20+ years in talent leadership Note: I asked Claude to review the full Vibe Recruiting manual from the perspective of the CHRO of a Fortune 500 company. The...
June 29, 2025 A provocative new article from Towards Data Science, "Stop Chasing 'Efficiency AI.' The Real Value Is in 'Opportunity AI,'"challenges conventional thinking about AI implementation in enterprises. Author Shreshth Sharma argues that while most...
After 25 years and $2.5 trillion in global HR technology investment, we have irrefutable evidence of a spectacular failure. Yet most HR leaders still refuse to believe it. They continue to follow their HR tech vendors down a path to consistent underperformance....
Sarah Chen never thought a simple scorecard would transform her hiring process, but six months later, she found herself in the CHRO's office, making the case for rolling it out company-wide. "David, I need to show you something," Sarah began, pulling up her laptop....
In the future, recruiters won’t be needed to fill rank-and-file jobs — AI will soon automate the entire process. The recruiters who thrive will be the ones who master solution selling to craft careers that not just change lives but shape companies. Learning to play...
Let’s be frank. HR tech stacks look impressive on paper and in the demo, but are a money and resource pit in practice. Companies have all of the tools: ATS, CRM, sourcing platforms, assessments, interview schedulers… but still can’t seem to hire better, faster, or...