By Michael Timms
Yes, I realize that saying “recruiting is broken” may sound like something Donald Trump would say if he was in the HR business. But as inflammatory as it may sound, it’s true. Think about it. Is your recruiting process delivering, on a regular basis, the top-tier leaders that your company is desperately seeking?
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Most people that I talk to are telling me “no.” They’re either a) not happy with the results that their recruiters are producing, or b) they’ve grudgingly come to terms with what their recruiters can realistically produce.
Recruiting is overused and misapplied
If you’re not happy with what your recruiters are producing, it’s probably not their fault. Recruiting is like a hammer. It used to be the only tool a framer had to frame a house with. But with the invention of the nail gun, everything changed. What used to take days to build now only takes hours.
Framing went from being a constraint in the building process to becoming a stage that could be easily scaled up. If you’re building a house and the only tool you’ve supplied your framer with is a hammer, then don’t blame the framer if it takes five times longer than you’d like, and costs a bundle more than it should.