Closing Executive Searches Faster Executive searches are moving more quickly. In 2023, the presentation of the executive who is ultimately hired usually occurs during the first month. In Q1, it was in 27 days. In…
What Your LinkedIn Member ID Means Lower Linked Member IDs Have Gravitas In certain social networking circles, a low LinkedIn member number gives the user nerdy gravitas. You must be pretty connected to industry VIPs,…
Candidate Sourcing Advice inspired by Steve Jobs Corporate sourcing teams could take some candidate sourcing advice from Steve Jobs. The Apple founder understood better than most that “less is more”. While other tech companies opted for…
Skip Using LinkedIn to Recruit C-Level Executives Is LinkedIn Recruiter a Senior Executive Recruiter? LinkedIn is a tool — a useful one — that can be deployed to help recruit candidates for any company. For example,…
Why Headhunters Fail Most traditional retained search headhunters are not candidate sourcing or recruiting research experts. Headhunters would rather focus on “more important” things like reeling in the next client. There’s a reason. Headhunter compensation…
When LinkedIn Recruiter Falls Short LinkedIn Recruiter is “a social media platform for finding, connecting with, and managing candidates.” It claims to surface quality candidates and member signals, enabling talent acquisition professionals to prioritize candidates…
Candidate Calibration in Executive Search Candidate calibration is a key ingredient in executive recruiting. It is the best way to tell whether an executive is a dream candidate or your worst nightmare. Calibrating a candidate…
How to Find the Right Candidate How does an executive recruiter find the right candidate? From our perspective, the answer is simple: search differently. You must understand that “right” is. Speaking directly with the hiring…
Passive Candidate Sourcing on FEC.gov You can search FEC.gov for executive recruiting — if you dare. Just because you can conduct passive candidate sourcing there, it doesn’t mean you should. (See warning below.) Yet, whenever…
The Secret to Recruiting Top AI Talent There is a secret to recruiting top AI talent. And, these days, you need one. Chief AI Officer and Chief Data Officer searches are famously challenging. It is…
Deep Candidate Data Is the Answer Deep candidate data would solve executive recruiting. A large-scale data collection brimming with high-quality candidate information that qualifies and calibrates executives would facilitate near-immediate hires. Companies need to start…
LinkedIn Talent Pool Overfished A growing number of employers are investing in LinkedIn recruiting licenses and, for less important roles, it can be an effective tool. However, for senior executive, mission-critical, and hard-to-fill technology roles,…
How to Recruit a Luminary If you want to recruit a luminary or rockstar executive, brace yourself. They are so heavily recruited it is next to impossible to get them to return your calls or…
