Employment Is Broken: Part 1–ATTRACTION   by Kim Shepherd

First in a Series on the “Seven Stages of Engagement”

There are seven stages of engagement in the employment recruiting and hiring process. Today’s recruiting environment, however, reveals that each of these stages is currently broken. Companies need to re-evaluate their hiring processes and apply creative tips for success at each critical stage. This article addresses ways to heal the first stage, which is ATTRACTION.

How Attraction Is Broken

Though hiring well is a crucial component to business success, many companies approach the process without giving it enough thought.

The typical recruiting scenario looks something like this: a staffing need arises, and the hiring manager runs to HR with his hair on fire. With HR’s hair now also on fire, a dusty, old job description is unearthed and immediately posted on a couple of popular job boards. Within a few days, applicants are responding, but they are less than stellar.

With so little thought given on the front-end of this process

About the Author

Kim Shepherd is the CEO of Decision Toolbox (http://www.dtoolbox.com), a national recruitment process outsourcing firm. She is the author of the newly released book, The Bite Me School of Management: Taking a Bite of Conventional Business Thinking. The book takes a large bite of out typical corporate culture. The lessons, funny and concise bite-sized servings, can be applied to all industries.
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