Women need to support, encourage and fight for one another; regardless of race, class, sexuality and ability.
I was first introduced to the recruiting industry right after I graduated college when I served as an office manager for a retained executive search firm. Like most new grads, I didn’t know what I wanted in a long-term career, so I decided to take a year post-undergrad to explore the working world before committing to any graduate studies and…graduate loans.
At times, being a recruiter is akin to an amateur detective because we try everything we can to de-risk the hiring process, including listening to our intuition. Most established companies can uncover situations like this during a formal background check process. However, early-stage startups or small to medium-size businesses may not invest in such costly services right away.
2. Take a step back and assess who you currently have on your team and their backgrounds and think about identifying candidates that willdifferent perspectives. For example, the team that built the initial iOS YouTube app didn’t take into consideration left-handed users, so when left-handed users uploaded their videos, the videos were upside-down. This could have been avoided had there been a left-handed user on the team.
With so much noise and competition out there, what are your top 3 ways to attract and engage the best talent in an industry when they haven’t already reached out to you?