Please to review the rest of our web site for our solutions to some of the most troublesome HR problems raised by Dr. John Sullivan. In a tight labor market, firms can gain a tremendous competitive advantage by breaking the old rules and acting differently from the average firm. Unfortunately it's often quite difficult to get conservative HR departments to realize that the recruiting game has changed forever. And if you are going to get the best recruits, you have to stand out from the rest of the firms. Traditionally all hiring has been individual.
People apply individually and are hired independently.
Forward thinking companies like Cisco and Intel have re-popularized the use of employee referral programs which often entail a friend recommending to a friend that they follow them to their current firm. The principle is really quite simple. Many of us have close friends and spouses that would love the opportunity to work at the same place. They would leave for a once in a lifetime opportunity to work at the same location and perhaps even on the same team. Because firms now have so many unfilled jobs the odds of having two of the right jobs open at once are greater than they have ever been.