how to interview and hire game changers [webcast]
TRANSCRIPT
How to interview and hire game-changers
What is a game-changer?
Thinking differently
Change the game for your organization
Setting the stage for changing the game
Hiring game changing talent is as much about internal communications as it is
with the talent itself.
Intake meeting
Building a performance profile • Year one achievements • Minimal technical requirements • Personal attributes that lead to success
Use LinkedIn Recruiter to…
Target your hiring: total addressable market (TAM) identification and analysis
Recognize what talent & skills are available in the marketplace
Know where companies source specific skills from
Understand which companies have the largest critical mass of skills
Set expectations with your hiring manager
Start with technical requirements
Understand the effect of ‘necessary requirements’ Present data NOT opinions
1) Use The Current Company filter to identify where your talent pool is
2) Select your company as current
company
3) Use The Past Company filter to understand where you have hired from, and identify opportunities to target other companies where skill resides
Use refinement filters
Order taker versus ADVISOR
Guessing versus KNOWING
Data defined talent conversations
Coming Soon…Search Insights
Sourcing for potential
Pursuit leads to attainment
Use action words • Sold OR budgeted OR facilitated OR trained OR lead OR built
• Won OR awarded OR invented OR created OR developed
High performance indicators • Club OR contest OR 100% OR “quota attainment” OR achieved
• IOI OR ACM OR “Code Jam” OR “Hacker Cup”
Groups/associations • Could indicate a skill if its not listed on a profile
• Coding / language groups, certifications etc.
Identify...Engage...Convert
Master storyteller
• Sell your company • Customize your pitch • Be passionate and informed • “Picture yourself…”
Align interview team
Each member assigned a focus area: • Relevant experience
• Technical skills
• Culture fit
• Diversity of thought
• Work ethic
• Intelligence and common sense
What will it take?
A.B.P.C. – Always be Pre-Closing The close
Be the change
How will you Change your Game?
How will you work to better identify game changers? • Identify your TAM and mix up your search strategy What is your engagement strategy? • Understand candidate motivators and master your story
How will you convert game changing prospects to colleagues? • Align your interview team and partner with your hiring manager
Q&A
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