Great managers are great recruiters. You can be a great recruiter by:
1) Being active in your professional trade associations
2) Being active in the initial hiring process and not delegating it all to HR and staff
3) Looking for opportunity hires, i.e. hiring when great talent is available even if no specific opening was contemplated
4) Re-recruiting your current staff. Show them you care (if you’re not re-recruiting your best staff, someone outside your company is)
Your involvement in recruiting is crucial to your department’s success in today’s environment where talent is scarce. Demographics and the retirement of the Baby-boomers indicate that talent scarcity is a long-term issue.
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