Comments on: Recruiting ROI http://lancehaun.com/recruiting-roi/ Life between the brackets Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:42:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Your Blog Sucks | YourHRGuy.com http://lancehaun.com/recruiting-roi/#comment-626 Your Blog Sucks | YourHRGuy.com Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:51:32 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/2008/04/20/recruiting-roi/#comment-626 [...] your points if you must: yourself and the blogs that agree with you. Make sure to make the links as hard as possible to follow so that nobody will check them out (see, I just cheated those last few [...] [...] your points if you must: yourself and the blogs that agree with you. Make sure to make the links as hard as possible to follow so that nobody will check them out (see, I just cheated those last few [...]

]]> By: bizzy102 http://lancehaun.com/recruiting-roi/#comment-625 bizzy102 Fri, 09 May 2008 01:18:07 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/2008/04/20/recruiting-roi/#comment-625 As both you and Lisa (the other comment) point out, I think most companies are willing to pay just about anything for solid employees...the "return" has such a premium that the amount of the investment is almost inconsequential (to those who can afford it), which is a real shame. No offense to you, Lance! I think those kind of recruiting "events" can be really cost-effective, but ads in major classifieds and most large recruiting agencies can really be a money drain quickly. Well, maybe I speak too soon. There seems to be a new generation of companies coming along, that are combining the best aspects of free marketplace models into a recruiting platform. I used one of them, Dayak, for my company's last open position and it worked out well, costing us much less than the 30% salary industry standard. But, these kinds of agencies are few and far between. I will say that the best ROI I've been getting lately has nothing to do with investing money -- just time, and in some cases friendship. I've been working as a manager for a while now and the industry-wide connections I've made have enabled me to find some excellent hires just with a few friendly calls. But not everyone has my rolodex. Which is why folks like you get the vacation...er...business trips! What part of Socal were you in, by the way? I was at a fantastic recruit event in San Diego about a year back. As both you and Lisa (the other comment) point out, I think most companies are willing to pay just about anything for solid employees…the “return” has such a premium that the amount of the investment is almost inconsequential (to those who can afford it), which is a real shame. No offense to you, Lance! I think those kind of recruiting “events” can be really cost-effective, but ads in major classifieds and most large recruiting agencies can really be a money drain quickly.

Well, maybe I speak too soon. There seems to be a new generation of companies coming along, that are combining the best aspects of free marketplace models into a recruiting platform. I used one of them, Dayak, for my company’s last open position and it worked out well, costing us much less than the 30% salary industry standard. But, these kinds of agencies are few and far between.

I will say that the best ROI I’ve been getting lately has nothing to do with investing money — just time, and in some cases friendship. I’ve been working as a manager for a while now and the industry-wide connections I’ve made have enabled me to find some excellent hires just with a few friendly calls. But not everyone has my rolodex. Which is why folks like you get the vacation…er…business trips! What part of Socal were you in, by the way? I was at a fantastic recruit event in San Diego about a year back.

]]> By: Lisa http://lancehaun.com/recruiting-roi/#comment-624 Lisa Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:11:56 +0000 http://www.yourhrguy.com/2008/04/20/recruiting-roi/#comment-624 One ad in the Minneapolis Star Tribune costs more than that so in that context, super return on investment One ad in the Minneapolis Star Tribune costs more than that so in that context, super return on investment

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