10 tips on how successful recruiters identify the best talent

@ThomasLot Paris, April 2014

10 tips on how successful recruiters identify the best talent

Thomas LotCEO/Founder

How successful recruiters identify the best talent?

• They identify the hard-to-find candidates.

• They learn from the organizational structures of the best companies.

• They evaluate their candidates’ historical responsibilities.

@ThomasLot Paris, April 2014

Successful Recruiters’ Tips

Successful recruiters identify

the hard-to-find candidates.

@ThomasLot Paris, April 2014

Successful Recruiters’ Tips

How to identify hard-to-find candidates?

Successful recruiters search global

databases with meaningful key words

(e.g. mobile) and filter their results by

industry and geography.

Why?

● Their experience helps a lot to find exceptional candidates.

● The executive talent market is now regional and often global.

● Over 80% of the top executives are not listed in traditional databases

such as LinkedIn or D&B.

How to identify hard-to-find candidates?

Successful Recruiters assess the

candidates’ past responsibilities

according to biographies.

They expand their search by looking for

similar profiles.

Why?

● The talent market is broad and carries hidden gems.

● Recruiters interview only the most valuable candidates.

● Search engines can assist in finding similar profiles.

Successful recruiters learn from

the organizational structures

of the best companies.

@ThomasLot Paris, April 2014

Successful Recruiters’ Tips

How to learn from the best organizations?

The recruiters list the most successful organizations in their industries

and observe their detailed org charts.

Why?

● They understand how the responsibilities are shared.

● They spot the most critical contributors on which they will invest the most.

How to learn from the best organizations?

The recruiters set alerts so that they are the

first to know when executive changes occur

anywhere in the world.

Why?

● During organizational changes, key talents may be more inclined to move.

● Executive changes often signal execution challenges, strategy changes or

market evolution.

Successful recruiters evaluate their

candidates historical responsibilities.

@ThomasLot Paris, April 2014

Successful Recruiters’ Tips

How to evaluate the candidate’s responsibilities?

Know the biography and the responsibilities of the candidate’s manager

When interviewing, ask to the candidate how the responsibilities with

the same title might differ at other similar companies.

Why?

This is a way to learn the candidates’ assertions and understanding of their roles.

How to evaluate the candidate’s responsibilities?

Check in the org chart how the candidate’s responsibilities split with his colleagues.

Why?

e.g. in an org with a VP Product & a VP Communication, the VP Marketing has a different role from the one where the Product & Communication VPs do not exist.

Best Recruiters’ 10 Tips

#1 Identify hard-to-find candidates ● Search global databases with meaningful key words (e.g. mobile).

● Filter the results by industry and geography.

● Assess the candidates’ past responsibilities according to biographies.

● Expand the search by looking for similar profiles.

#2 Learn from the organizational structures of the best companies ● List the most successful organizations of the industry.

● Observe their detailed org charts.

● Set alerts so that you are the first to know when executive changes occur.

#3 Evaluate their candidates’ historical responsibilities ● Check how the candidates’ responsibilities split with their colleagues.

● Know the biography and the responsibilities of the candidate’s manager.

● Understand why same titles might contain different responsibilities.

Many thanks to

the 32 Human Ressources VPs

who have shared their experiences with us.

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