Cynthia’s Take

CEOs are making a big mistake laying off their Recruiters and other members of their Talent Acquisition teams right now. Especially if you are still hiring in other areas of your company, need more sales, or have business problems that need attention. Let me explain how these valuable people in your company can be an amazing resource to move the company forward.

·      Hiring in other areas: Your Recruiters know about the roles they recruit for and with little to no training, could fill those roles all day or a portion of their day. Positions such as sales, customer service, marketing, business analysis, project management, social media, process improvement, people management, human resources, credit services, lead generation, sales support, account management, trade show coordination or hosting, help desk support, administration, and corporate strategy are top of mind.

·      Sales: Recruiting is sales. They know your products and services as we talk to candidates about them all day long. As mentioned above, utilize Recruiters in any area of your sales organization from calling past customers to reactive interest to generating new leads.

·      Business problems: Recruiters are strategic, innovative, and intuitive. We solve problems daily and would be great at offering a new perspective with the amount of knowledge we already know about the business. Use them as a think tank or align them with the head of each team to be a temporary Chief of Staff.

My take is that you are losing a precious resource and being short-sighted when you lay off members of your Talent Acquisition team as you will need us again. Keep us working for you and have us become a more valuable and well-rounded employee then before the economic downturn. What do you think?

Amazing and engaged talent prevents layoffs! #CynthiasTake #recruiter

I watched/listened to Jason Sudeikis talk about leadership and his hit show, Ted Lasso, thanks to MX. Here are the major takeaways or you can register and watch it yourself. It’s worth it.

I’ll share more of the moments that resonated with me in the coming weeks, but first the one they didn’t mention is most important to hiring. “As a boss, hire the right people.” Hiring the right person can change everything! I “forced” a hiring manager to talk to a candidate and that candidate turned into an employee who changed the whole dynamic, attitude, and productivity of the team in a positive way. So for job seekers, just because there isn’t an opening, doesn’t mean they can’t open one for you and for bosses, be open to talking with someone to see if they could be the right person to turn your team around.

https://www.mx.com/moneysummit/mx-visionaries-ted-lasso-lessons/