High Velocity Hiring: How to Hire Top Talent in an Instant

by Scott Wintrip

Overview

Win the war for talent by building an army of ready-to-deploy candidates

An employee leaves and you post the open position. Resumes trickle in. You interview a few candidates. No one fits the bill. The next thing you know, three months have passed and that desk is still empty . . .

Nothing drives business success like a staff of talented, productive employees. So why accept a hiring process that fails you time and time again?

Well, there’s one person who doesn’t: Scott Wintrip. And in High-Velocity Hiring, he provides the tools and systems for creating a hiring process designed for today’s fast-paced, talent-deficient landscape. Using the proven methods Wintrip has applied at some of today’s more forward-thinking companies, you’ll hire top employees faster—and smarter.

High-Velocity Hiring replaces the old, worn-out way of hiring with the simple but revolutionary approach of actively cultivating top talent before positions open. The old way is slow and inefficient. Wintrip’s way is dynamic and proven-effective. You’ll enrich and maintain a flow of high-quality candidates, harness this flow by identifying the most talented people, and channel it into a pool of ready-to-hire prospective employees.

More than ever, hiring the best people requires foresight, planning, alertness, and decisive action. With High-Velocity Hiring, you have everything you need to seize the high-ground in the war for talent and maintain it for long-term growth and profitability.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781259859472
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	04/06/2017
Edition description:	Student
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	910,378
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Scott Wintrip is the founder of Wintrip Consulting Group. For five consecutive years, Staffing Industry Analysts (a Crain Communications company) placed him on its “Staffing 100” ranking, a list of the world’s 100 most influential staffing leaders, and he made Recruiter Magazine’s “Top 40 Under 40” list. Wintrip has been a speaker at Staffing World (American Staffing Association), ERE Recruiting Conference, Staffing Industry Executive Forum, APSCo Member Conference (UK), Global Recruiter (Singapore and Middle East), RCSA International Conference (Australia and New Zealand), and many other events.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

Introduction: Why Hiring Is Broken 1

Chapter 1 The Emperor Has No Talent: What Causes Long Time-to-Fill? 11

Chapter 2 The Talent Accelerator Process: Apply the Principles of the On-Demand Economy to Fill Jobs in an Instant 29

Chapter 3 Step #1-Create Hire-Right Profiles: Design Blueprints Detailing Who's Right for a Job 51

Chapter 4 Step #2-Improve Candidate Gravity: Generate a Continuous Flow of Qualify Candidates 71

Chapter 5 Step #3-Maximize Hiring Styles: Leverage Perception to Counter Hiring Blindness and Support Accurate Employee Selection 93

Chapter 6 Step #4-Conduct Experiential Interviews: Employ Better Selection Methods to Improve Precision and Speed 105

Chapter 7 Step #5-Maintain a Talent Inventory: Create a Pool of People Ready to Hire 127

Chapter 8 Step #0-Keep the TAP Flowing: Ensure Hiring Can Always Be Done in an Instant 151

Chapter 9 Lean Recruiting: Deploy Automation to Enhance the Efficiency of Your TAP 171

Chapter 10 Engage Talent Scouts: Create Lasting Partnerships Between Organizations and Staffing Providers 195

Chapter 11 Durable Diversity: Maintain a Dependable Workforce of Complementary People 219

Conclusion: A Rising Tide of Talent 241

Appendix A Internet Links 245

Appendix B Recommended Assets for Hire-Right Profiles 246

Appendix C Resources for Finding Staffing Providers 251

Appendix D Diversity and Inclusion Resources 256

Notes 259

Index 263

About the Author 273