"...out-learning the completion"
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I Love Rewards recruiting video |
Hiring This Year? Geoff Smart "Who" Online Seminar Thursday -- the #1 ranked process for recruiting, hiring, and retaining people -- noon -- 1:30pm ET May 13 -- archived for later viewing.
Recruiting Video Is Most Viewed Page -- Razor Suleman, CEO of I Love Rewards, now the #1 web-based employee rewards firm, created an outstanding 5 minute employee recruiting video. It's become their most viewed page on their website.
2000 Job Applicants -- and since they do such a great job of recruiting talent, it was becoming possible to manage 2000 job applicants per quarter. They now invite everyone to an Open House. "Usually 400 people show up which means 80% screened themselves out," notes Suleman. "We then do 5 minute Speed Interviews to assess for strong cultural fit and move the successful people to the next round." read this Wall Street Journal article on their process and other hiring best practices.
Final Hiring Steps -- "I'm a huge Geoff Smart fan," exclaims Suleman. "We use both the Topgrading screen upfront and the longer CIDS interview for every position (from the Call Center to the C-Suite)." So this is how you go from a recruiting video to 2000 applicants to 68 candidates to dozens of Topgrading screens to a handful of CIDS interviews to hiring a few outstanding employees.
Top 100 Reasons -- Suleman asked his employees why they love working at I Love Rewards and they came up with a list. "It's real, genuine, and authentic," exclaims Suleman. "We share it on our site along with our Vision Document. Both are required reading for all candidates which helps us attract people that align to our vision and values." Here's a link to the list.
Cool Online Brainstorming Tool -- in the "nobody is smarter than everybody" category, Cameron Herold, BackPocket COO, pointed me to this online brainstorming tool. It's especially useful if you have virtual employees. And I really like their 4 minute video that explains how to use the tool -- I wish more companies provided something like this
Melting Block of Ice -- the father of "influence," Dr. Robert Cialdini, has graciously let us extend access, until May 31, to his brilliant and concise 90 minute online presentation of his seminal book Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. EVERY business leader should study this presentation and commit the six fundamentals of persuasion to memory. BTW, this was the first, and only that we know of, online presentation by Dr. Cialdini. Gather your team and learn from one of the top business thought leaders of our time before time runs out..
Are They Keeping Up? One of the most critical management practices is providing ongoing executive education for your management team (middle and upper). Now they don't have to leave their desk. With over a dozen 90 minute online presentations available by the top business thought leaders of our time (Lencioni, Godin, Medvec, Ferrazzi, Scott, Heath, Sant, Davis, and Smart) get your management in the rhythm of ongoing executive education. Just 90 minutes per month -- together at your monthly management meeting or individually -- like a book of the month club only less time consuming and straight from the authors themselves. Here's a list of the online seminars available organized by People, Strategy, and Execution. $99/executive or $495/company license.