Buzzphrase – Passive Candidates are the best types of candidates.
Reality – It can be difficult to get a passive candidate to call you back. After all, they aren’t looking for a job, right?
That part of recruiting passive candidates stinks. Ready to play hardball? Check out the quick video below as sales guru Jeff Gitomer shares his strategies for getting people to call you back. I’ve always found Gitomer’s stuff timely, because the best HR people are selling everyday. Take a look at the clip below and give it a whirl.. Hat tip to Jim Stroud for the clip…
Kris Dunn is a Partner and CHRO at Kinetix, a national RPO firm for growth companies headquartered in Atlanta. He’s also the founder Fistful of Talent (founded in 2008) and The HR Capitalist (2007) – and has written over 70 feature columns at Workforce Management magazine. Prior to his investment at Kinetix, Kris served in HR leadership roles at DAXKO, Charter and Cingular. In his spare time, KD hits the road as a speaker and gives the world what it needs – pop culture references linked to Human Capital street smarts.