Random Acts of Recruiting

STANDOUT on LinkedIn

Apr 10, 2021•37 min

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Episode description

Colleen McKenna and Jim Cusick discuss the challenges of recruiting; challenges like finding a purple squirrel, issues with recruiting firms, and being reactive instead of proactive in the search. Because LinkedIn is a huge database of professionals, it’s one of the best ways to network and find the right person to fill a position.

0:00 Intro

1:58 Why companies struggle with recruiting

8:15 Intentional and strategic recruiting

9:20 Networking

12:26 Hiring a Recruiting Firm

16:18 In house recruiters

18:45 Proactive vs reactive

19:40 LinkedIn is a database

23:40 Difficult positions to fill

30:50 Purple squirrel

32:40 Truth, tool, and tip

35:56 Outro