No matter the size of your hiring team, speed to hire is impacted by your team’s ability to streamline communication and collaboration from early screening through making a job offer. Having a lean team presents unique challenges and opportunities when building a roadmap for hiring success. Spark Hire CEO, Josh Tolan, discusses with Jennifer Howell, Senior Manager of Culture and People, the American Marketing Association's secrets to hiring and retaining top talent.
Key Takeaways
07:27 - Create a hiring roadmap: Hiring team collaboration and efficiency are key to any hiring team, whether lean or with many stakeholders
11:16 - Focus on the hiring experience: Creating a structured, fair, and accurate hiring process ensures a consistent experience for candidates and hiring professionals
25:34 - Make communication clear and personal: Authenticity, connection, and communication are what candidates crave
29:10 - Set clear and accurate expectations: Retention starts and ends with making expectations clear in the early stages of screening
40:16 - Offer a hiring experience that models employment: Be thoughtful and deliberate with your questions and interactions, but it doesn’t have to be perfect.
About the guest
Jennifer Howell, Senior Manager of Culture and People at American Marketing Association
About the host
Josh Tolan, CEO at Spark Hire
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