How to Delight the Hiring Manager

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“How to Delight the Hiring Manager” Webinar for Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013 2 PM Eastern Time By Jim McCarthy Leadership Consultant www.jimmccarthy.biz

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Who Are You Really Working For? Most Likely A Hiring Manager. So for you to thrive in your career, you need to keep that Hiring Manger happy. Jim McCarthy has spent 15 years as a hiring manager and executive at companies such as Yahoo, NexTag, BlueLithium, and Drawbridge. He has built many high performance teams in various functions by working with awesome (and sometimes not-so-awesome) recruiters. In “How to Delight the Hiring Manager”, you will learn strategies and frameworks to implement right away. Jim will share some of his key insights, anecdotes, and experiences such as • What drives hiring managers crazy — and how you can help • Where hiring managers are clueless – and how you can help • How to work with the hiring manager so you do a great job of “selling” the role • How to coordinate with the hiring manager to run a smart process — from scoping the role, to sourcing resumes, evaluating candidates, and eventually closing the best people. This training is primarily aimed at in-house recruiters, though the lessons help anybody who is involved in hiring. Apply what you learn in this webinar, and you’ll become a hero in the eyes of your hiring manager — Please join us!

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“How to Delight the Hiring Manager”

Webinar for Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013

2 PM Eastern Time

By Jim McCarthyLeadership Consultantwww.jimmccarthy.biz

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"How to Delight the Hiring Manager" by Jim McCarthy. ©2013. www.jimmccarthy.biz

Normal responsibilities (headaches) for the Hiring Manager:

1. Strategy 2. Politics3. Competitors4. Travel 5. Manage 6. Hire

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MY BACKGROUND

• Hiring Manager since 1997• Companies from 10 to 15,000

employees• Hired for many different

functions – in U.S. and internationally

• CURRENTLY: I teach companies how to build high performance teams. (Recruit. Develop. Manage. Retain.)

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TODAY’S AGENDA

• Where Hiring Managers Need Help• Where Recruiters Can Improve• The Hiring Process• More Helpful Info• Q&A • Feedback survey

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The Hiring Process: Where Hiring Managers Need Help

Process / Bureaucracy1. Scoping 2. Sourcing3. Evaluating 4. Closing

Use your expertise to

train the Hiring Manager on all

aspects of a clean process!

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The Hiring Process: Where Recruiters Can Improve

1. Process -- too much2. Process – not enough 3. Misunderstanding the role4. Bad pool of candidates

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Process

Spend • Time• Effort and • $ now…

…will save you • LOTS of Time• LOTS of Effort and • $$$$$$$$$$ later!

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Process

Do you have a hiring

process?

If yes, then educate the HM

If no, then develop one with HM’s input: • Thorough but fast • Clear – no surprises

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Process

Help the Hiring Manager understand how to:

1. Get job reqs approved – and alternatives

2. Anticipate bottlenecks 3. Manage work permits and visas4. “Work the system”

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Scoping

Discuss with the Hiring Manager:1. Pay / Comp2. Best templates for the job

description 3. Title4. Most or least qualified person?

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Scoping: Know what you are selling!“What should be exciting to a candidate about

the… • Role? • Manager? • Team?• Location? • Business unit? • Company? • Industry?”

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Scoping: Recognize the ideal candidate

Adjectives? • quantitative vs qualitative• introverted vs extroverted• creative vs detail oriented• multi-talent vs specialist• junior vs experienced

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Sourcing: Continue to work closely with the Hiring Manager

1. Get employee referrals. 2. Ask for companies / titles / roles where

you should recruit. 3. Get LinkedIN profiles of ideal prospects,

reach out4. Let HM know your search criteria / where

you are sourcing (Indeed.com? Elsewhere?)

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Sourcing: Hiring Manager needs candidates who have the right…

•Cultural Fit•Ability to do the job•Pay• Expectations

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Sourcing: Reviewing Resumes with the HM

1. Define process for communicating

2. Iterate quickly on initial resumes

3. Repeat until you are on the same page

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Evaluating: Ask the Hiring Manager

1. “Interview Team” composition?2. Timeframes / deadlines? 3. Phone vs Skype vs face to face?4. Anything unusual? 5. Debrief process?6. Getting feedback from

the Interview Team?

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Evaluating: Where you can help

1. Phone screens2. Interview questions 3. Scheduling4. Travel plans / reimbursement5. Reference / backchannel /

background checks

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Closing the Candidate

1. Who makes the job offer? 2. How much time to give an answer? 3. Getting approval on the candidate’s

counter offer? How long? How much?

4. How good are candidates #2 or #3?5. Hire 2 candidates instead of 1?

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Use Your Expertise to

Delight the Hiring Manager!

• Process / Bureaucracy

• Scoping

• Sourcing

• Evaluating

• Closing

= A Fantastic New Hire!

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More Helpful Info

• Get my one page overview “HIRING – Process for Success”• Email me: [email protected]• Please include your first and last

name, title and company name

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Thank you and Thank you

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Questions???

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Feedback, please!!!!

I’d greatly appreciate if you could give me some feedback. Thank you! Jim

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Q58LPF9

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• Jim McCarthy teaches companies how to build high-performance teams. He works with organizational leaders to strategically devise and implement programs to recruit, develop, and retain people who love their work.

• Jim received a BA in Political Science from the University of Iowa, was a Fulbright Scholar in Germany, and earned his MBA from Stanford. He lives in San Francisco.

• www.jimmccarthy.biz• www.linkedin.com/in/jimmccarthymba