Posts by OnPoint Recruitment, LLC
What Makes a Leadership Candidate Consider Leaving a Good Job?
Introduction One of the biggest challenges in leadership recruiting is attracting candidates who aren’t looking for another job. Many of the strongest leaders are already employed, performing well, and reasonably satisfied with their current positions. They’ve built relationships, earned the confidence of their organizations, and established themselves as valuable members of their leadership teams. They’re…
Read MoreWhat to Do When You Can’t Find the Right Leadership Candidate
Introduction A leadership position has been open for months. Your team has reviewed dozens of résumés, interviewed several candidates, and invested considerable time in the search. Yet the position remains unfilled. Some candidates have the right experience but don’t seem like a good fit. Others have leadership potential but lack a particular qualification. A few…
Read MoreAre Your Hiring Criteria Eliminating Your Best Leadership Candidates?
Introduction Most leadership searches begin by defining the ideal candidate and the leadership hiring criteria that will determine who makes it into consideration. The company wants someone from the right industry, with the right title, the right number of years of experience, the right education and perhaps experience with a particular type or size of…
Read MoreWhy Leadership Searches Fail — and How to Avoid It
Introduction A leadership search can go wrong long before anyone realizes it is in trouble. The position gets approved. A job description is written. Recruiters start contacting candidates. Résumés begin circulating. Then the search stalls. The candidates aren’t quite right. The hiring team can’t agree on who should move forward. Strong candidates lose interest. Compensation…
Read MoreWhy Top Leadership Candidates Don’t Respond to Recruiters
Why Top Leadership Candidates Don’t Respond to Recruiters If you recruit passive candidates long enough, you get used to being ignored. You find someone whose background looks almost exactly right. You send a thoughtful message. Maybe you follow up. Nothing. It’s easy to assume they aren’t interested. Sometimes they aren’t. But why leadership candidates don’t…
Read MoreHow to Evaluate Leadership Candidates Beyond the Résumé
How to Evaluate Leadership Candidates Beyond the Résumé A strong résumé can get someone into the conversation. It shouldn’t get them the job. That sounds obvious, but I’ve seen plenty of leadership searches where the résumé starts carrying too much weight. The candidate has the right titles. They’ve worked for recognizable companies. Their career…
Read MoreHow Do Leadership Recruiting Firms Find Candidates?
How Do Leadership Recruiting Firms Find Candidates? Finding candidates for a leadership role sounds straightforward until you actually have to do it. You can search LinkedIn, post the position, ask for referrals, and look through a database. You’ll probably find people who could do the job. How leadership recruiting firms find candidates is only part…
Read MoreWhat Is the Leadership Recruiting Process?
What Is the Leadership Recruiting Process? Hiring a leader isn’t just hiring a more senior employee. The stakes are higher, the candidate pool is smaller, and many of the people you most want to reach aren’t actively looking for another job. And some of the things that matter most – judgment, leadership style, team building,…
Read MoreHow to Choose a Leadership Recruiting Firm
Leadership Recruiting Fundamentals A six-part guide to building stronger leadership teams ✓ What Is Leadership Recruiting? ✓ Leadership Recruiting vs. Executive Search ✓ Why Leadership Recruiting Is Different ✓ When Should You Use a Leadership Recruiting Firm? ✓ How Long Does Leadership Recruiting Take ✓ How to Choose a Leadership Recruiting Firm? (Current Guide) Complete…
Read MoreHow Long Does Leadership Recruiting Take?
Leadership Recruiting Fundamentals A six-part guide to building stronger leadership teams. ✓ What Is Leadership Recruiting? ✓ Leadership Recruiting vs. Executive Search ✓ Why Leadership Recruiting Is Different ✓ When Should You Use a Leadership Recruiting Firm? ✓ How Long Does Leadership Recruiting Take? (Current Guide) ✓ How to Choose a Leadership Recruiting Firm? Complete…
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