{"id":23690,"date":"2013-10-25T02:45:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T09:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/?p=23690"},"modified":"2017-10-17T10:12:51","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T17:12:51","slug":"6-traits-of-wildly-successful-hiring-managers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smartrecruiters.com\/blog\/6-traits-of-wildly-successful-hiring-managers\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Traits of Wildly Successful Hiring Managers"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are all kinds of recruiters; corporate recruiters, agency recruiters, tech recruiters, social recruiters, freelance recruiters\u2026.this is starting to sound like that scene from \u201cForrest Gump\u201d<\/a> where Bubba was talking about the many ways to cook shrimp. Anyway, these recruiters ultimately work with the hiring manager, who then interviews<\/a> and makes the final hiring decision. So what does it take to make a great hiring decision? As the resident HR pro, who is still heavily involved with successfully navigating the job market, let me share with you the 6 Traits of Wildly Successful Hiring Managers.<\/strong>
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1. Collaboration<\/h1>\n

Wildly Successful Hiring Managers make a conscious effort to collaborate with the recruiting department<\/a> to create strategies to find, attract and retain the best possible workforce. They help with job descriptions, they scan resumes and provide feedback and they listen to their recruiting team. They provide all the applicant tracking systems<\/a>, recruiting tools and resources necessary to perform the job at a high level.<\/p>\n

2. Look Beyond the Resume<\/h1>\n

I can tell you from experience you can scan most resumes<\/a> – and within 10 seconds – you can often tell if someone is serious about their career.\u00a0 If you read covers letters \u2013 most people don\u2019t \u2013 but if you read the cover letter, you can gain some valuable insight into the potential candidate\u2019s communication, education and \u201cstyle.” Effective Hiring Managers not only reads the resume and cover letters, but they look beyond them. Just as I can smell a bad resume<\/a> a mile away, they can easily evaluate potential, passion and professionalism. Sometimes, they interview certain candidates that others wouldn\u2019t because to find that diamond in the rough.<\/p>\n

3. Act Quickly<\/h1>\n

When a Great Hiring Manager sees something within a candidate that they like, they quickly establish a connection and begin the screening process. They don\u2019t procrastinate.<\/p>\n

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They also make sure to keep highly desirable talent informed of their application status \u2013 they do this because sometimes, even Hiring Managers have bureaucracies and read tape to manage within the selection process. External and unforeseen circumstances sometimes derail a <\/span>great candidate experience<\/a>. A Wildly Successful Hiring Manager will keep the candidate updated and abreast of what going on. And if something causes them to lose out on the candidate they are BIG enough to handle the situation professionally.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Envision the Future<\/h1>\n

It\u2019s difficult enough to hire for your current needs but a Wildly Successfully Hiring Manager understands how to hire talent for future needs too. When will your department need its next person? Which sourcing channels<\/a>\u00a0will attract the right talent? Hiring Managers have insight into the company\u2019s direction, they know where the company is headed. They use all kinds of management meetings, workforce analytics, market forecasting and labor force predictors to determine what\u2019s next<\/a> and what\u2019s needed from the team.<\/p>\n

5. Sell, Sell, Sell<\/h1>\n

According author\u00a0Daniel Pink<\/a>, “We’re all in sales now.”<\/em> Job candidates are told to sell themselves to the Hiring Mangers; well conversely Hiring Managers know how to sell their company to candidates. They do this through a variety of ways; first they know their company\u2019s strengths and their competitor\u2019s weaknesses. They know how to appeal the candidate\u2019s true desire to be valued, to be respected, and to grow. Hiring Managers have a unique way of presenting the best situation to the perspective employee without lying or overpromising. They make the possibility of working with them so attractive that the applicant can\u2019t say no. Learn to sell, folks.<\/p>\n

6. Onboard Properly<\/h1>\n

The last trait that a Wildly Successful Hiring Manager understands is the importance of onboarding and orientation. Onboarding is processes in which a company acclimates its new employees into the organization. It\u2019s hugely important that new employees feel like they are part of the team. So bringing them into the fold is critical to retention and ROI.<\/p>\n

Let me give a quick example. True story of course, a good friend of mine started a new job in December of 2012. Her first day with the company was after the company\u2019s Holiday Party<\/a>. She was not only invited to the party (remember she had not work one day yet) but she was welcomed by all employees, and given the same gift that everyone else received. There were no seniority requirements, no probationary period; her healthcare benefits started on her first day of employment. She felt like she was part team immediately.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not about the party \u2013 it\u2019s about the treatment \u2013 she had a great first impression of her co-workers. Wildly Successful Hiring Mangers<\/strong> understand that\u2019s how you bring someone into your company; you treat them like family \u2013 a good ole, happy, family.<\/p>\n

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\n\"chris<\/a><\/em>Chris Fields<\/a>\u00a0is an HR professional and leadership guy who also helps job seekers write great resumes. Photo Credit<\/em> FreshBooks.<\/em><\/a>
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