Why CEOs must get involved in recruitment

This insight looks at why and how CEOs should get involved in recruitment and drive change in this strategic function.

The way people look for jobs has changed more in the last five years than in the last 50. Good people now have massive choice, and you’re not only competing for talent with local rivals, you’re competing with regional and global peers. Organisations must respond to these changes if they are to hire quality talent and do so cost effectively. And as we all know, the CEO is the key agent of change.

What’s inside

• Change: the way people look for jobs has changed more in five years than in the last fifty
• What is the ROI? The cost of recruitment that almost nobody is measuring
• Recruitment is a lot like sales, and everyone involved must understand this approach
• The key issues to focus on: reach, attraction, process and reporting
• The CEO’s role: setting strategy and goals, branding decisions, resetting the direction

“Over the last five years I have asked over 100 CEOs what their total cost of recruitment is: only one knew the figure.”