Reading Time: 3 minutes To our sales candidates…. As a Stories Inc. co-founder, I’ve been selling constantly since the day we opened our doors. One of the hardest parts of my and Scott’s jobs was finding our product-market fit. It took years, but we’ve built a business in a
Reading Time: < 1 minutes Solve a Specific Recruiting Challenge Teams, business units, and even different office locations can have unique cultures and recruiting challenges. Among other benefits, a team storytelling approach allows you to: Communicate a unique team culture Introduce candidate to the team before the interview Ground your
Reading Time: 5 minutes Stories Inc. co-founder shares her idea of reverse reference checks, in which candidates check the hiring managers’ references as manager. Great news. We decided to add a team member—YES! I’m recruiting again! I dusted off my tricks from years past (once a recruiter, always a
Reading Time: 6 minutes I’d like to share a framework to get you started in gathering real, substantive and compelling employee stories. The point of a story framework like this one is to find examples that are uniquely you, to show candidates what it is truly like to work
Reading Time: 6 minutes At SRSC two weeks ago, I presented a Good Day/Bad Day framework to get you started in gathering real and substantive stories from employees. The point of these story frameworks is to find examples that are uniquely you, to show candidates what it is truly
Reading Time: 6 minutes This post was originally published on the SmashFly Technologies Blog. Whether you’re hiring a new class of summer interns, increasing your sales force by 20% every quarter or recruiting call center professionals all year, hiring a high volume of people for one type of position
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Honesty about your company’s culture, and what a day-in-the-life is like in the role, is essential when recruiting for long term fit. I saw this first hand when I was a recruitment leader, working for an organization whose culture was in process (read: some growing
Reading Time: 3 minutes Does your culture transcend your organization? Culture extends beyond a company’s four walls. An interesting test: can customers tell when they are talking to someone from your company versus one of your competitors? What would your employees’ personal and professional networks say about your company
Reading Time: 5 minutes Earlier this month a friend of mine accepted a job with Amazon. After congratulating him, the next thing out of my mouth was, “I hope it’s not as awful of a place to work as I think it is.” Then, two days later, we were
Reading Time: 3 minutes It’s been years since I conducted an exit interview. Pam and Ben’s internships ended a few weeks ago, and we wanted formal feedback about their experience working at Stories. I heard from one HR exec that exit interviews are the worst time to get real
Reading Time: 3 minutes I sat next to a high energy, charismatic leader at lunch at the Conscious Capitalism conference. When she told me she was speaking in a breakout session, I immediately switched the session I was attending to hers. Her name is Jean Pitzo, CEO at ACE