Referrals: The Blind Dating of Recruiting
Posted by Kyle Callahan on Thu, May 20, 2010
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the difference between active and passive candidates by exploring how finding the ideal candidate is kind of like finding a wife.
Well, keeping with the recruiting is a romantic relationship metaphor, Trisha McFarlane over at HR Ringleader has a post entitled, “Referrals - The Blind Dating of Recruiting.”
The gist is all in the title, but Trish offers some quick tips to help organizations “make the best possible relationship match:”
- Tell it like it is
- Trust the matchmaker
- Decode the situation
- Be ready to bail
Trish goes into a little detail on each of those tips, so make sure youcheck out the whole post.