One Simple Question: Are you hiring or are people signing up with you?

If the title got your attention, you are here for a treat 

What’s the difference between hiring and people signing up with you…?

There is.

Hiring is normal. It’s lazy. It’s reactive. You do hiring when you make an announcement that you’re accepting applications from people looking for a job.

People signing up with you is an art. It’s beautiful. It’s proactive. It’s about finding the very best person for a job and inspiring them to stop doing what they’re doing and come join you. Now that’s difficult. Right?

Hiring is easy and fast and is basically a mainstream idea.

People signing up with you is artistic and slow and is practically how employer branding works.

So why not every organization is fit for inspiring people to sign up with them?

Because it demands efforts. Serious efforts.

You must have a job worth quitting for. And when I say job… I am talking about the total package. Job, Learning Opportunity, Culture, Growth, Purpose…

While doing very selective assignments of executive recruitment, I’ve realized that most HR leaders are simply busy hiring. That’s a petty issue. The real job of HR leader is to create job worth quitting for.

So… Here’s my question:

Are you hiring or are your inspiring people to sign up with you?

If you are still hiring, perhaps you need to do some thinking…

And don’t think in isolation… engage all stakeholders…

And follow it up by some Action!