Hire Hacker
Great hiring is vital to any organization... but the talent shortage seems to impact smaller employers even more than large. This podcast covers a proven approach for smaller HR teams & business owners to not just compete but to beat out the bigger employers in their industry & city. We will teach proven techniques to attract and select high-quality candidates for your job openings.
Episodes
46 episodes
Evolving your recruiting strategy with the talent shortage crisis
In today's episode, Ryan Kohler will be taking you along to one of his live sessions at a SHRM event in Orlando, FL. If you'd like to follow along with his presentation, click the link below to download the slide deck!
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1:25:54
Eliminate Biased Referral Programs to Fill Job Openings Now
How do we avoid generating bias when our employees are bringing in applicants? This podcast will tell you just how to avoid bias and how we can share our success. The employees take the current job openings and throw them into the world. Find o...
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9:08
Boost Applicant Flow Through the Power of Employee Referrals
Employee referrals have so much power. A lot of employers offer compensation or make it some kind of competition in order to improve the number of employee referrals sent their way. This podcast goes into detail on how employees aren't...
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9:38
90 Days of Sourcing: Fill Your Job Openings With a Different Sourcing Strategy
Herd mentality has so much to do with sourcing the right applicants. Segment the market, commoditize, differentiate, maintain that profitability, and socialize. Making your offer different is going to make all the difference when it comes to dr...
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15:15
90 Days of Sourcing: Generate Phenomenal Results With Your Employee Referral Program
Employee referrals work! We did our very own case study... and honestly, I think you would be really intrigued to find out the results. This podcast goes into great depth as to how we started, what we changed, and how the flywheel had a huge pa...
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14:37
90 Days of Sourcing: Increase Quality Hires With Effective Employee Referral Programs
The most powerful and sustainable talent attraction engine for your organization is the employee referral flywheel. An effective employee referral program is something that will continually deliver high-quality hires and something that...
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20:58
90 Days of Sourcing: 3 Steps to Get Direct Interest Followers to Work for YOU!
Direct interest applicants are a great source for qualified, fit, eager candidates. You have to actively drive the flywheels in order to maximize the results from direct interest. People with direct interest are looking fo...
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16:12
90 Days of Sourcing: A Breakdown to Convert Direct Interest Job Seekers
Let's get this breakdown started! This podcast will run you through each of the direct interest sources and help you make a roadmap for setting up a source. You will be able to get the initial momentum going to reach the point of inertia ...
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25:14
90 Days of Sourcing: Successfully Convert Followers into Qualified Applicants
There are many powerful ways to use social media for recruiting. Use Facebook to attract your fans and followers! While Facebook groups generally don't cost any money to post to... they do require your time, attention, and...
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18:11
90 Days of Sourcing: Power Source Flywheels Are More Efficient than Job Board Funnels
Sometimes it feels like getting the right applicants is just out of our control or that the only way to increase our applicant flow is to throw money at it. If you feel that way, Ryan Kohler has a solution for you! It's all about a power sou...
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20:04
90 Days of Sourcing: Use Applicant Power Sources, Not Just Job Boards!
Sometimes it's time to switch it up, like... adding a different type of sourcing power into your recruiting mix. As we have learned, when it comes to sourcing applicants, it's just marketing. We start with the low-hanging fruit and then move up...
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Episode 15
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24:34
90 Days of Sourcing: Do Your Amazing Work Opportunities Remain Hidden?
What do you call a hidden gem? You know... a place with great food, awesome service, friendly staff, and it feels like you belong there. But then... it just disappears. It goes out of business. You don't get to enjoy that comfortable a...
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Episode 14
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14:14
90 Days of Sourcing: Is Your Job Ad Falling Flat on Job Boards?
The massive talent shortage just is not improving. I think sometimes we forget that even though it may feel like we don't have the right person or the right amount of applicants... they're still out there somewhere, just looking. Ryan Kohler la...
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Episode 13
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19:21
90 Days of Sourcing: How to Maximize Your Job Board Strategy
The country is opening back up and we are finding that applicant flow is not what we thought it was going to be and job boards just don't look like they used to. Needless to say, it's worth figuring it out. How do you stand against your competi...
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Episode 12
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17:16
90 Days of Sourcing: How to Attract Job Applicants Currently Employed Elsewhere
It's not that qualified job seekers don't exist... it's that they're currently employed with your competitor. First, it's important to make sure that you have the right requirements listed. Second, it needs to be enticing. Focus on where the jo...
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Episode 11
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11:34
90 Days of Sourcing: Step-by-Step Template For a More Engaging Job Ad
Everyone is still struggling with sourcing applicants. We have found that the most effective way to better your sourcing efforts is to focus on your job ad. So... let's learn how to write an engaging job ad! The most important factor in all of ...
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Episode 10
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17:29
90 Days of Sourcing: How to Target Qualified Job Seekers With A Killer Job Ad
Great marketing starts with content and great content comes from knowing your target. You might think your best hires fit all the job requirements listed... but I think you'll be surprised! Validate the requirements for the job and get to know ...
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Episode 9
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15:32
90 Days of Sourcing: 4 HR Mistakes That Are Costing You Qualified Applicant Flow
Like it or not, sourcing applicants is just like content marketing. Ryan Kohler explains what the 4 most costly and detrimental mistakes are when it comes to sourcing qualified applicants. Tune in to find out how you can avoid making these mist...
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Episode 8
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11:04
90 Days of Sourcing: Create a Flawless Recruiting Strategy
We know we need to act. Our recruiting problems are all similar in some ways. So... I have found the solution for you. I call it "the recruiting roadmap." Our goal here is to create an efficient strategy that drives success. Tune in to learn ho...
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Episode 7
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10:58
90 Days of Sourcing: How to Build a Recruiting Flywheel
We are all struggling to attract qualified applicants for our jobs. The economy will always have its ups and downs. The entire hiring ecosystem of job boards, competitors, software, and job seekers’ desires… it’s all constantly changing. That's...
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Episode 6
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10:14
90 Days of Sourcing: Generate More Qualified Applicants From Your Sourcing Mix
We need a predictable, controllable, and scalable engine for driving qualified applicants to your jobs. Sourcing is power. Sourcing is marketing. Tune in to find out what the 5 main sources of applicants are, what the 4 steps you can take to dr...
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Episode 5
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13:11
90 Days of Sourcing: Use Marketing Basics to Recruit Qualified Applicants
It's time to shift the paradigm of unemployment. To survive, or better yet thrive, in a hyper-competitive job market, you have to focus on what you DO have control over and stop focusing on what you don't. What you do have control over is your ...
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Episode 4
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10:00
90 Days of Sourcing: 10 Best Practices That Are Hindering Your Qualified Applicant Flow
A best practice is the agreed-upon way of doing things within an industry. Best practices are great in heavily regulated areas, like payroll and benefits, where the main goal is reducing risk and errors. Bigger companies can get away with using...
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Episode 3
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16:48
90 Days of Sourcing: Does Your Applicant Sourcing Measure Up?
A lot employers seem to be struggling with the same idea... unemployment is low, the government is overpaying... which makes applicant flow is low. We aren't finding that as the case. My goal here is to set the stage for how you’re thinking thr...
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Episode 2
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30:54
90 Days of Sourcing: Find Qualified Applicants in a Post Pandemic Job Market
As businesses are opening back up, most employers are allocating more budget to recruiting and sourcing applicants, which makes the entire job board ecosystem more competitive. Employers are seeing fewer applicants from their hiring efforts tha...
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Episode 1
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