Blog Post: Are You Missing the Goldmine?

We all recognize that we are witnessing an unemployment crisis in this country. Unemployment is supposedly at 8.3 percent int he Tampa Bay area. But how many of you are overlooking the goldmine at your feet everyday?

 

Let's review the typical hiring mode. You receive or provide a job requisition and if you are like many in the HR community, you post a job somewhere and call a sourcing resource. The job requirements are provided and you begin to review the resumes.The problem is what are you looking for?

 

The resume comes in and they have multiple jobs so they are discarded! They have the skills but they are not working currently in your industry, so they are discarded! They are currently unemployed so you discard them! What you have done is to create a case of musical chairs. You get a professional from your industry so you open a slot for someone else within the industry. In the mean time you have done nothing to help the national economy. Even more scary is the recruiter/hr person who looks at a candidate background and says that because the candidate used to work as a consultant they don't qualify for your position.

 

Let me suggest that in doing so you have missed the goldmine for talent that is presented to you. There are a large number of unemployed or underemployed workers who could easily fill your talent needs and have you help reduce the unemployment numbers. Take into consideration that many members of Generation Y change positions every 18 months.There are some superstars who by no fault of their own have found themselves out of work and due to an assumed rule of the game, you overlook the very talent that might take your organization to the next level.