6 Ways to Hire Like a
Fortune 100
Tech Powerhouse
The world’s leading technology firms hire tech talent with incredible speed and skill.
At the core of today’s biggest and most successful companies is a gifted, hardworking tech team keeping them at the top. Among this group is a class of talent hungry tech skill seekers we call Elite Hiring Managers. Compared to the average tech employer, Elite Hiring Managers are:
BETTER
FASTER
STRONGER
Get the 6 tech talent engagement secrets from the industry’s elite hiring managers:
1: ONE KEY DECISION MAKER
Streamlined decision-making helps elite hiring managers double their chances of landing the talent that they want.
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The tech unemployment rate is at an astonishing low of 1.9%.
Elite hiring managers refuse to bottleneck their hiring process with multiple decision makers because they know hiring competitors are calling their candidates.
Reducing decision makers ≠ reduce quality.
The project completion success rate is 96% for elite hiring managers and is 89% for average hiring managers.
3: PAY MORE, GET MORE
4: WORK WITH TALENT PARTNERS
Elite hiring managers work with talent partners because talent partners have:
KNOWLEDGE
- Talent partners understand elite hiring managers’ businesses.
- Talent partners know the state of the talent market.
TALENT
- True talent partners have a handful of skilled candidates on-hand at any given moment just for their elite hiring managers.
LONGEVITY
- Elite hiring managers partner for the long term, working an average of nearly 3 years with a dedicated talent provider.
- Average employer partnerships are about 1.5 years.
5: MAKE 24 HOUR HIRING DECISIONS
Elite Hiring Managers Solve Talent Problems within 24 Hours
JOB OPENS: Share the job opening and requirements with their talent partner
60 MINUTES: Receive resumes of pre-vetted talent from the talent partner
24 HOURS: Block off 90 minutes to interview the 2-3 top talent and respond with a “yes” or “no” for each candidate
A response time in 24 hours or less is not a guide for powerhouse tech employers. It is a rule. They understand how quickly top tech pros are snatched off the market. They are not afraid of making a hire over the phone.
6: Establish a Process
- Clear job descriptions. No confusion means more efficiency.
- Be transparent in communication with candidates and recruiting partners.
- Take time to know the candidate, but not so much time you lose the candidate.
- Work with candidates quickly — Speed counts in quality hires.
Become an Elite Hiring Manager
- Nominate 1 decision maker to rule each hire.
- Follow your gut — if you like a candidate, make an offer. You don’t have time to shop around.
- Pay more — good talent comes at a cost. And it’s worth the expense.
- Work with talent partners. Partners already have the talent you want in their network.
- Create a 24 hour hiring process.
- Streamline your hiring process — Keep it neat, clean and consistent.
Master these six methods and you will be hiring IT pros like the biggest and best of the tech industry.
And if you want to learn more about how you can hold yourself accountable in a tight tech hiring market, read the blog, Hiring Accountability: It’s on You (Not the Other Guy) written by Dave Smith, Co-Founder of Triple Crown Consulting. You’ll learn how you can take charge in making smart hiring decisions.
