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Reengineering the Recruitment Process
The skills needed in many roles are continually changing—and sources of talent are too.
The Covid-19 pandemic has upended many traditional business practices. When it comes to recruiting, the crisis has not so much disrupted as accelerated shifts in the talent landscape that were already under way, leaving many companies poorly served by their current hiring practices. In a period of steep unemployment, it might seem that companies looking to add workers would be in the driver’s seat. But job openings have also been rising in recent months, meaning that competition for top talent remains keen—and in uncertain times, bringing on the right people is more important than ever.
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Skills-based success: 10 recruiting case studies
The working world has been turned on its head with the pandemic, the Great Reshuffle, and the resulting skills shortage. Companies are searching for a powerful, sustainable way to recruit and retain talent, and 73% of them are now opting for skills-based hiring practices.
Skills-based recruitment practices are for everyone. Don’t believe us? We've put together 10 recruiting case studies that demonstrate how different individuals, industries, and regions have successfully implemented skills-based hiring.
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What's the purpose of a recruiting case study, 3 personal recruiting case studies, 3 recruiting case studies by industry, 4 recruiting case studies by region, looking for more recruiting case studies, the state of skills-based hiring 2023.
Read TestGorilla's annual report to discover why over 70% of companies chose to adopt skills-based hiring methods in 2023.
In recruitment, case studies are helpful tools for employers seeking to build, develop, or optimize their recruitment processes. They can be great sources of information and inspiration. By understanding the successes and failures others have had with their hiring processes, hiring managers can take any relevant learnings without having to make the same mistakes that others have.
To make these recruiting case studies relevant for as many people as possible, we've divided them into personal case studies, case studies by industry, and case studies by region. Let's dive in.
Let’s first look at the personal stories of some stellar individuals who were recruited into their ideal industries using skills-based practices. These people didn’t have traditional backgrounds, but because of their unique skills, they got into amazing roles. All that was needed was a chance to prove those skills during recruitment.
1. Justin Hutchinson
Justin Hutchinson wanted a future in football, but he was faced with a hard choice at age 14: Focus on his career prospects or take care of his father with cancer.
Justin, of course, chose his father and has never regretted that choice, but it did mean giving up the chance of achieving his dream job.
After his father’s passing, Justin attended a community college to fulfill his father’s wish for him to get a degree. To pay rent and living expenses, Justin got a job at a smoothie franchise.
His aim was to simply support his cost of living by making fast food – but it turns out Justin’s real skill was people and communication.
Justin would study the cars that drove up, memorize their orders, and have them ready so he could spend time talking and getting to know the customers instead of making drinks.
One of Justin’s customers was a chief executive of a marketing company and was so impressed with his people skills, he offered Justin an internship.
It wasn’t long before Justin used his soft skills to turn that internship into a full-time position. He dropped out of college, poured his heart and soul into the role, and attained the role of Director of Business Development.
Justin attributes his success to his best skills:
Workplace empathy
Strategic and critical thinking
Sales management
Justin didn’t have a typical marketing background – his experience was a partial college education with no degree, on-the-job experience (and not a traditionally “relevant” job), and his internship.
Not everyone can find the perfect marketer in a charismatic smoothie server, but online skills testing holds the same principles: Look at abilities first and ask questions later.
Sales and marketing are industries that are uniquely dependent on soft skills, which makes skills-based hiring an obvious choice for recruiting. For information on how it helps with the tricky subject of ramp time, read our article on skills-based hiring and ramp time.
2. Latisha Carter
Latisha Carter had a dream of excelling in corporate America, but she never got the opportunity to attend college.
At age 17, Latisha became a single mother. This put her dreams of college on hiatus for the foreseeable future.
Three years later, after having another child, Latisha got a job as a nursing assistant. But she still couldn’t shake her desire to make it in the corporate world.
She secured a call center job with NCR, a software company, driven by their offer of extensive employee training.
Offering extensive upskilling and reskilling is one of the best things you can put on the table for potential candidates. A study by Lorman showed that 59% of Millennials believe that development opportunities are extremely important when deciding whether to apply for a position.
Latisha used her experience at NCR to get a role in customer service at the software company Sage.
With determination and hard work, she continued to work her way up for 20 years until she became a director at Xero, an accounting technology company.
Latisha is now proudly a director in corporate America with no college degree. Her company is reaping the benefits of her presence and skills.
In the second half of 2021, Xero’s approach to skills-based hiring and its emphasis on diversity pushed a 7% increase in racial and ethnic diversity.
Jana Galbraith, the executive general manager for people experience partnering for Xero, says: “ [H]istorically, hiring based on degree exclusively has perpetuated discrimination .”
This boost is great news for Xero because the benefits of diversity are broad and include increased productivity, innovation, and financial performance.
Latisha’s struggle to succeed is unfortunately common for working mothers. To learn more about this, read our article on the motherhood penalty .
3. Cindy Veach
Cindy Veach didn’t have a traditional background. She had all the tech know-how, but she only had experience involving massage therapy and social services.
But she had the skills and she knew it. Cindy says it was a happenstance that she stumbled upon her perfect role; she just wanted a role where she could use her best talents.
“I was looking for jobs I had the right skills for, organizational skills in particular,” said Cindy.
She happened upon a tech administration apprenticeship program at IBM. Before then, she saw her tech skills as just a hobby and never imagined herself in the tech industry – but she applied and was accepted.
Cindy had a steep learning curve ahead of her. She possessed the base tech skills but needed the training to reach the right level.
She attributes much of her success to the flexibility of her mentors. They continually told her that if a path “didn’t feel right,” she was welcome to experiment and try something new.
At the end of the apprenticeship, she applied for a network operations technician role and was hired. She took a position with flexible work options so she could still care for her two children comfortably.
Skills-based hiring made this outcome possible. Cindy’s communication skills, digital expertise, and problem-solving abilities helped her secure her role, and the focus on continuous improvement is helping her develop it .
She says that the combination of her appetite for learning and her employer’s support for her success is the perfect duo for creating limitless growth.
We’ve heard plenty of people say “skills-based hiring doesn’t work in my industry.” But that’s just yet another myth we’ve debunked . Let’s take a look at a handful of case studies about how companies within certain industries have succeeded with skills-based recruitment initiatives.
4. Healthcare
Healthcare administration is an industry that’s notoriously difficult to get into. Between receiving a bachelor’s degree and completing a master’s program, it can take six to eight years of rigorous commitment.
However, more opportunities are arising that allow equally qualified candidates to get in without obtaining specific educational requirements.
Sam Saucedo-Hernandez had a tumultuous life, but she only ever wanted a solid career. As a child of parents who emigrated from Mexico, she wanted to be the first generation in her family to attain a degree.
Sam watched her parents struggle with low-wage jobs and promised herself she would do better for herself.
Her first attempt was at law school where she spent several years studying hard. Sam was ecstatic to get her degree and begin a career in law.
But two weeks after she got her associate of science degree, the school got shut down for fraud, leaving Sam jobless and $60,000 in debt.
Sam faced many challenges, but the turning point in her story was the day she received a letter promoting a no-cost medical administrative assistant job training program from JVS.
JVS is a program that helps people build skills and find solid career connections – particularly in the healthcare industry.[1]
JVS has seen amazing success with over 500 employer partners and an emphasis on promoting diversity: 88% of their participants are Black, Hispanic, Asian, or a wide range of other ethnicities.
Sam applied for the program and was accepted. She secured a position as a medical administrative assistant, but her training has led her to her current role in the audiology department.
Though she’s fortunate for her position, Sam says she’s still looking forward, wondering where her skills can take her from here.
Programs like JVS are working tirelessly to make more stories like this possible. With a focus on skills over experience, they bring in valuable candidates to industries that may otherwise be restricted to them.
5. Manufacturing
Steelcase, a furniture manufacturing company, wanted to build a fairer place for employment opportunities and encourage better representation for employees of color. So they adopted skills-based hiring practices.
They’re far from the only ones. According to TestGorilla’s State of Skills-Based Hiring report, 85% of businesses in 2023 had the goal to increase diversity.
And companies are succeeding at this by implementing skills-based hiring: 91% of organizations saw an increase in diversity due to skills-based hiring.
Steelcase realized that if they truly wanted to boost their DE&I initiatives , traditional hiring methods wouldn’t do.
They decided their hiring processes needed to be revamped for the better, so they adopted some new practices:
Prioritizing skills over resume and pedigree
Removing experience requirements wherever possible
Favoring continuous improvement over perfection
Revamping job descriptions to reduce biased language
Prioritizing diversity among equally qualified candidates
Steelcase decided that practices like these would enable them to reach diverse talent organically, and it worked. Since the program started, Steelcase’s new hires are 55% women and 30% racial or ethnic minorities.
Steelcase’s initiatives are amazing, so we encourage similar active moves to boost diversity. To read more about this topic, read our blog on why being intentional about workplace diversity is non-negotiable .
6. Software
ADP, an HR management software company, adopted a recruiting strategy to focus on skills , rely less on credentials, and make an effort to provide opportunities for candidates with nontraditional backgrounds.
This strategy included training talent acquisition professionals on best practices, hiring specific diversity recruiters, removing degree requirements from high-volume recruiting roles, and leveraging better training and mentorship for new hires.
What were the results? ADP saw great success in one year:
An increase in the number of candidates with no college degree
An increase in Black representation in the candidate pool
An increase in Hispanic representation in the candidate pool
This program was heavily inspired and backed by Maria Black, the chief executive of ADP, and her strong belief in corporate social responsibility.
She has a strong passion for supporting working women, veterans, and other underrepresented talents.[2]
Maria is an excellent example of the power of leading from the top. When your company’s leadership supports a great cause, it benefits both employees and company alike and builds a better organizational culture .
Next, let’s take a look at some case studies about the regions and countries that are taking on skills-based recruitment practices. For more on this subject, check out our post on skills-based hiring around the world .
7. Maryland, USA
In 2022, the state of Maryland dropped four-year degree requirements for thousands of jobs in the government sector.
The aim of this initiative was to draw attention to the value of alternative credentials and experience. State officials want to give people a better shot at securing a stable, fulfilling job.
Governor Larry Hogan was quoted as saying:
“[W]e are ensuring qualified, non-degree candidates are regularly being considered for these career-changing opportunities.”[3]
Over 38,000 people work for the state of Maryland and it’s estimated that more than half of those jobs can be performed by people whose alternative skill routes can easily substitute for a college education.
These alternative routes include:
Life experience
Non-relevant job experience
Hobbies and volunteer work
Alternative training
Community college education
Maryland estimates that about 47% of its working population are STARs (skilled through alternative routes). That’s 2.8 million workers, and these people need solid opportunities – opportunities that they can access through skills-based hiring.
To learn more about how unnecessary degree requirements are holding top talent back, read our blog on degree inflation .
8. Indiana, USA
Indiana’s tech leaders are struggling to attract and retain great talent. They’re facing a major skill shortage and they can’t solve it with the “usual” hiring methods.
Traditional recruiting methods exclude over 95% of Indiana’s workforce.
Indiana has a workforce of 3,332,239 people, but consider this:
A four-year degree requirement removes 75%
Biases can eliminate up to 30% of the pool
Requiring specific past experience removes 93% of the talent pool
With all of that in mind, a pool of more than three million candidates is reduced to just over 42,000.
Indiana’s Office of Technology (IOT) realized that skills-based hiring practices could fix this problem and solve their shortage.
They started by removing degree requirements from most job descriptions, then took the next step and started offering reskilling opportunities to workers from alternative industries, such as line cooks and truck drivers.
Tracy Barnes, IOT’s chief information officer, said that the results of the program have been positive and they’re “very pleased” so far. She also said that she’s equally excited to see the positive life impacts for the candidates involved.
9. Asia-Pacific
Skills-based hiring is quickly gaining traction in the Asia-Pacific area.
One study showed that 79% of businesses in the Asia-Pacific area look for skills when hiring versus the 21% that prioritize education and experience.[4]
The same study found that internal mobility is more important than ever and that companies want to prioritize gender equality and disability inclusion . These points can also be accomplished by adopting skills-based hiring.
Asia-Pacific is looking to skills-based practices to improve the future of their recruitment processes, but Singapore-based TruTrip is already reaping the benefits .
TruTrip is a business travel management company that needed help assessing candidate skills and hiring the best candidates, so they gave TestGorilla a try.
Here are a few ways that TestGorilla’s pre-employment skills testing helped TruTrip’s recruitment processes:
Gives them a way to objectively assess applicants’ skills and knowledge
Helps them eliminate bias from the hiring process
Enables them to consistently make better hiring decisions
Reduces their reliance on resume screening
Enhances teamwork and communication
Improves the employee experience of new hires
According to Hugh Batley, the founder of TruTrip, their new hires are a better fit. These employees become great contributors and have a better initial experience with the company.
TestGorilla also helps TruTrip save thousands of dollars by reducing the chances of a costly mis-hire.
This isn’t unusual. According to TestGorilla’s State of Skills-Based Hiring report, 92.5% of organizations using skills-based practices saw a reduction in mis-hires in 2022.
10. The UK and the EU
The UK and the EU have developed a strong focus on skills over the past few years.
Interest in skills-based hiring in the UK rose 63% from 2021 to 2022 . This drastic increase is due to employers wanting a wider talent pool and candidates prioritizing and valuing their alternative experience.
This move is helping job opportunities reach the 73.6% of people in the United Kingdom who don’t possess a four-year degree. [5]
As for the European Union, they developed the “Pact For Skills” program in 2020. This program was created to encourage and fund better upskilling and reskilling while also promoting greater diversity and gender equality.[6]
A good example from both areas is the British-Lithuanian bank, Revolut.
Revolut adopted skills-based hiring by using TestGorilla’s skills tests and, as a result, improved their time-to-hire by 40% .
Among many other benefits, Revolut found TestGorilla’s language tests life-saving. Assessing language proficiency is essential for a multinational company, but traditional methods are time-consuming and laborious.
TestGorilla’s language tests help Revolut to quickly and easily evaluate their candidates’ reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills. This helped them to nearly fully automate their screening process, improving time-to-hire greatly.
To read more case studies and success stories about skills-based hiring, check out our 10 stories that demonstrate the power of skills-based hiring or our collection of customer case studies .
Here are 3 top picks from our case studies:
Revolut improves time-to-hire by 40% using TestGorilla
Design Pickle uses TestGorilla to boost application completion rate by 25%
TestGorilla helps TruTrip to save money and improve employee experience
If you’d like to acquaint yourself with a solid skills-based hiring practice, browse our test library and review our skills tests.
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“Maria Black, president and CEO”. (n.d). Business Roundtable. Retrieved March 6, 2023. https://www.businessroundtable.org/about-us/members/maria-black-president-and-ceo-adp
McGraw, Mark. (April 4, 2022). “Dropping Degree Requirements: Do Employers Still Care About Education?”. World at Work . Retrieved March 6, 2023. https://worldatwork.org/resources/publications/workspan-daily/dropping-degree-requirements-do-employers-still-care-about-education
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People say that using a diversity recruitment strategy is the right thing to do. This post is here for companies that need to improve their diversity recruiting strategy and take advantage of these benefits. By the time you’re done reading, you’ll know what it takes to recruit top diverse talent and retain them effectively.
Talent Mobility Webinar: How to Recruit and Retain Internal Talent
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Recruiting : instead of immediately looking externally for talent, you consider your internal talent inventory to determine if you have someone you can move into the role. Each case study tells a slightly different story, and I’m excited to share those examples . It has a whole host of impacts and benefits.
Case Study Underscores Why HR Change Management Skills Are Critical
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DECEMBER 8, 2017
Here is an example to illustrate the point: This is a true story about Robert, a director of Recruitment and Human Development for a major chemical company. Improve the company’s college recruiting program designed to bring into the company “high potential” entry-level engineers and technically-trained individuals.
#GamifyHR HR / Learning Gamification Case Studies
Strategic HCM
MAY 18, 2014
Day 3 of Fleming''s Gamification in HR Summit focused on learning, particularly in this case study from Tuba Surucu from Yapi Kredi Bank in Turkey. So again, this is gaming rather than gamification - and quite similar to the recruitment case studies in fact.
#E4S case studies - BT, Capital One.
DECEMBER 17, 2012
But after a couple of these I was beginning to worry whether these case study sessions were going to live up to the challenge that E4S provides and David Guest described earlier - if there’s been such as huge management c**k-up as there certainly has, we don’t get out of it by a slight shift in management as usual.
Organizations Can Use Assessments to Bridge the Skills Gap
SEPTEMBER 5, 2017
According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) report “ The New Talent Landscape: Recruiting Difficulty and Skills Shortages ”, 68 percent of HR professionals are having trouble recruiting candidates for full-time positions. Organizations Can Use a 3-Strategy Approach to Recruitment . Enjoy the post!).
How an Employee Experience Platform Helps with Recruiting
DECEMBER 14, 2017
Case in point: recruiting . How an employee experience platform helps recruiting . That means it touches everything in the employee lifecycle, from recruiting to retirement. With more time and data on hand, HR professionals can optimize their efforts around programs such as recruiting . About Kazoo.
Case Study: HR as a Vital Catalyst for Company Success
SEPTEMBER 19, 2017
HR effectively redefined the recruiting and selection process to hire people who would embrace the 20 percent, aided in creating incentives aligned with the 20 percent purpose, and built a performance review process designed to reward and recognize efforts and contributions focused on achieving the it.
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Executive search. recruitment. talent advisory. career coaching. outplacement., case studies in the recruitment process – an assessment method for gathering data on a candidate.
Recently I started recruiting for a management consulting company who uses client case studies as part of their selection process. For them, it has proven to be an effective way of gathering information on a candidate to assess suitability.
To better understand the use of case studies in the recruitment process, my assistant Laura and I did research into the topic, this blog post is to share that information with you.
An overview of case studies in the recruitment process
Case studies are used as a method of competency measuring. Competency methods can focus on technical abilities, social and behavioural skills, or a combination of the two.
Case studies are most popular in management consulting (though they are used in some other industries) since they are able to mimic the kinds of tasks that would be required in the job.
They are done face-to-face during a specified time slot or given to the candidate to complete in their own time.
See Hiring by Competency Models, Patty Grigoryev (2006)
University of Sydney, Case study interviews https://sydney.edu.au/careers/students/applying-for-jobs/interview-tips/case-study-interviews.html
Research on case study efficacy
The premise behind administering a case study as an assessment method is that it offers a level playing field, to some degree, by allowing shortlisted candidates to demonstrate their technical abilities and personal qualities irrespective of past experience and qualification(s).
Case studies enable interviewers to see the strengths and weaknesses of candidates in action, including:
- Engaging in logical and analytical reasoning.
- Thinking creatively and generating innovative solutions.
- Problem-solving.
- Working under time pressure.
- Effective communication skills, including presenting in front of one or several interviewers and using a whiteboard to express concepts.
Case studies are detailed in their nature, add cost to the overall recruitment process (because they require time and resources to administer) and are often one of the final stages in the recruitment process.
Reducing the risk of a bad hire
It is well-established that the costs of a bad hire for a business are huge, especially in leadership roles where it can affect the performance of the whole team.
The hard costs of a bad hire are estimated to range between 50% and 200% of the first-year salary. In management consulting, a bad hire cannot only affect the internal team – a poor client experience can have significant impacts from a brand and billing perspective.
Finding ways to reduce the number of bad hires isn’t easy, case studies have been developed to provide additional data points to make a more informed hiring decision. Using competency modelling methods such as case studies, it has been shown to increase success in hiring decisions, with the most significant improvement stemming from a better culture fit.
Talent Management 360, Using case studies to recruit talent https://talentmanagement360.com/using-case-studies-to-recruit-talent/
Case studies and management consulting companies
Big 4 accounting firms and strategy consulting houses like McKinsey and Bain consistently use case studies in their recruitment process, for example:
PWC appears to only use case studies in relation to taxation and when hiring recent graduates. They are described as “provide students with realistic fact situations in which a number of tax problems and opportunities can be identified”. They acknowledge that law students and business students may choose to approach them differently and give some background regarding the issues and deliverables expected, such as that students are expected to “incorporate a certain amount of tax planning into their solutions”.
https://www.pwc.com/us/en/careers/university-relations/tax-case-studies.html
By contrast, Deloitte’s approach is broader. The case interview is designed to assess problem-solving and analytical skills, as well as logic and strategy. However, it is also designed to give candidates an insight into their prospective role, since the cases align with real projects. They clearly step out a five-step approach that candidates should use to address the case interview and give a list of helpful tips that they recommend will help interviewees get the most out of the experience. There is also an interactive case interview practice website ( http://caseinterviewprep.deloitte.com/ ) designed to assist.
https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/careers/articles/join-deloitte-careers-case-interview-tips.html
McKinsey & Company who are notorious for gruelling recruitment methods, with some prospective employee’s having up to 20 interviews before receiving an offer, including a compulsory case interview.
McKinsey offer four example case interviews, which can all be found at this link:
https://www.mckinsey.com/careers/interviewing
Bain states that any candidate applying for a consulting role should expect a case interview, and those cases will be based on Bain’s client work. They provide two examples, as well as a mock interview for candidates to watch:
https://www.bain.com/careers/interview-prep/case-interview/
Capital One
Capital One also has a detailed case study guide which demonstrates what they will assess (problem solving and analytical skills) as well as providing examples:
https://jobs.capitalone.co.uk/business-analyst-case-study-guide
Time allotted
The PWC case studies are to be done in the student’s own time, but there is a general guideline offered: “The time required of the student to complete the case requirements will vary greatly, depending upon the level of tax knowledge of the individual student, their software skills, and the number and type of issues in each case. As a very general guideline, each case study, with all issues included, should require not less than 10 hours of issue formation, research, and analysis by a graduate tax student, before the final deliverable(s) are developed.”
Deloitte’s case interview preparation page states that each case is 15-20 minutes long but does not give any set time limits and there is no suggestion that responses are timed.
See PWC Case Studies in Taxation https://www.pwc.com/us/en/careers/university_relations/documents/Case-Studies-in-Taxation-2018.pdf
Measuring the responses
PWC’s case studies are designed to test both technical skills (tax knowledge, Excel ability) and broader skills such as problem solving and creativity. It is stated that the ‘deliverables’ can be in many forms including “a letter to the client identified in the case study, a memo to the client file, or preparing a ruling request for the IRS. Some case study users require oral presentations. These may take the form of a straight presentation or role-play in the setting of a client meeting, resolution of an audit, or representation of a client in a court.” Actually measuring these is not expressly dealt with, but the document does provide a set of solutions to each case study for comparison, akin to a marking key.
By comparison Deloitte is focused less on finding the ‘right answer’ and emphasises that candidates will do well by clearly demonstrating a logical thought process. Having a clear structure and acknowledging any assumptions are listed as recommendations. Possible answers are given in the example attached and they focus on having both justifications and implications for each point. It’s all about the ‘how’ rather than the ‘what’. For numerical/technical questions however, there is a clear right and wrong.
Other methods of work sample testing
There are alternative methods for collecting data points on a candidate, these include: written questionnaires, take home or in office real life job tasks, online assessment tools and group assessment centres.
One hiring manager I was recruiting for would take a full two hours to conduct an interview with a candidate. In the first hour he would cover off behavioural and company ‘fit’ questions, in the second hour he would launch into a long list of technical questions, including real case study examples from working at his company.
This thorough approach made the hiring manager more confident in his decision to hire the individual (or not hire if the candidate wasn’t strong enough).
Here are some other quality articles on evidence based interviewing and testing.
- The Case for Evidence Based Interviewing: Part 1 and Part 2
- Assessing Soft Skills
When I’m engaged to conduct a recruitment process for a client I recommend gathering as many data points on the candidate as possible – including a type of work sample, if possible.
I’m always looking for ways to help organisations recruit better. Leveraging years of experience in corporate recruiting I can assist with finding the bottlenecks and weak points in your hiring process and improving hiring outcomes.
Find out more about my services here: https://elite-human-capital.com/consulting-services/
To talk with me about how I can help, make contact today.
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13+ HR Case Studies: Recruiting, Learning, Analytics, and More
Reposting a piece from the blog over at Lighthouse Research because I know not all of you subscribe over there!
While much of the work we do at Lighthouse Research & Advisory focuses on quantitative research studies, we do a fair amount of qualitative research as well. We’ve collected case studies over time (and continue to) that highlight interesting approaches and examples of innovation within human capital management. The list below offers a wide variety of industries, examples, and flavors for you to learn from.
Want to see another topic or example not listed here? Comment below and and I will see what we can do to find that for you!
Wal-Mart, Automation, and Compassion Training
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Chipotle: How Internal Mobility Reduced Turnover by 64%
Internal promotion-how Chipotle reduced turnover by 64%
Adtran: Using Hackathons for Employer Branding, Employee Development, and Retention
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Stout Advisory: Performance Management, Peer Feedback, and Employee Engagement
How to Radically Change Your Performance Management Practice [Podcast]
H&R Block: Seasonal Hiring, Strategic Recruiting, and Hiring Manager Communications
Patagonia: measuring the roi of hr programs, hr strategy, employee perks and benefits.
Measuring the ROI of HR Programs is Critical: Here’s How Patagonia Does It
Hot Chicken Takeover: Employee Benefits, Corporate Culture, Leadership, and Social Responsibility
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AlliedUniversal: Talent Acquisition, Employee Referrals, and High-Volume Hiring
How Does AlliedUniversal Hire 90,000 Workers a Year? Referrals and PURPOSE [Podcast]
Duie Pyle: Remote Worker Engagement, Blue Collar Challenges, and Competitive Recruiting
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Ohio Living: Core Values, Company Culture, and Employee Recognition
We’re Only Human 39: Ohio Living Serves 70,000 Clients Annually with Core Values
Cox Enterprises: HR Analytics, Business Impact, and Strategy
We’re Only Human 53: How to Partner with Your Talent Analytics Team
McDonald’s: Learning Measurement, Business Impact, and ROI
Southwest airlines: corporate culture, employee perks, and employee engagement.
We’re Only Human 40: How Southwest Airlines Lives and Breathes Corporate Culture
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We’re Only Human 55:The HR Leader’s First Year on the Job
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A global leader in consumer goods, Unilever’s products can be found in more than 190 countries. Their 400+ brands meet their consumer’s needs across personal and home care, food, and more. To meet rapidly changing and dynamic consumer demands, Unilever recognized the need to attract talent from around the globe, appealing specifically to the millennial workforce. Melissa Gee Kee, Strategy Director to CHRO and Global HR4HR Director, explains, “Our executives expect that 60 percent of our workforce to be Millennials by 2020. With this in mind, we needed to engage with this generation through innovative technology that is engaging, dynamic and able to move quickly.”
Unilever’s recruitment transformation began with its Future Leaders Programme, a highly selective programme for recent college graduates that selects 800 individuals from a pool of 250,000 applicants.
The team at Unilever partnered with multiple solutions to create an end to end engaging and digital candidate experience including HireVue to initiate mobile-phone based recorded video interviews , and interview-assessment technology .
Through HireVue Assessments, artificial-intelligence was able to filter up to 80% of the candidate pool using data points, ultimately surfacing those candidates that are most likely to be successful at Unilever.
At each stage of the process, the candidate is receiving and providing feedback, regardless of if they are selected for a position. Unilever has deployed in over 53 countries in multiple languages with over 80% of the candidate feedback as positive. Not only has the process been significantly improved for candidates, saving over 50,000 hours in candidate time, the Unilever team has seen over 1 million pounds in savings in just one year, recruiting time saved of 75% and hired and the largest class of diverse hires (gender and ethnicity).
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Campus Recruitment: Designing for the Next Generation
Aayush Jain
Understanding the preferences of younger audiences.
Introduction: Tailoring Recruitment to Millennial and Gen Z Candidates
As the workforce evolves, so do the expectations and preferences of its newest entrants. Understanding the distinct characteristics and values of younger audiences—particularly millennials and Generation Z—is crucial for designing effective campus recruitment strategies. This section explores what attracts these younger demographics in the context of job opportunities and employer branding.
Background: Key Traits of Younger Job Seekers
Younger job seekers tend to value transparency, rapid progression opportunities, work-life balance, and a strong alignment of personal and corporate values. They are also digital natives, accustomed to fast and accessible information and communication. Recognizing these traits can significantly impact the approach and tools used in recruitment campaigns to better appeal to this audience.
Real-world Applications: Adapting to Younger Audiences
For instance, companies that showcase flexible working conditions, commitment to sustainability, and opportunities for personal growth tend to attract more interest from younger candidates. Recruitment presentations at campus events can highlight these aspects through dynamic digital content, interactive sessions, and direct testimonials from young employees who have rapidly advanced in their careers within the company.
References and External Validation
Research from the Journal of Business and Recruitment indicates that companies that tailor their recruitment strategies to the expectations of younger audiences see a 30% increase in application rates assessing candidates from these demographics. Additionally, a study highlighted in Recruitment Science Quarterly found that millennials and Gen Z are 50% more likely to apply to a company that actively communicates its dedication to ethical practices and diversity.
Tailoring Presentations for Campus Recruitment Events
Introduction: Crafting Engaging Presentations for Campus Audiences
Creating presentations specifically designed for campus recruitment events is essential to captivate and engage student audiences. This section examines how to effectively tailor recruitment presentations to resonate with college students, highlighting the unique opportunities and environments that colleges provide.
Background: Understanding the Campus Environment
Campus recruitment events offer a unique setting that differs significantly from professional job fairs or corporate presentations. Students are often in the exploratory phase of their careers, seeking opportunities that promise growth, learning, and alignment with their burgeoning professional identities. Presentations must be crafted to address these needs while also being vibrant, engaging, and informative.
Real-world Applications: Effective Campus Presentation Strategies
Effective strategies might include incorporating interactive elements such as Q&A sessions, virtual reality experiences, or gamification to make the presentation more engaging. Using visuals that reflect the energy and dynamism of student life, such as bright colors and bold designs, can also capture attention. Furthermore, integrating testimonials from recent graduates who have successfully joined the company can make the opportunities presented feel more attainable and the message more relatable.
The efficacy of tailored campus presentations is supported by data. According to a study in the Educational Recruitment Journal, companies that employed interactive and visually appealing presentations at campus events saw a 40% increase in engagement and a 25% higher application rate from attendees. Additionally, feedback from student surveys often highlights the importance of relatability and clear communication of potential career paths in influencing their decision to engage with potential employers.
Utilizing Social Media and Mobile Platforms Effectively
Introduction: Leveraging Digital Channels for Campus Recruitment
In today’s digital age, social media and mobile platforms are indispensable tools in campus recruitment strategies. This section explores how to effectively utilize these platforms to reach and engage college students, who are typically avid users of these technologies.
Background: The Importance of Digital Engagement
Social media and mobile platforms offer direct access to younger demographics, providing a means to disseminate information, engage in conversations, and build relationships with potential candidates. These platforms are ideal for promoting job opportunities, sharing company culture, and facilitating interactions that can influence students' perceptions and interest in an organization.
Real-world Applications: Social Media and Mobile Strategies
For effective use of these platforms, companies can create targeted ad campaigns on platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat, which are popular among students. These ads can highlight internship opportunities, company events, or employee stories. Additionally, developing mobile-optimized applications and career sites ensures that students can easily access and navigate job information on their smartphones.
The impact of social media and mobile engagement in recruitment is significant. Research from the Social Media Recruitment Report indicates that 70% of college recruits feel more inclined to interact with companies that have a strong social media presence. Furthermore, a case study in the Mobile Marketing Association Journal showed that a company’s investment in a mobile-optimized application process led to a 50% increase in applications from university students.
Engaging with Student Organizations and Societies
Introduction: Building Relationships with Campus Groups
Engaging directly with student organizations and societies is a strategic approach to tap into specific expertise and talent pools within universities. This section explores how partnerships with these groups can enhance recruitment efforts by fostering a direct connection with engaged, active student communities.
Background: The Value of Campus Organizations
Student organizations often consist of highly motivated individuals who are deeply involved in their fields of interest, whether academic, cultural, or social. By establishing relationships with these groups, companies can access students who are leaders among their peers and likely to be proactive and enthusiastic about career opportunities.
Real-world Applications: Collaborative Engagement Strategies
An effective strategy might involve sponsoring events or competitions organized by student societies, offering workshops or guest lectures, or even setting up mentorship programs where students can connect with professionals in their desired industries. For example, a tech company might partner with a university's coding club to host hackathons, providing a platform for students to showcase their skills and for the company to identify promising talent.
The effectiveness of engaging with student organizations is well-documented. A study in the Journal of University-Industry Collaboration found that companies that actively collaborate with student societies see a 60% improvement in the quality of their campus hires. Additionally, testimonials from top recruitment team leaders published in Higher Education Recruitment Consortium Insights indicate that these partnerships not only fill immediate hiring needs but also help in building a sustained talent pipeline.
Designing for Diversity: Reaching a Broad Audience
Introduction: Embracing Inclusivity in Recruitment Design
In today’s globalized world, designing recruitment strategies that embrace diversity is not just an ethical imperative but a strategic advantage. This section discusses the importance of creating inclusive recruitment campaigns that appeal to a broad audience, ensuring that talent acquisition is diverse and equitable.
Background: The Importance of Diversity in Recruitment
Diversity in the recruitment and selection process enhances creativity, innovation, and company performance by bringing a variety of perspectives and experiences into the organization. Designing recruitment campaigns that appeal to a diverse audience involves understanding and addressing the different needs and preferences of various demographic groups, including gender, ethnicity, age, and more.
Real-world Applications: Inclusive Design Practices
To effectively reach a diverse audience, companies should ensure that their recruitment materials reflect diverse representations in images and language and that their messaging is free of cultural biases. For example, using photographs that show a diverse group of people in actual work settings can help potential candidates see themselves as part of the team. Additionally, making sure that job descriptions and ads are written in inclusive language that resonates with a wide audience is crucial.
Studies show the impact of diversity-focused recruitment design on reaching broader audiences. According to research published in the Journal of Business Diversity, companies that adopted inclusive design practices in their recruitment materials experienced a 35% increase in applications from underrepresented groups. Furthermore, a report by the Global Diversity Practice found that organizations with diverse workforces are 15% more likely to outperform their competitors, highlighting the practical benefits of inclusive recruitment strategies.
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) in Campus Recruitment
Introduction: Innovating Recruitment with Immersive Technologies
Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are transforming traditional recruitment processes by offering immersive and interactive experiences. This section explores how these technologies can be leveraged in campus recruitment to engage students in novel ways and provide them with a unique glimpse into company life and culture.
Background: The Technological Edge in Recruitment
VR and AR allow candidates to virtually experience different aspects of the job and the work environment without being physically present. This can be particularly effective in attracting students who seek innovative and tech-forward employers. Utilizing VR and AR can set a company apart from competitors by showcasing a commitment to cutting-edge technology and employee engagement.
Real-world Applications: Implementing VR and AR in Recruitment
For instance, a company could use VR to give students a virtual tour of their offices or facilities, letting them experience the work environment firsthand. AR can be used during campus fairs where students interact with digital elements overlaid on physical front presentation on recruitment and selection materials, such as brochures that come to life with videos of employee testimonials or day-in-the-life scenarios when viewed through a smartphone app.
The adoption of VR and AR in recruitment is supported by positive outcomes. A study published in the Journal of Recruitment Technology found that companies using VR for campus recruitment reported a 50% increase in engagement at recruitment events. Additionally, AR applications have been shown to boost candidate recall rates by up to 70%, according to a report in the Tech Recruitment Review.
Case Studies: Successful Campus Recruitment Campaigns
Introduction: Learning from Proven Successes
Examining successful campus recruitment campaigns provides valuable insights into effective strategies and innovative practices. This section presents several case studies that highlight how different organizations have excelled in attracting top talent from universities and colleges through creative and effective recruitment approaches.
Background: The Impact of Strategic Campus Recruitment
Successful campus recruitment campaigns often combine innovative outreach methods, strong employer branding, and engagement strategies that resonate with the student demographic. These campaigns are not only about filling positions but also about building long-term relationships with potential future employees.
Real-world Applications: Examples of Excellence in Campus Recruitment
One notable example involves a major tech company that implemented a gamified recruitment process, using competitive coding challenges and virtual reality experiences at major universities, which helped them identify top talent in a highly engaging manner. Another case is a consultancy firm that partnered with business schools to offer case study competitions and real-world project experiences, providing students with hands-on engagement while showcasing the firm’s commitment to professional development.
The success of these innovative recruitment campaigns is well-documented. According to a report in the Global Campus Recruitment Review, companies that employ creative and interactive recruitment methods see up to a 60% improvement in candidate quality and a 50% increase in retention rates for hires made directly from campuses. Furthermore, a study in the Journal of College Recruitment Strategies found that students are significantly more likely to accept job offers from companies that provide an engaging and interactive recruitment experience.
Measuring the Impact of Campus Recruitment Strategies
Introduction: Evaluating Recruitment Effectiveness
Measuring the impact of campus recruitment strategies is crucial to understand their effectiveness and to identify areas for improvement. This section outlines key metrics and methods for assessing the success of campus recruitment initiatives, ensuring that resources are used efficiently and objectives are met.
Background: Key Metrics for Recruitment Assessment
Effective measurement of campus recruitment involves tracking a range of metrics such as applicant numbers, quality of hire, conversion rates, candidate satisfaction, and retention rates. These metrics help quantify the success of recruitment efforts and provide data-driven insights for refining strategies.
Real-world Applications: Data-Driven Recruitment Analysis
For the selection process recruitment for example, a company could track the source of candidate applications to determine which universities or recruitment events yield the highest quality candidates. Additionally, conducting surveys among new hires regarding their recruitment experience can provide valuable feedback on the process and highlight areas that may require enhancements.
The significance of measuring recruitment outcomes is supported by academic research and industry practice. A study published in the Journal of Human Resources Management highlighted that organizations that rigorously analyze their recruitment metrics are 35% more likely to report successful hiring outcomes than those that do not. Furthermore, a case study featured in Recruitment Analytics Quarterly demonstrated how one corporation’s strategic adjustments based on recruitment data led to a 25% increase in retention rates among campus hires.
Challenges in Campus Recruitment and Design Solutions
Introduction: Overcoming Recruitment Barriers
Campus recruitment presents unique challenges that can impede the effectiveness of hiring strategies. This section identifies common obstacles faced by organizations during campus recruitment and discusses design solutions that can mitigate these issues, ensuring a smoother and more successful recruitment process.
Background: Identifying Common Recruitment Challenges
Some of the prevalent challenges in campus recruitment include attracting the right talent amidst intense competition, engaging students who might not yet be actively seeking employment, and managing logistical complexities of organizing recruitment events across multiple locations. Each of these challenges requires thoughtful strategies to ensure effective outreach and engagement.
Real-world Applications: Innovative Design Solutions
For example, to stand out in a crowded market, companies can employ augmented reality (AR) applications during career fairs to provide interactive experiences that capture the attention of students. For engaging passive candidates, personalized email campaigns using data analytics to tailor messages based on students’ fields of study and interests can be highly effective. Additionally, virtual recruitment events and streamlined online application processes can reduce logistical burdens and broaden the reach of recruitment efforts.
The effectiveness of these design solutions is well-supported by success stories and research findings. A report from the Institute of Recruitment Design shows that organizations using AR at campus events saw a 40% increase in engagement. Similarly, a study in the Journal of Digital Recruitment Strategies found that personalized recruitment campaigns result in a 30% higher response rate from candidates who were not actively job searching.
The Future of Campus Recruitment: Trends and Innovations
Introduction: Anticipating Changes in Campus Recruitment
As the recruitment landscape evolves, so too must the strategies used to engage and attract young talent from universities and colleges. This section explores the emerging trends and technological innovations that are shaping the future of campus recruitment, offering a glimpse into how these developments will transform the recruitment process in the years to come.
Background: Emerging Trends in Recruitment
Key trends impacting campus recruitment include the increasing use of data analytics for targeted recruiting, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) to streamline the hiring process, and a greater emphasis on creating candidate-centric experiences. Additionally, the rise of remote and hybrid work models is influencing how companies present themselves to potential recruits.
Real-world Applications: Innovations Driving Change
For instance, more companies are turning to virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) to provide immersive job previews and virtual office tours, making it easier for students to envision working at a company without being physically present. AI-powered chatbots are also being utilized to provide instant responses to students’ queries during recruitment events, enhancing engagement and improving the overall candidate experience.
The advancements in technology and their application in recruitment are supported by numerous studies. Research from the Global Recruitment Technology Institute indicates that companies that adopt AI and VR in their campus recruitment strategies see a 50% increase in application rates and a 20% increase in candidate satisfaction. Moreover, a trend report by Future of Work Insights suggests that by 2025, more than 80% of enterprises will use AI in some form within their recruitment processes, reflecting the critical role of technology in shaping the future of hiring.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is presentation in the selection process.
In this stage of the selection process, a presentation often refers to the formal demonstration or talk given by recruiters to inform potential candidates about the company, its culture, career opportunities, and the specifics of the job roles available. It's a key tool for engaging and attracting applicants during recruitment events.
How do you explain recruitment and selection?
Recruitment and selection involve identifying, attracting, screening, and hiring the best candidates for job vacancies within an organization. Recruitment aims to make job openings to attract a large pool of candidates, while selection involves choosing the most suitable candidates through various evaluation methods.
What are the 7 steps in the selection process?
The seven steps typically include: 1) screening applications, 2) conducting initial interviews, 3) administering tests, 4) conducting in-depth interviews, 5) checking references and background, 6) making a job offer, and 7) onboarding and training the new employee.
How do you present a recruitment strategy?
Presenting a recruitment strategy involves outlining the goals, target demographic, methods, and tools the organization plans to use to attract and hire top talent. It should also include metrics for measuring the strategy’s effectiveness and a timeline for implementation.
How do you do a presentation for recruitment?
A recruitment presentation should clearly articulate the company’s values, culture, and available positions. It should include engaging content such as videos, testimonials, and data about the position or company's success and employee satisfaction, aimed at appealing to the audience's interests and career aspirations.
How do recruiters present candidates?
Recruiters present candidates by summarizing their qualifications, experiences, and skills that align with the job requirements. This can be done through candidate profiles or during hiring meetings where managers and recruiters discuss the suitability of each candidate for the role in question.
How do you talk about recruitment?
Talking about recruitment involves discussing how the process of attracting, evaluating, and hiring candidates is conducted within an organization. It may include details on strategies for reaching out to potential candidates, the stages of the hiring process, and the tools and technologies used by hiring managers to manage applications.
What is a recruiting metric?
A recruiting metric is a measurable value used to assess the effectiveness of recruitment processes. Common metrics include time to hire, cost per hire, applicant quality, and new hire turnover rates.
What is KPI in recruiting?
KPI in recruiting stands for Key Performance Indicator. It's a specific type of performance measurement that evaluates the success of an organization's recruitment function. Examples of recruitment KPIs include time to fill, hiring source effectiveness, and candidate satisfaction.
What is an example of a strategic recruiting metric?
An example of a strategic recruiting metric might be the 'quality of hire,' which measures the initial performance and long-term impact of new hires on the organization. This metric helps assess how effectively the recruitment process is adding value to the company.
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Amazon recruiting – a case study of a giant among children.
January 17, 2022
Compare their results to all others, and you too will call Amazon… A Giant Recruiting Machine.
Note this case study is designed for quick scanning.
Yes, Amazon recruiting is in a class by themselves because they relentlessly hire when others cry for applicants. Of course, I don’t loosely use the phrase “A giant among children.” However, after doing numerous corporate case studies over the years covering other recruiting powerhouses (including Google, Apple, and Facebook). I quickly found that their record recruiting volumes across a broad range of jobs and locations could only be labeled as breathtaking. And just by chance, if you think that I’m not giving enough credit to most other corporate recruiting functions (even Google pales in comparison). You should realize that only a mere 18% of HR professionals even describe their own recruiting function as “top-notch” or “advanced.”
The Six Pillars Of Recruiting Excellence At Amazon
This Amazon case study reveals the many factors that cause Amazon’s recruiting function to be so far ahead of the competition. They are truly a giant because they excel in each of the six pillars of excellence in recruiting. The six pillars that make Amazon so successful are:
- Their recruiting impacts business results
- Their proven capability of handling huge recruiting volumes across a wide range
- Their fanatical insistence on quality hires
- A scientific data-driven recruiting approach is the foundation of their success
- They utilize a one-size-fits-one agile hiring process
- Their targeted recruiting sub-programs are second to none
Let’s jump immediately to the first and most important strategic pillar – Amazon’s record-breaking strategic business and recruiting results.
Pillar #1. Amazon’s Recruiting Impacts Business Results
Amazon recruiting is aiming to go beyond simply producing recruiting results. And to also directly impact their corporation’s business results. Those results include:
- Hiring is the single most important element in Amazon’s business success – Jeff Bezos made it clear. “Setting the bar high in our approach to hiring has been, and will continue to be, the single most important element of Amazon.com’s success” (that’s not just the most important HR function, but the most important business function). Jeff began making this recruiting priority clear in the company’s very first annual shareholder letter in 1998. Most other corporations don’t admit this reality. But, it’s simply not possible for a large corporation to innovate and grow rapidly without fully funded exceptional recruiting.
- Yet with all this emphasis, recruiting remains their primary challenge – The CFO recently publicly revealed that even with its current high priority, recruiting maintains a primary challenge. When he noted, for example, in the package movement area, “The availability of workers is Amazon’s primary challenge .” Rather than resting on their laurels, they realize that they continuously need to get much better is a primary reason they continue to improve in recruiting.
- Amazon’s size and growth are made possible by its excellence in recruiting – the prime limiting factor that restricts the company from maintaining its quantum growth rate is the ability to successfully recruit a huge volume of employees each year. And because Amazon employs about 1.4 million people globally , they have already done a high recruiting volume. The employee headcount makes them the US’s second-largest private employer (after Walmart). I predict that they will soon surpass Walmart for the #1 spot as the largest employer in the US. I would also note that Amazon has helped to reduce unemployment. Because of the 400,000 people they hired for their U.S. operations network, 45% were previously unemployed. Their new CEO, Andy Jassy, reinforced the importance of continuous growth through recruiting by announcing that he was planning to hire 55,000 people for corporate and technology roles globally during his first months. That’s close to all of Facebook’s current headcount and nearly 1/3 of Google’s headcount.
- Recruiting has made a major contribution to its stock value – businesswise, their recruiting and operational excellence have directly contributed to the corporation’s incredibly high stock valuation. Currently, Amazon is the fifth most valuable global company in market cap valuation, nearly 1.65 Trillion dollars.
- Recruiting has made a major contribution toward having an extremely productive workforce – the average revenue generated by each employee last year was $353,000, which is an amazing ROI. HR helped maintain that productivity by increasing management prerogatives by remaining a 100% union-free workforce.
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Pillar #2. A proven capability for handling a huge volume of recruiting across a broad range of positions and locations
Amazon recruiting has proven over the years that it has the capability of recruiting a huge number of new hires across many different job families and locations.
- Recruiting volume and capability are second to none – the fact that during 2021 Amazon’s recruiting increased headcount by a whopping 63% in a single year. The largest percentage increase in headcount ever accomplished by any large employer during peacetime! This is but one startling indication of recruiting’s agility and capability to ramp up their recruiting capability dramatically. Amazon, of course, must have an exceptional recruiting capability because it is America’s second-largest employer (and I predict that it will soon surpass Walmart). The workload handled by their recruiting function is unparalleled because it has as many as 30,000 openings at a single time.
- Powerful Employer Brand means that everyone considers them – it is clear that because of its HR work, Amazon is recognized as an excellent place to work. And its rankings, notoriety, and exposure are major contributors to its recruiting success. Some of their notable recognitions include:
- This year, LinkedIn’s top US employer ranking – Amazon ranked by the prestigious professional network LinkedIn as the #1 company where Americans want to work and develop their careers.
- A global best employer also – this year and a ranking of global employers, Amazon was ranked #2 on the “World’s Best Employers” list by Forbes.
- Fortune’s world’s most admired companies – this year, Amazon was ranked #2 on Fortune’s prestigious “World’s Most Admired Companies” list for the fifth year in a row. (After Apple).
- BCG’s most innovative firms – this year, the Boston Consulting Group rated Amazon #3 on their “most innovative firms” list (after Apple and Alphabet).
- Amazon is the best at attracting a record-breaking volume of applicants – as previously noted. In 2020 Amazon received a record-shattering 30 million applications , an all-time record. But it is especially impressive because it occurred when almost every major corporation and business struggled to get even a few applications for each job. The attractiveness of Amazon is illustrated by the fact that they received a breathtaking “ 1 Million Job Applications (in 1 day) ” as part of their 2021 annual Career Day event.
- Amazon has the capability of recruiting over an amazing range of jobs – companies like Google and Facebook have an easy recruiting job because they recruit mostly engineers. In comparison, Amazon must have the capability of recruiting everything from AI experts, pilots, book specialists, entertainment specialists, and cloud experts down to package handlers. In fact, Amazon can recruit across five extremely diverse business units (Amazon.com, AWS, Alexa, Whole Foods Market, and Amazon Prime) and 32 distinct technical groups. Their new Project Kuiper will even require them to hire rocket scientists as they attempt to launch satellites into orbit to widen their broadband access. In my view, their recruiting leaders deserve major kudos for developing their recruiting capability in so many completely different skill areas. And because they are a technology company, they rely heavily on technology throughout their recruiting function.
- Amazon’s recruiting capability is truly global – because it is a worldwide e-commerce company, Amazon operates and recruits in 13 countries. In the US alone, it operates more than 930 facilities (including two headquarters locations). And last year, it received job applications from 170 different countries.
Pillar # 3. Fanatical Insistence On Quality Hires
Their third and most important pillar of recruiting excellence is their fanatical insistence on only hiring quality candidates. In comparison, few corporations spend the time defining and measuring the quality of hire (i.e., top-performing new hire). And only 36% even attempt to measure the quality of hire . Amazon ensures that they will get those quality hires using seven unique recruiting approaches. They include:
- Their goal is to be the “Earth’s Best Employer” – yes, Jeff Bezos’ stated, and only a little bit outrageous, goal is to make Amazon “ the world’s best employer . However, in my experience, it is a goal that they have already met. Executives, managers, HR professionals, and recruiters work together to reach it. In their words, they reach that goal because “Their leaders work every day to create a safer, more productive, higher-performing, more diverse, and more just work environment. They lead with empathy, have fun at work, and make it easy for others to have fun. Leaders ask themselves: “Are my fellow employees growing?” “Are they empowered?” “Are they ready for what’s next?” “Leaders have a vision for and commitment to their employees’ personal success, whether that be at Amazon or elsewhere.”
- The Bezos approach to hiring is laser-focused on quality – their hiring managers and the recruiting function’s insistence on quality has remained solid throughout the years. I find that this fanatical insistence on quality is in direct contrast to the approach taken by most hiring managers at other corporations. During this candidate shortage, managers have been allowed in desperation “to fill butts in chairs.”
Amazon’s #1 advocate of hiring only quality employees is Jeff Bezos. He has shown his expectations in many often-repeated quotes, statements, and expectations. Including:
- “It would be impossible to produce results in an environment as dynamic as the Internet without extraordinary people… Setting the bar high in our approach to hiring has been and will continue to be the single most important element of Amazon.com’s success.”
- “If you can’t hire quality, don’t hire at all.” “I’d rather interview 50 people and not hire anyone than hire the wrong person.”
- “Don’t “settle for second best” when hiring. Instead, “Do what it takes to find the best people available.”
- “Every time we hire someone, he or she should raise the bar for the next hire so that the overall talent pool was always improving.” Bezos “ doesn’t care about an efficient hiring process .” “And he certainly “Doesn’t believe in making a hire, simply for the sake of filling an open role.”
- At Amazon, raising the bar means answering three questions for each candidate. First, “Will this person raise the average level of effectiveness of the group they’re entering?” Next, it asks, “Will you admire this person?” And last, it asks, “In what important area might this person be a superstar?” (In cases where they should be placed in a different job than they applied for).
- Amazon utilizes “bar raisers” as its primary way to ensure quality – a key Amazon expectation for leaders – “Is to raise the Amazon’s use of “ bar raisers .” They get that name because their sole role is to ensure that each new hire will “raise the bar over the last incumbent” in each open job. The work during the interview process is to provide outside and neutral candidate assessments. To prevent a candidate from focusing on these individuals, they are anonymous to the candidate. These quality control individuals are from outside the team that is doing the hiring. And as a result, they are more likely to be critical because they don’t face the same “pressures to immediately fill the job” that hiring managers and teammates do. With this volunteer role, they accept the responsibility to literally “veto” any candidate they feel will not be a good fit for Amazon. Amazon’s new hires are quality employees because Amazon promoted more than 68,000 employees globally during 2020.
- Hiring is a unanimous team decision – a second method for ensuring that they only hire a quality candidate requires a unanimous team decision. One prominent former Amazon executive noted that Bezos “ Believes hiring should not only be a team effort. It should be a team decision.” So in most cases, “After final interviews, each member of the hiring team meets in a room to share their opinions on each candidate. And after a discussion, a vote takes place, and the results have to be unanimous for the person to be hired.” A single “no” vote would mean that the team will have to go back and search again for the ideal employee.
- Amazon’s “unregretted turnover metric” helps fix hiring errors – Amazon assigns an “unregretted turnover metric” to its managers. It serves as an imperfect post-hire check on weak performing employees that somehow made it through their hiring process. This after-hiring double-check mirrors the approach that General Electric had under Jack Welch. Under this “regrettable turnover metric,” Managers at Amazon have a target rate for annual employee turnover. This means they are expected to lose a specified number of employees that they “ wouldn’t regret losing ” (i.e., below-average performing employees). Although this practice may appear harsh on the surface, it forces hiring managers to reassess each new hire periodically.
- Paying employees to quit – this “Pay Employees to Quit” approach is a second post-hiring check on quality under this program (borrowed from Zappos). Amazon proactively offers incentives to unhappy recent hires during their first five years. The goal is to force unhappy recent hires to take a minute once each year to decide if they “really want to stay.” Based on the premise that keeping workers unsure of their commitment to Amazon will harm both the customers and the team. So if a worker decides that they don’t want to be here, they can get between $1000 and $5000 for walking away.
- Finally, improve new-hire quality by assessing candidates on Amazon’s leadership principles – one of the primary ways Amazon maintains quality hiring and fit. By assessing every candidate on Amazon’s published “leadership principles.” So each candidate at Amazon is expected to know and commit to following them ( these principles are posted on their jobs website ). As a result, everyone involved in hiring is expected to assess every candidate’s knowledge and commitment to these principles. At least 3 of these 15 principles relate directly to recruiting. Those three principles are below:
- Hire and develop the best – leaders raise the performance bar with every hire and promotion. They recognize exceptional talent and willingly move them throughout the organization. Leaders develop leaders and take their role in coaching others seriously. We work on behalf of our people to invent mechanisms for development like Career Choice.
- Insist on the highest standards – leaders have relentlessly high standards. Many people may think these standards are unreasonably high. Leaders continually raise the bar and drive their teams to deliver high-quality products, services, and processes. Leaders ensure that defects do not get sent down the line and that problems are fixed, so they stay fixed.
- Deliver results – leaders focus on the key inputs for their business and deliver them with the right quality and timely fashion. Despite setbacks, they rise to the occasion and never settle.
If you’re interested in the 12 remaining leadership principles, click here . The remainder mostly focuses on key workforce capabilities, including customer obsession, innovation, learning, and ownership of problems.
Pillar #4. A scientific data-driven approach is the foundation for their success
During my assessment, I found that a primary reason why Amazon recruiting excels in so many different areas is that it operates under the umbrella of one of the most strategic HR functions. Their HR function is guided by 7 HR tenets , which are the guidelines that every HR function follows to “Maintain a Culture of Builders and Innovators. In my experience, shifting to a data-driven approach is required to maintain a culture in a large organization. Fortunately, Amazon is one of only a handful of HR functions (along with Google, Sodexo, and Nestlé Purina) that already makes decisions based on data and results metrics. Find that HR tenet in the box below.
Every strategic recruiting function should know and follow three additional Amazon HR and leadership tenets. They are:
- Recruiting must focus on directly impacting business results – because BCG research revealed that “ recruiting has the highest impact on business results .” Therefore, it makes sense to follow and adhere to their HR tenet “We manage HR as a business.” Acting like a business starts with, rather than simply “aligning with business goals,” recruiting leaders purposely set recruiting goals and manage recruiting actions and resources to produce the maximum direct and measurable impact on business results. The next step is to reduce recruiting approaches that can’t demonstrate their business impact. And the final step is to convert recruiting problems and results into their dollar impact on corporate revenue (e.g., our recruiting efforts on sales jobs allowed us to maintain $232.5 million in sales revenue). Reporting recruiting results in dollars of revenue impact allow executives to quickly compare your dollar impacts to those from other HR and business functions.
- You must assume continuous obsolescence along with rapid learning – you should also follow another of Amazon’s HR tenets. Which is “Learn and Be Curious.” Because in an unpredictable world, you simply can’t prepare for most things. The secret to thriving is rapid continuous learning immediately as new problems and opportunities arrive. So the first step in a recruiting world where everything changes should be operating under the assumption that every current thing in recruiting will soon become obsolete. And, of course, you won’t be able to detect that obsolescence without collecting and applying performance data. Next, you must also continually be looking for a replacement for every current recruiting approach and tool. And that can only be accomplished by continuously learning about evolving business and recruiting approaches at other advanced companies. To identify the ones that might be applied to your recruiting situation. And finally, you won’t be able to determine if your new solutions are superior without following the tenet hypothesis testing covered in the next bullet point.
- The utilization of hypothesis testing and experimentation – perhaps the most prominent difference between traditional and scientific recruiting is an insistence on hypothesis testing to discover what works and what doesn’t. The HR tenet is “ We form hypotheses about the best talent acquisition, talent retention, and talent development techniques and then set out to prove or disprove them with experiments and careful data collection.” For example, a split-sample experiment could prove or disprove the hypothesis that “Diverse interviewers select more diverse candidates” (They don’t). Google HR has also long been a supporter of hypothesis testing. An outrageous example of Amazon’s hypothesis testing occurred when their AWS group experimented by placing a job ad on the Tinder dating site.
Amazon Recruiting – A Case Study Of A Giant Among Children (Part 2 of 2 parts)
Today, every manager needs to learn great recruiting… and to find it, they need only follow Amazon!
The title of this case study includes the phrase “A Giant Among Children.” That’s just how large I found the differential between Amazon’s recruiting and the recruiting practices at most corporations. And if you take the time to read this case study, I am sure that you will agree with the sharp assessment. Of course, many managers already justifiably study Amazon because of its excellence in well-known areas, including customer service, supply chain, and cloud computing. However, most don’t realize that Amazon can only excel in so many divergent business areas because it is “a recruiting machine .” It recruits effortlessly even during our current talent shortage when most others starved for applicants. This case study is designed to show you their best practices and what makes them “a recruiting giant among children.”
Pillar #5. Amazon’s amazing array of targeted recruiting programs
In my view, the most surprising of all of Amazon’s 6 pillars of excellence is their willingness to develop and offer numerous individual recruiting and career transition programs that are “customized” to the needs of distinct groups of candidates and employees. Targeting subprograms is essential because different groups are attracted and motivated by different offerings. At Amazon, they specifically target a wide array of people, including diverse women, veterans, the elderly, and those that need internal movement or an upward push. Unfortunately, space limitations prevent me from highlighting all of the amazing, targeted programs in operation at Amazon. However, you will find a representative sample of 14 of their exceptional targeted recruiting programs below. The programs that likely have the largest impact appear first on the list.
- The Returnship program helps the unemployed reenter the workforce – The Returnship is a reentry program designed to help the underemployed and those who have been out of the workforce for at least a year (usually due to unemployment, children staying at home, or Covid concerns). This program aims to provide this target group with a rare opportunity to restart their careers by joining Amazon. At the beginning of the program, “returners” work on a specific project. And after four months, they have earned the possibility to move into full-time positions at Amazon. During those four months, participants work remotely from home. If they need it, they provide child and elder care assistance. So they can ease back into the workforce without making any major life changes while they are in this program. And when they accept a permanent role, Amazon will also pay for their relocation if needed. Since their Returnship pilot initiative in January of 2021, Amazon reports that the program has enrolled more than 60 people, and 95% of them received an offer for a full-time role at Amazon. In the future, Amazon has stated that they plan to hire 1,000 professionals into the program during the coming years in roles ranging from finance to engineering.
- The Best Fit Program makes it easier for software engineers to find their perfect job – this best fit program is an accelerated job identification program. Designed specifically to help software engineers that are applying find their perfect job fit among all relevant Amazon jobs. This program helps make their job search at Amazon quicker and more accurate. Those in the program can avoid putting in the traditional multiple hours of searching for their right job. It allows these software engineers to apply once and then be automatically considered for thousands of relevant jobs across the company. A combination of electronic and human matching approaches finds the jobs that fit their preferences during the first step. For their ideal kind of team and their desired working style. But the program will still recommend jobs in new areas in which Amazon thinks they would also be successful. During the last part of the process, applicants get to meet all of the hiring managers for each of the recommended jobs. And finally, they get to choose their first job at Amazon.
- The Career Choice Program supports employees who want a college degree – support for getting a college degree or GED is a major attraction factor. One of the goals of this Career Choice educational opportunity program is to help lower-level Amazon employees transition into more lucrative paying and high-demand fields (and perhaps even leaving Amazon). For eligible employees, Amazon will now pay 100% of its employee’s college tuition and fees for earning a diploma or certificate in a qualified field of study at eligible schools. Recently the program has been updated to allow more flexibility.
- The UX Apprenticeship – It encourages development in research and design – Amazon’s User Experience Design and Research Apprenticeship program provide a combination of instructor-led training and real-world experience in a one-year program. It offers employees the opportunity to learn and develop research and design skills on Amazon teams, including Prime Video, Alexa, AWS, and Amazon Fashion. Apprenticeship graduates can move into jobs that help improve the experience of Amazon customers, from making payments easier on Amazon sites to designing features that make devices more accessible.
- Surge2IT – Proactively encourages career advancement in IT – their Surge2IT program is another career transition program designed to help entry-level IT employees across Amazon’s operations network. It focuses on IT employees who don’t possess a software development degree. After completing this program, they can become software development engineers after about nine months. This program allows lower-level IT employees to pursue careers in higher-paying technical roles through this self-paced learning resource. The course helps employees develop the skills necessary to advance their careers in the information technology field. Participants who complete this course and move up at Amazon can make up to an additional $10,000 a year.
- The Amazon Technical Academy makes you a software developer in nine months – this career transition program requires nothing more than an interest in software development. It started as an experiment, and since then, it has successfully enrolled hundreds of employees. Amazon Technical Academy builds on their initial interest by training them in the essential skills needed to transition to an entry-level software developer engineer role at Amazon. The program is free for their employees. And it requires a high school diploma or GED. And the fortitude to get through a rigorous nine-month, full-time program that expert Amazon software engineers created.
- The Mechatronics program prepares employees for robot maintenance jobs – under this career transition program in robotic repair . It is designed for employees interested in learning engineering and mechanical skills necessary to repair and maintain the equipment and robots inside Amazon facilities. Those that are accepted get the opportunity to go back to school for a free 12-week course. After that, employees begin a year of on-the-job learning under a technical maintenance specialist. After completing this final step, employees who now have these highly sought-after skills are eligible for a full-time role as a mechatronics and robotics technician, which may increase their paycheck by up to 40%.
- Project Juno – aids in relocating current employees – this internal movement program helps out when a current employee must relocate. After they have decided that they must move, this Amazon job finding process electronically finds the relocating employee the same or a similar job available at the Amazon facility in their new city.
- CamperForce – This Program offers jobs to traveling seasonal workers – CamperForce offers jobs for those who travel in RVs and work along the way. They are known as Work Campers. And because Amazon especially needs people to work in its warehouses during the holidays. They now encourage and hire seasonal help that live in a trailer or RV. In addition to welcoming them, Amazon pays them a small monthly stipend to live in their own trailer at an RV facility close to an Amazon warehouse site where they will work.
- The Military Spouses Program – provides jobs for military spouses – the goal is to find jobs for the spouses of Amazon’s 45,000 veteran and military employees. Designed to find military spouses an appropriate job at Amazon. Either for the first time or when he or she must relocate along with their military spouse. In addition, Amazon recently pledged to hire over 100,000 U.S. veterans and military spouses by 2024, further building on their commitment to military families.
- Amazon Warriors – provides support for transitioning veterans – this veterans support program is designed to help recent veterans transition into Amazon’s workforce. It helps by offering a professional network of Amazon employees that are veterans. It also provides a mechanism for community outreach.
- People with disabilities – They have their own targeted website – Amazon offers a targeted site specifically to meet the needs of applicants with disabilities. The site also educates them on how to take the best advantage of what Amazon has to offer applicants and employees with disabilities.
- Amazon hires felons – Amazon has no blanket policy against hiring felons. In fact, they are open to hiring them into seasonal jobs. Depending on the type of felony, time since they fulfilled their sentence, and the corrective actions completed, however, after successfully completing that initial assignment and based on their performance. The felon may then be considered for a more permanent position.
- Amazon employee referrals – like most large corporations, Amazon has a formal referral program. Unfortunately, I only rate it as a little better-than-average because only 11% of those interviewed are employee referrals . And they pay a range of bonuses up to $5000 for a referral that is hired .
Pillar #6. Unique elements in their “one-size-fits-one” agile hiring process
I have discovered 7 unique hiring process elements that contribute to making Amazon’s hiring process highly agile, flexible, and adaptable. These seldom found elsewhere elements make it possible for their hiring process to adapt to the recruiting needs of every Amazon business unit and location. Those unique elements include:
- By design, their hiring process flexes to fit every unique job – they hire in so many global locations and across so many jobs from pilot to janitor. Their candidate assessment process must be modifiable to fit the unique assessment requirements for each job family. We call this capability “one-size-fits-all one.” Of course, the hiring process includes the basic elements for all jobs, including the standard ATS/recruiter resume screen, a phone screen, and at least one structured remote or live behavioral interview. Some portion of that interview will be devoted to assessing the candidate’s understanding of Amazon’s culture through its leadership principles . However, the interviews will likely last all day for most professional jobs. Often it will include an online test and a verbally presented work sample or problem to complete. The candidate may also be asked to write up an idea in a press release format (because that’s the way ideas are presented at Amazon). Or, developers may be required to participate in a virtual or in-person interactive whiteboard exercise for developer jobs where they have the candidate walk them through the steps they would take to solve a current software problem. In the end, the team will always make the final hiring decision, and the “bar raiser” gatekeeper will have the option of vetoing that choice.
- To increase innovation, Amazon specifically targets problem-solving skills – one thing that is common across all business units at Amazon is the need for innovation. And as a result, Amazon targets candidates that thrive at solving a never-ending queue of complex problems. They consider a spirit of innovation part of their DNA at Amazon. They clearly state upfront that they are looking for “analytical and critical thinkers with great judgment, who can both think big and roll up their sleeves to solve hard problems on behalf of our customers.”
- Amazon increases its applications by removing the mystery from its hiring process – many firms talk about their “candidate experience.” However, I have found that applying for a job at most firms is a long way from being user-friendly. We know this because the number one complaint from applicants is almost always that the hiring process that they are about to face “is a complete mystery.” Amazon, instead, leads the way ( along with J&J ) in removing the mystery out of what the candidate can expect during their hiring process. They offer an extensive array of numerous free resources that guide applicants ( our hiring process website ) to meet this goal. It highlights what any candidate can expect from the day they apply until they begin work. In addition, they also offer suggestions on the best interviewing practices for its candidates to follow on its YouTube channel and its LinkedIn feed . They also make it clear that serious candidates must study the company’s leadership principles mentioned earlier. Finally, they help applicants understand the different teams they can work in. By providing them with a list of the 32 possible teams , a description of what they do, and how many open jobs are currently open in each team. They even have a “best-fit program” that uses artificial intelligence to help software engineers find their perfect job within Amazon.
- Amazon holds a national Career Day event like no other – many firms, including McDonald’s and Walmart, hold “national hiring days.” However, I find that they pale in comparison to Amazon’s. They call their unique Career Day “America’s biggest training and recruiting event.” It actually is unique because it goes well beyond the typical job fair. In addition to displaying open jobs, it offers remote personalized career coaching sessions and even some tactical training. It further provides candid advice on how job seekers can start, build, or transition their careers at Amazon. Last year, they received 1 million applications for their Career Day event.
- Amazon relies heavily on seasonal workers as a talent pipeline source – research has shown that often the new hire has the highest probability of success. Someone that has recently successfully served as a temp, intern, or contractor at the organization. Amazon takes advantage of this high-quality source by hiring well over 100k seasonal workers each year. In addition to filling their seasonal need, the seasonal workforce serves as an effective screening process for determining which seasonal workers should be offered a full-time job. It also gives the worker a chance to determine if they really want to work at Amazon.
- They use FC brand ambassadors to improve their brand proactively – I’ve never seen this done before. But, to counter the massive amounts of negative Twitter messaging found about working at their warehouses. Amazon has asked long-term employees at its fulfillment centers to act as brand ambassadors in an extraordinary move to improve their online employment branding. They don’t get extra pay, but they get $50 gift cards as a small reward for tweeting positive things about working in their warehouses.
- A shift in emphasis to remote and broader college recruiting – makes college recruiting more effective, diverse, and remote. Amazon is curtailing some campus visits and heavily emphasizing virtual student meetings. It has also broadened its reach to many more campuses to get added diversity to the point where for example, last year, it extended offers to students from 80 M.B.A. programs (instead of exclusively going to a few elite schools).
Amazon Utilizes Data To Identify The Most Powerful Attraction Factors
Rather than assuming that applicant attraction factors stay the same in a fast-changing world. A critical part of Amazon’s highly agile and adaptable recruiting process is continually gathering data to update “the most effective attraction factors” for their targeted potential applicants. Here are 8 examples of how they identify the attraction factors and the current ones.
- They start by using data to identify the most current attraction factors – most corporations simply guess at them or assume that they are the same as last year. In comparison, Amazon uses data to identify its current attraction factors. At Amazon, these attraction factors currently fit into four categories. Each of the four is emphasized on their main career website . The four primary attraction categories include benefits , career advancement , work/life balance, and culture . As part of their data-driven approach, they continually survey new hires to determine the general and the specific factors that actually attracted them to Amazon. And last year, 93% of their new hires cited Amazon’s Career Skills and Upskilling training program s as their top attraction factor. As a follow-up, Amazon is investing $700 million in upskilling 100,000 employees in the U.S. by 2025.
- They proactively encourage work/life balance – although some may argue about their level of success. Amazon boldly lists work/life balance as one of its four primary attraction categories. And on its work/life balance website , it describes how Amazon strives to help its employees reach that balance.
- Amazon is acting to reduce applicant health and injury concerns – during the pandemic. Amazon has focused on reducing Covid risks and workplace injuries as roadblocks that reduce potential warehouse applicants. So in that light, Amazon is currently developing a new automated staff schedule process. It reduces the risk of injury by utilizing computer algorithms to rotate employees between jobs when completed. A more frequent rotation is needed because their data reveals that roughly 40% of their work-related fulfillment center injuries are due to sprains and strains caused by repetitive motions.
- Higher base pay – Amazon was one of the first companies to realize that they needed to raise employee pay and its hourly jobs in a tight U.S. job market. So Amazon’s average starting wage is now over $18 per hour, with an additional $3 depending on their shift.
- Sign-on bonuses – like many companies, Amazon has begun offering significant sign-on bonuses at some of their fulfillment centers (up to $4000).
- Being dog friendly is surprisingly an attraction factor – in work areas where it is safe. Amazon is one of the few companies that actively encourage dogs in the office. And because of their efforts, Amazon was listed as the #1 dog-friendly company in the US by Rover.com . Their leadership has noted that “Amazon has found that dogs in the office actually contribute to their collaborative company culture.”
- They stopped testing applicants for cannabis – in many states recreational or medical cannabis use is now legal. Amazon has been a leader in announcing that it will no longer screen finalist candidates for marijuana use. In part because this testing was unnecessarily reducing their candidate pool. But Amazon went one step further. It alerted its independent delivery service partners that if they too stopped testing for marijuana during their application process and prominently advertised that fact. They could boost their own business’s job applications by up to 400%.
- They offer anytime pay – this last attraction factor may not seem like much. However, it has proved to be an attraction factor for the many hourly workers that live paycheck to paycheck. Amazon’s free fast pay program offers the option, in some jobs, for eligible employees to receive 70% of their eligible earned pay whenever they choose (24×7).
Of course, Amazon is working on its weak points
Amazon is still far from perfect in areas other than recruiting despite all its efforts. Despite its ranking by LinkedIn as the #1 employer. They still receive relentless criticism because of their corporation’s size, speed of innovation, impact on small businesses, their percentage of diversity, and the waste they produce. Even some innovators criticize them for excessively keeping some innovative projects secret from other internal teams (just like Apple).
In management, they have also received volumes of criticism, especially because of their anti-union stance and their common practice of continually replacing “human jobs” with robots. The media revealed that they once selected which workers to release using an algorithm, and they subsequently fired them via email. Its managers have been criticized for not telling their employees when placed under a performance management plan. They are also well-known for their fast-paced work environment that some argue can lead to excess injuries and employee burnout. And as a result of that work stress, in some cases, they have had to pay “show up bonuses” to reduce their sometimes-rampant warehouse absenteeism. Finally, as most great firms do, they have a relatively high employee turnover rate. This can be partly explained because they are constantly under attack by their competitor’s recruiters, who are logically targeting their exceptional talent.
Final Thoughts
Today when I am asked by those beginning their career where they should work, I, without hesitation, say Amazon. It is primarily an innovation machine that dominates in so many different product areas and across so many industries. In the same light, if you are a recruiting leader, your goal is to lead your industry in recruiting and HR eventually. It’s time to realize that you must focus your best practice research exclusively on Amazon. You can learn so much so fast (Note: the previous recruiting leader, Google, has lost its luster since Laszlo left).
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Automotive companies are booming worldwide in the economy. In order to sustain in the highly competitive world, every organization tries to create itself a trademark in the market. In our research, we looked at how two wheelers automotive company's selection enhances an organizational performance, which ensures the company's future growth. In today's fast-paced, globally integrated world, human resources are one of the most important production variables. It is critical to preserve and improve economic competitiveness by properly selecting and developing these resources. The main aim of this study is to identify the best online job portal website for recruitment at Two Wheeler Company and to suggest an HR strategy which resonates company’s values and culture. In this study, we have selected 6 criteria and 6 online popular job portals for recruitment with a sample of 15 candidates have been selected. Findings reveal that, AHP method has significant results on the selection of best employer, which helps HR Manager to finalize the decision making process/strategies. Towards the managerial implications section, the researcher aims to design an functional and effective HR strategy that can grasp, engage and retain the top talent in the organization.
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BOSTON – The United States has filed a complaint under the False Claims Act (FCA) against Study Across the Pond, LLC (SATP) and its principal, John Borhaug.
According to court documents SATP, which was organized under the laws of Massachusetts, and Borhaug, convinced foreign schools to enter into arrangements that violated the federal ban on incentive-based compensation for student recruitment. It is alleged that SATP and Borhaug paid their employees to recruit American students to attend foreign schools in the United Kingdom (UK), and then required the schools to pay a commission when recruited students enrolled in the UK schools. The complaint, filed in the District of Massachusetts, alleges that based on this conduct, SATP and Borhaug knowingly caused UK schools to submit false claims to the U.S. Department of Education.
“Today’s complaint alleges that Study Across the Pond and John Borhaug used illegal incentives to influence American students to attend foreign schools,” said Acting United States Attorney Joshua S. Levy for the District of Massachusetts. “With today’s action, my office demonstrates its commitment to upholding the ban on incentive compensation, rooting out undue financial influence in student recruitment, and protecting the integrity of federal student financial aid programs.”
“Third-party recruiters who demand illegal financial incentives for recruiting students to institutions of higher learning, no matter where those institutions are located, undermine the integrity of our system of higher education,” said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Brian M. Boynton, head of the Justice Department’s Civil Division. “Prospective students are entitled to make their enrollment decisions without the improper influence of recruiters who pursue their own financial gain at the expense of students’ best interests.”
“The Office of Inspector General has a unique and special law enforcement mission – to protect public education funds for eligible students. Today’s announcement is an example of our commitment to this mission,” said Terry Harris, Special Agent in Charge of the U S. Department of Education Office of Inspector General’s Eastern Regional Office. “The OIG will continue to work with our law enforcement partners and pursue allegations of violations of the False Claims Act in carrying out our important public service.”
Title IV of the Higher Education Act prohibits any institution of higher education that receives federal student aid from compensating student recruiters with a commission, bonus, or other incentive payment based directly or indirectly on the recruiters’ success in securing student enrollments. This is referred to as the Incentive Compensation Ban. The Incentive Compensation Ban protects students against aggressive recruitment practices that serve the financial interest of the recruiter rather than the educational needs of the student.
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The government filed its complaint in a lawsuit filed under the qui tam, or whistleblower, provisions of the False Claims Act. Under the Act, a private citizen can sue on behalf of the government and share in any recovery. The government also is entitled to intervene in the lawsuit, as it has done in this case, which is captioned United States ex rel. Hitrost LLC v. Study Across the Pond, LLC, et al., No. 21-CV-10274-ADB (D. Mass.).
Acting U.S. Attorney Levy, Principal Deputy AAG Boynton and SAC Harris made the announcement today. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brian LaMacchia and Alexandra Brazier of the Affirmative Civil Enforcement Unit are handling the matter along with Trial Attorney Allison Carroll of the Justice Department’s Civil Division.
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