{"id":30913,"date":"2018-11-01T16:31:59","date_gmt":"2018-11-01T16:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dvirc.org\/insights\/recruiting-top-talent\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T14:02:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T14:02:29","slug":"recruiting-top-talent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dvirc.org\/insights\/recruiting-top-talent\/","title":{"rendered":"Recruiting Top Talent"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Guest Contributor: Christopher (Chris) J. Bilotta, CPRW, Resource Development Company, Inc.<\/h3>\n

Company owners, senior executives, and hiring managers are fully aware that the current environment for recruiting talent at all organizational levels is extremely difficult.<\/p>\n

With the national unemployment rate below 4 percent, it\u2019s definitely a candidate\u2019s market. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the U.S. economy has created around 19 million jobs since January 2010. In the same period, the U.S. population has only grown by approximately 18 million people.<\/p>\n

The oldest members of the Baby Boomers started retiring in 2011, while the youngest members are 54, and likely to begin retiring sometime in the next decade (the average retirement age in the U.S. is 61.3). In addition to finding people to fill key roles right now, companies also have to look at the medium-term future, and hire with succession planning and retention in mind.<\/p>\n

Given these conditions, if recruiters and hiring managers are serious about finding top, reducing time-to-hire, and increasing their success rate, understanding what makes specific candidates tick and might compel them to consider a new opportunity is critical.<\/p>\n

Here are some things to contemplate as you learn more about a person during the interview process.<\/p>\n