Recruitment Strategy

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What is Skill Translation?

Discover how skill translation helps managers identify talent in non-traditional resumes by mapping military or diverse experiences to corporate roles.

4 min Jan 31, 2026

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What is a Try-Out Project?

Learn how paid try-out projects help managers evaluate skills, reduce hiring risks, and build stronger teams without relying solely on resumes or interviews.

5 min Nov 14, 2025

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What is Candidate Experience?

A straightforward guide for business owners on understanding candidate experience and why the feelings of job seekers impact your company reputation and hiring success.

4 min Oct 19, 2025

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What is The Silent Reject?

An exploration of why candidates disappear during the hiring process and how this behavior signals underlying operational disorganization within a business.

4 min Oct 1, 2025

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What is Blind Skill Assessment?

An introductory guide for business owners on blind skill assessment, focusing on objective hiring practices and reducing unconscious bias in team building.

4 min Sep 10, 2025

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What is Structured Interviewing?

A guide for business owners on using Structured Interviewing to remove bias, standardize hiring, and build stronger teams without the guesswork.

5 min Sep 9, 2025

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What is Values-Based Hiring?

A practical guide for managers and business owners on prioritization of character and cultural alignment over technical skills during the recruitment process.

4 min Aug 25, 2025

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The Boomerang Advantage: why you should re-hire the people who quit

Discover the value of boomerang employees. Learn why maintaining relationships with former staff can lead to high-ROI re-hires who bring new skills and deep loyalty.

Ben Schmidt 6 min Aug 20, 2025

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The Empty Chair Paradox: why silence is better than chaos

Learn to calculate the true cost of an empty seat versus a bad hire. A guide for business owners on managing the stress of being understaffed without making a hiring mistake.

Ben Schmidt 7 min Aug 13, 2025

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What is The Talent Pipeline?

A deep dive into the concept of the talent pipeline, exploring how proactive relationship building differs from reactive hiring and protects business continuity.

4 min Jul 8, 2025

The SOP they learned six months ago is already fading.

Death of the Binder