TalentVine Blog

Even the biggest and best companies make a bad hire once in a while. At some point in your business life, you are absolutely going to have to make the call to let someone go. It never gets easier, but it is a necessity of running your own business.

Yet, even when it is painfully obvious that someone has to go, many of us still struggle with making that call, and importantly, carrying it out.

There is a war going on, underneath our very noses. An immense struggle, with few winners.  

The war for talent is real, and the casualties are immense. Despite the repeated warnings of recruitment professionals (and pleas from HR departments), many organisations are failing to make a serious effort to attract and retain quality talent.

Personal branding, social media and self-promotion have created an environment where hiring companies are on an almost even keel with recruiters when it comes to sourcing candidates.

In fact, an argument might be made that recruiters are fast becoming obsolete. If a hiring manager can run a simple LinkedIn search and pull up a dozen candidates, why use a recruiter?

There aren't many things more disappointing than finding the perfect candidate to join your team, only for them to knock it back for some completely unforeseen reason. Hours of interview time, back and forth chat, and coordinating with candidates, all down the drain due to one little detail.