😓 Ever hired the best of an average bunch — and regretted it?
This is more common than we'd like to think.
Any combination of these things can easily lead to making the wrong hire.
pressure to hire quickly
a referral gone wrong
competition for talent
losing your preferred candidate to another offer
restrictions with salary budget
lack of suitable candidates
a recruitment process which could've been more effective (in hindsight).
This isn't only about people not passing probation.
A Jobvite survey reported by Forbes suggests 30 per cent of new employees quit within the first 90 days
Another study published in 2023 showed nearly one in three workers leave their new job within 12 months.
The cost of hiring the wrong person is high — estimates suggest replacing a bad hire could cost you 15 per cent to 21 per cent of the employee's salary. Then there's the reduced productivity, impact on morale, training costs and reputational damage.
I’m on a mission to help NFP leaders get better recruitment results and hire the right, game-changing talent.
When done well, recruitment becomes more than filling a vacant job.
Good recruitment is a reflection of culture, purpose and opportunity — for your organisation and the person who joins you.
Heart Talent is often called upon to help when things haven't gone well with recruitment — but we can also help you optimise your approach from the very start. This begins with understanding:
How effective is your recruitment?
When I’m working with hiring teams on their talent attraction strategy, these are some of the questions we explore:
Are your recruitment campaigns attracting the right people?
Are you getting enquiries and applications from people who are genuinely interested in your organisation, not just people who need a job?
Where are you sourcing suitable candidates?
Are you authentically communicating your employer brand and value proposition?
Can you start conversations with quality, matched talent soon after you launch your recruitment campaign?
No organisation will ever have a perfect hiring record or zero per cent turnover.
If better recruitment results are on your agenda, I'd love to share what I've learned over 20 years running recruitment projects, campaigns and searches with a 98 per cent success rate.
My track record isn’t perfect but I’ve refined what works and I’m excited to share it with NFP leaders and people teams through my recruitment coaching and advisory work.
Flexible talent support for NFP leaders
I am deeply committed to making recruitment easier for nonprofit leaders.
I support leaders and organisations to attract the right people through:
traditional recruitment solutions
flexible unbundled recruitment support
helping you review and improve your recruitment approach
helping you understand and articulate your real EVP through employee research
leveraging this research to develop authentic recruitment content
building campaigns that reflect culture and the employee experience
consulting and advisory work to develop talent attraction strategy and capacity.
If you’re curious to know more, send me a message or get in touch for a chat.
As a communications professional and writer turned recruiter, I know modern recruitment is marketing, and I'm on a mission to share this approach with the sector.
Each Friday, I share talent attraction advice and insights. The Nonprofit Talent Edge will help you become more intentional, creative and proactive with your recruitment.
Have a great week.
Cynthia