Workshop with David Bizer, CEO of Talent Fountain and the first recruiter at Google in Europe, building out the organization from 100 to over 5000 employees in 7 years., on: How to recruit a large amount of people in a small amount of time.
π Here is the replay, in case you missed the workshop:
How to improve your Talent Outbound Strategy?
π― Here are David's tips to reach out to the best candidates:
People contacted | Call | Meeting | Hire |
100 | 15 | 6 | 1 |
Conversion rate | 15% | 40% | 17% |
HireSweet "How many candidates should I contact to make X hiresβ calculator:
How to make the job description an asset?
π―Below are David's tips to enhance a jobdesc:
You want people to react with: "This is for me/not for me" when they look at your jobdesc."
πHere is the complete template:
VP Product | Job Desc Example - Gorgias
πΒ You can see a lot of detail and relevant numbers.
πΒ They show the candidate how they differentiate themselves with insightful details (roadmap, links, their goals and objectives...)
What role should the leadership team assign to hiring?
The success of the organization is brought by people they recruit. It means that you have to put effort into recruitment.
π―Β Key learnings from David's experience:
β¨Volume makes life miserable: You should aim for good volume!
β¨To get through the right profiles right away, you should be clear with "Who you are?" and "What you want?".
When reading your job desc, people should be able to say: I don't want to work for this company / I do want to work for this company. And it's OK!
β¨Β For high quality sourcing, there is no magical alternative to manual sourcing.
β¨Β You have to put serious commitment into hiring: it starts with the founder or the executive team.
"Google itself invested not only money which everyone can do, but time into their recruitments. A big part of Google's success, is because of people we were able to bring in."
π Take a look to this HR tools mapping, made by ConvictionsRH:
πWe also made in 2020, a mapping of HR Tech french startups:
Resources provided by David
π°Β Articles
πΒ How to beat big tech in the war for talent?
πΒ Why and when you hire your first HR person?
πΒ This is How Coursera Competes Against Google and Facebook for the Best Talent
πΒ Books
πΒ Work Rules by Laszlo Bock
πΒ From Zero To 1,000: The Organizational Playbook For Startups by Anne Caron