The "War for Talent" has turned into a "War for Jobs"

Have you built a hiring system based on the new reality?

Eighteen months ago, everyone was talking about the War for Talent. Now, everyone is a talking about the War for Jobs. Today, we're faced with major unemployment, major under-employment, and major job dissatisfaction,

Applicants are desperate and desperate people do desperate things. Today, more than ever, you need a hiring system that is not based on gut feel and first impressions, but on facts and evidence.

The screening methods you used to use will no longer give you the best potential employee. They will give you the best applicant.

The questions you used to ask will not get you the answers you need because the applicants are now more prepared for the interview than the interviewer.

The references you used to get are either no longer there or won't tell you anything.

To make the best hiring decisions today, you need a new set of questions and a new set of tools to ensure that "what you see is, in fact, what you get."