Kevin Wheeler writes about a very interesting question perplexing recruiters and managers alike:
As he mentions, many people have the wrong impression:
For many recruiters, talent is synonymous with "anyone who says yes." For others, it is any hire that stays for six months or a year. And for still others, it is any hire that a manager finds satisfactory.
This in-the-box thinking is bound to produce only one outcome: mediocrity. It's a lot like The Emporer's New Clothes when recruiters and managers run around patting themselves on the back about the great talent they're managing, when the truth is, they've hired people they like.
Wheeler summarizes the point nicely:
The key to successfully bringing in the best talent is, first of all, to define what it is and secondly, to create quantitative measures so that you can determine your success rate. By refining definitions and measures and by improving where you source and what you say to entice the right people, you will have developed a powerful recruiting machine.
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