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Talent Advisor
The guide that started the category, plus everything since. How recruiters move from taking orders to shaping the hire, and what it takes to be in the room before the requisition exists.
Talent Advisor
What a talent advisor actually does differently
Not confidence, not seniority. Four concrete behaviours that separate advisors from order takers, and how to build them.
Talent Advisor
Why your hiring managers ignore the training
John on the gap between running a session and changing what managers actually do in the room.
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The intake conversation that changes the hire
Most briefs are accepted as written. A better intake asks what the role is for before it asks what it needs.
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Are you operating like a contractor or a consultant, or something else?
There are only three ways a recruiter can operate, and most people move between them without noticing which one they are in. Here is what actually moves you from one to the next.
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Saying no to a requisition without losing the relationship
Declining a brief that will not fill is more useful than accepting one that will not. How to do it and keep the trust.
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When everyone else Zigs, should you Zag?
Copying the market means competing on the market's terms. When breaking from the pack wins you talent, and when it just costs you time.