Focusing On The #RetailCandidateExperience LinkedIn just recently released it’s “Global Talent Trends 2015” report. It shared some very interesting information about active job seekers and the passive candidate pool in various countries. It is an exceedingly worthwhile read for anyone who sources, recruits, hires, or interacts with candidates in any capacity. Candidate Experience is something that is not discussed with any frequency, especially as it relates to the field teams in retail. But it is the first exposure to company culture that candidates will have and it is frequently different than the experience that the candidate has as a customer of your brand. Some the most important points of this report I found to be: -87% of talent says a positive interview experienceRead More
Author: Elizabeth Boyd
Founder and Editor in Chief of Excellence In Retail and 18 year retailer. I am a passionate and creative leader and coach committed to inspiring thought, action, truth-telling, solution-seeking, and dialog about how to maximize talent through identifying and creating a process around critical success factors, workplace culture, signature leadership practices, productivity, profitability, alignment of employees and company vision & values, and workplace happiness inside all retail organizations. I help create healthy, vibrant, high-performing, and highly-productive organizations that are talent magnets and focused on delivering the highest level of customer experience that will differentiate them from competition and result in long-term growth and sustainability.