Here are some tips on how to help hiring managers work with you in the recruiting process.

1. 10 Steps to Get
Managers More
Involved in Recruiting
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2. Some managers
love to get
involved in the
recruiting process
Hiring talented
people is THE
BEST THING
EVER!
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3. Others… not so
much
Sorry, too busy!
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4. Getting managers involved in the
hiring process is important
Who you risk hiring without the manager: Who the manager can help you hire:
Hard work isn’t really
my thing…
Problem solving is
my middle name!
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5. So, how can you help
managers get more
involved in recruiting?

6. When a vacancy is created, meet with the
manager to review the job descriptionStep 1
Creative, outgoing
people fit best with our
team culture.
Got it!
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7. Discuss how important it is for the hiring
manager to be actively involved in the
recruiting process.
Step 2
If we work together
I’m pretty sure we
can hire someone
like this
I love it!
How can I help?
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8. Work together to define who is
responsible for whatStep 3
Perfect! I’ll handle A,
B, C, D, and E.
Why don’t I tackle
X, Y and Z?
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9. Discuss KPIs and how each party
can contributeStep 4
This graph shows
how we worked
with another
manager to reduce
Time to Hire and
improve ROI
Let’s see if we can
do even better!
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10. Ask the manager to have his/her team
provide you with a specific number of
referrals
Step 5
You can even
store all your
referrals in Hello
Talent!
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11. Send weekly updates to the manager with
your recruiting/sourcing statusStep 6
Great progress
guys!
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12. When submitting candidate profiles to
the manager, be sure to include short
profile summaries and timelines
Step 7
Dear Mr. Manager,
I’ve flagged three great
candidates in Hello Talent I
think we should interview.
Could you look at these
profile summaries and get
back to me by Friday so
that I can schedule
interviews?
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13. Ask the manager to rate the quality of
each candidate you’ve submittedStep 8
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14. Tell candidates what to expect during
interviews.Step 9
We love your
superhero moves but
it’s probably best if
you don’t chop the
table in half during
the interview
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15. After a candidate has been hired, sit with
the manager to review the process and
look for improvements
Step10
Great team work! I
think there are a
few thing we can
do to make things
easier for you.
Collaboration is the
best!
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16. (BONUS STEP!!) Use Hello Talent
to source and hire top talent
Step11
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With Hello Talent you can :
• Create talent pools to easily share
candidates with managers
• Invite managers and their team members
to submit referrals
• Tag specific skills, attributes and upload
CVs
• Keep managers up to date on candidate
status
• Store all the candidates in one place for
managers to easily review them