Pat Patel

CEO, Intelliswift Software, Inc.

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We have benefited from Barbara's insights over the past few years, and now everyone else has the same opportunity to learn from her. The insights she provides is the differentiation from being a recruiter to a "workforce workplace expert." This is a must-read for anyone working in the recruiting or staffing profession. This should be utilized as a reference guide and not a one-time read with all the golden nuggets of information Barbara has provided, as our profession embraces the need for a high-tech but also high-touch approach. (from Amazon)

CATEGORY SILVER WINNER: Axiom Awards 2021 - Human Resources/Employee Training Category Despite global economic conditions, companies are always looking to attract and retain the best talent. Unfortunately, almost 30% of US job seekers leave a new job within the first 30 days. Why? Many new recruiters rely too heavily on high-tech tools to attract candidates and may not have learned the fundamental relationship-building skills that help recruiters ensure that clients and candidates are a good match. High-Tech High-Touch Recruitingprovides recruiters with an end-to-end process for recruiting the highest caliber talent who, after they are hired, will become engaged employees. While emphasizing the overall importance of building "high-touch" relationship-building skills, the book outlines how these can be blended successfully with "high-tech" tools such as AI-powered software applications to identify a large pool of qualified job candidates. Once you've identified candidates, the author cautions against the sole use of text and email communication and suggests that recruiters conduct a general interview in order to better ascertain whether a candidate is the best fit for the role. High-Tech High-Touch Recruiting comes with online resources including sample offer letters, recruiting scripts, job requisitions, interview scorecard, a listing of characteristics of best hires and guidelines for a 9-step telephone interview process.