How to Quickly Level the Recruitment Playing Field

by | Aug 21, 2025

Lane Sutton is the talent brand strategist for Comcast, and he recently shared his thoughts on the importance of communicating your company’s story with recruiting prospects.

You can be the coolest company, coolest tech, or have the coolest recruitment marketing, but the company with the best story usually wins.

Story sells. Story convinces. Story tells the why and speaks for itself.

More than any perks or fun office culture.

People join companies for the leadership and the people with whom they’ll be working.

Agents want to hear about the career growth they can have, the impact they can make, and the new opportunities they’ll be exposed to.

They want to imagine themselves there and feel like they can fit in with the culture.

Having a great story and being a great storyteller levels the recruitment playing field.

With a bit of creativity and some passion for your unique place in the real estate industry, you can successfully compete against anyone.

 

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The Attrition Variables

The Attrition Variables

While these attrition constants still have the greatest influence, there are some emerging attrition variables worth noting. People also tend to leave companies when: They feel like they’re not doing as well as others in their peer group outside the company. They feel like they’re not as far along as they should be at a certain point in life.

The Attrition Constants

The Attrition Constants

If you’re not focusing most of your retention effort on these issues, you’ll miss the mark. If you’re not focusing most of your recruiting effort on exploiting these weaknesses among your competitors, you’re missing the best opportunities.

The Persistence Mindset

The Persistence Mindset

A leader equipped with this mindset can have a profound effect on the life and career of each individual they engage. It works because an agent is getting a real-time glimpse of what it would be like to work on your team. But it only becomes believable when it is persistently applied over time.