Posters and Hunters

by | Oct 13, 2023

Recruitment marketing expert Jeff Dickey-Chasins points out how most companies source recruiting prospects.In broad terms, employers fall into one of two camps in their recruitment efforts:


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‘posters’ and ‘hunters.’Posters* are more than happy to post their jobs and wait for candidates to respond.Hunters search out candidates and contact them.Posters historically make up about 70% of all employers, versus 30% who are hunters.In traditional companies, posters have more success in an employer’s market (low number of jobs available and lots of candidates who want them).And hunters have more success in a candidate’s market (high number of jobs available and low number of candidates).But real estate hiring does not operate on this traditional cadence.New agent recruiting is best done with a ‘posters’ mentality and experienced agent recruiting is best done with a ‘hunters’ mentality.Because they hate hunting, some recruiters pretend experienced agent recruiting can be done through posting.Because of budget constraints, some recruiters pretend new agent recruiting can be done without posting.Like most things we pretend to be true, these mindsets produce disappointing results.*Note: Posters doesn’t just mean posting job ads. It’s any recruitment marketing activity that is designed to produce a flow of inbound recruiting leads.

 

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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.