Recruiting Bees
A few days ago I heard that the agricultural community is having some very serious issues with bees. Bees are very useful partners in cross pollinating crops and lately they have been falling ill and dying in alarming numbers. This change is attributed to increasing stress levels and new pesticides that are destroying the organic environment of the bee hives. What are we going to do when there are not enough bees to cross pollinate all the crops?
This problem with the bees struck me as an excellent analogy to what recruiters do everyday. Recruiters essentially cross pollinate the industry taking talent from one company and bringing it to another. The skills and knowledge from one company may help another grow and develop new products and services, while the old company does the same in an ever perpetuating cycle of cross pollination.
It’s not a surprise that cross pollination is a favorite managerial jargon. What happens when small groups of individuals communicate effectively transfers directly into what happens when a recruiter pulls a worker from one company to another: competitive advantage.
This is why I am always fascinated and appalled by people who are rude to recruiters and who leave messages on their resumes:” Recruiters do not call”. These people are blindly shutting themselves out of the ecosystem of opportunities whether because of hubris, annoyance, or arrogance. The opportunities you can get on your own pale in comparison to those you can get with an effective network of recruiting bees that are building the hive of opportunities every day.
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