HR Mavericks

HR Maverick

Tyler Fisher, PHR

Tyler Fisher, PHR

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Tyler empowers Talent Acquisition professionals, HR business leaders, and key stake holders to develop and execute talent management strategies. He is igniting the talent acquisition process through: team building, accurate time to fill forecasting, driving creative talent sourcing, and fine-tuning recruiting team effectiveness.

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Take every opportunity. Make the most out of every opportunity.

HR Encyclopedia articles written by Tyler Fisher, PHR:

Job Ads

There are endless ways to recruit applicants, and it can be challenging to decide which methods will result in the great hires you are looking for. Ads can be an effective tool, but how do you know where and how to advertise, and how much to spend? Read on to start understanding this complex topic.

Talent Management

This article will show you how to structure your organization's talent management so that it will directly support your overall business plan, make you a valuable business partner and positively affect your organization’s bottom line.

Sourcing

The days of “post and pray” are in the past. An effective talent sourcing strategy is no longer a luxury that only mature organizations have, it is an essential for any organization to reach their hiring goals. This article will reveal what it takes to have a high caliber talent sourcing strategy and how to get started developing your own.

Culture Fit

There is a lot of conversation questioning the continued relevance of hiring for culture fit. The new buzzword popping up is culture add. Read this article to understand the difference between these two terms and ultimately decide if culture fit has a place in the future.

Contingency Recruiting

This article will take a quick glance at contingency recruiting to better understand the stigmas that are placed on this industry. This article will explore whether or not contingency recruitment is worth it.

Qualified Applicant

Identifying the characteristics of a qualified applicant sounds like a simple task, but there is more to this task than matching up resumes with job descriptions. Read more for tips on how to identify top talent and qualified applicants.

Superstar Candidate

Superstar candidates: myth or a must have? Read more to find out.

Inclusive Leadership

Inclusive companies make more money, retain employees longer, and are more innovative. Looking to develop inclusive leaders in your organization? Here are a few steps to get it right.

Workplace Inclusion

Workplace inclusion is the foundation for diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Read more to understand how to develop an inclusive workplace environment.

Team Culture

In a market where changes are happening every day, culture is your biggest differentiating factor. Read further to unlock the best approach to building a cohesive team culture.

Hiring Laws

Let’s demystify the complex and daunting stigma of hiring laws and empower you to be a true business partner and thought leader. Read on to explore the HR professional’s beginner guide to employment law.

Intake Meeting

A manager calls and tells you that they need to fill a position—pronto, of course. Your next step can make for a smooth, successful recruitment and hiring process (or not). Read on to learn the details of conducting a great intake meeting.

Meet-and-Greet

Job interviews can be intimidating and stressful. If you'd like to get to know a candidate in a more casual setting as well, consider a meet-and-greet. Read on to learn why and how.

Recruiting Coordinator

Recruiting coordinators: the superheroes of the talent acquisition world. Read on to understand the tremendous value recruiting coordinators bring to the hiring process.

Sourcer

Is hiring a sourcer worth it? Is a sourcer a must-have on today’s talent acquisition team or just a nice luxury? Read more to understand what a sourcer can bring to your team.

Recruiting Funnel

Are you tired of hearing your organization’s leaders say that recruiting is easy? Here are the steps to building a recruitment funnel that will showcase the expertise you bring to your organization.

Hiring Quota

Hiring quotas have been used to make a noticeable impact on diversity goals. Read on to learn more about hiring quotas and how they help accomplish diversity goals.

Lateral Hire

Struggling to hire hard-to-fill roles? Lateral recruitment turns many traditional procedures of recruitment upside down. These tips on lateral hiring will help your organization find the niche talent you are looking for.

Situational Interview

Wondering about the difference between situational and behavioral interviews? Read on to learn more about situational interviews and how they can elevate your interview process.

Retained Search

When executive roles open up in your organization, do you have the network and skills to recruit for them? If not, consider hiring a retained search agency. What is retained search, and when will it benefit your organization?

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)

We all know that recruitment is essential to staffing your company with great employees. But do you know that many companies outsource some of all of their recruiting needs? Here is a guide to better understand recruitment process outsourcing and see if the scalable, customizable solutions that these providers offer are right for your organization.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

CRMs are only for managing the customer lifecycle, right? Then why are talent teams using CRMs to manage the employment candidate relationship? Read on to learn how CRM software can benefit your organization as a whole and your hiring efforts in particular.

Executive Recruiter

In today’s competitive market, in-house recruiting teams are actively seeking passive talent at all levels, but what about executives? Does it make sense for your team to lean on the services of an executive recruiter or can your in-house recruiting team successfully hire a C-level executive?

Restricted Stock Units (RSU)

It seems like everyone is talking about restricted stock units these days as a premium compensation differentiator, but what exactly are RSUs? Are they a benefit as valuable as people think they are?

Cold Calling in Recruitment

Is cold calling only for sales, or can recruitment teams utilize this tool as well? Here are three tips to step up your recruitment cold calling.

Recruitment Marketing

Do you want to streamline your recruitment efforts and find those top-talent applicants faster and more effectively? Recruitment marketing may be the approach you need.

Recruitment KPIs

Recruitment is a never-ending task for many of us. Do you ever wonder how effective your efforts are and if you could improve them? Recruitment KPIs can help. Read on to learn how and why.

Candidate Nurturing

Are you nurturing your candidates, or are you losing top talent to your competitors? Here are pro tips for world-class candidate care.

Time to Fill

Learn how to contribute more value to your company and increase the success of your recruiting efforts by tracking and using recruiting data.

Recruitment SEO

Wondering about recruitment SEO and want to learn more? Read on for the complete HR guide to recruitment SEO!

Workplace Cybersecurity Training

The lack of cybersecurity and employees who know how to use it can endanger your company. Are you ready to lead the charge towards workplace cybersecurity training?

HR Risk Management

Unsure where to start with risk management? This article will help you build your organization’s risk management from the ground up.

HR Ethics

Sturdy ethics contribute to the practical success of your organization, as well as its moral grounding. Let's consider ethics on three levels: your organization's actions; your professional responsibilities; and your employees' behaviors.

Verbal Offer

You've found a great candidate, and your team has decided to make him or her an offer. You want to do so in a way that has the best chance of gaining an enthusiastic "Yes!" Should you use a verbal job offer? Here, we look at the advantages to doing so and the steps to doing it right.

Billboard Recruiting

Today’s talent war is heating up. Have you noticed some of your competition using billboard advertising to post job openings? You may wonder if it is really that effective and if you should give it a try. Before you jump into a billboard advertisement campaign, let's look at what you need to know.

Internal Recruitment

The perfect candidate for that hard to fill role may be closer than you think — they may already be in your organization. Today we will take a look at internal recruiting and get a better understanding of when this may be the right option for your company and how to successfully recruit internally.

Pitchfork Effect

The decisions you make—hiring, firing, and more—have a lot of impact on people's lives and on the success of your organization. One way to respect that is to closely examine your cognitive biases. As powerful as the human brain is, we cannot process everything consciously, and much of our decision-making happens subconsciously. In many cases, this helps us function, but in other circumstances it leads to unfair and incorrect decisions. Read on to learn about one type of cognitive bias and how to mitigate it.

Passive Candidates

Have you posted your open position on every job board you can think of and you still don’t have the right applicant for that hard to fill role? This article will help you source passive talent so that you can find the perfect candidate for your hard-to-fill role.