Micole Garatti Writes for ERE.net

Micole Garatti has been writing for major publications including ERE.net for roughly 5 years now. Just 3 articles on the site include:

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Women Apply From Venus, Men Apply From Mars

It’s no surprise that corporate America was built by men, for men. Men are three times more likely to get an interview. For every dollar men make, women make just 82 cents. For every 100 promotions men get, women get only 72. And the stats can go on and on.

None of this is for lack of education, experience, or ambition. As of late 2019, women had officially surpassed men to become the majority of the U.S. workforce. Even more, women make up well over half of the college-educated workforce, with Black women holding more degrees than any other segment of the U.S. population.

All these numbers make it clear that female talent is out there. Organizations just don’t do a good job at finding qualified women. If that’s you, here’s what you need to know about the ways that women search for and evaluate new jobs.

Stop Hiring Individuals. Start Hiring Team Members.

When you think about “team building,” what comes to mind? Escape rooms, bowling, happy hours, cheesy icebreakers? But, what do those activities actually help us “build?” It sounds like they don’t help us build anything, but instead help us develop existing teams.

So right now, forget everything you know about team building. Let’s instead talk about literally building a team.

If you played a sport or were in a band (like I was), you know the importance of getting the team composition right. You can’t have too many flutes or not enough tubas. You most definitely can’t have more than one lead conductor. You need the right mix or the entire band is off.

The same goes for our organizations.

Much of recruiting focuses on an individual’s ability to perform a specific job. However, as The Altman Companies’ HR Generalist Georgette Cartegenia puts it, “A team is a group of people brought together by a common purpose working towards an outcome.” Shouldn’t that mean we focus on people who complete the team over people who can do a specific task?

The Leadership Lie: Why and How to Recruit Followers

“Leadership is alluring because the mere mention of it implies prestige and power. We have forgotten how to be led, how to listen, and how to be collaborative. Leadership can often be minimized to a medium of ambition and achievement, but what happens when there are too many leaders, too much power, too much ego? What is accomplished then? We need to develop a level of discernment and flexibility as leaders where we understand when our leadership is needed and when it is most advantageous for the best outcome for us to be led instead.” — Janine Dennis, founder and CEO of Talent Think Innovations

Recent McKinsey research shows that 82% of Fortune 500 executives don’t believe that their companies recruit highly talented people. Many leaders blame that on external factors like the economy or their talent acquisition team’s inability to do a good job.

But what if the problem is that we aren’t actually recruiting the people we need because we are instead recruiting the people we think we need?