It’s a fact: finding and keeping great employees is challenging. 82% of business leaders don’t believe their companies recruit highly talented people, and of those that do, only 7% think they can retain them. In other words, there can be a sizable difference between a candidate who seems like a fit, and the person who will ultimately become a long-term superstar at your organization.

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got.” -Someone Wise The quote’s origin is questionable. Attributed to multiple influential people like Twain and Einstein, it’s less about who said it, and more about what is being said: innovation and adaption are the only way to see growth.

Go to any HR conference and take a look around. You’ll see product after product for everything from proactive sourcing to employee engagement, from Applicant Tracking Systems to performance management. In essence, you’ll see a lot of very sophisticated systems dedicated to helping companies recruit, manage and “handle” their employment problems. And where do employment problems come from? The people (or employees) who use these systems. So what we’ve got is a very big industry built around solving people problems. And not always succeeding.