There’s a lot to be learned in the correlation of how the sports metaphor relates to companies. Just look at Talent Management Lessons and Strategies From the World Series and They Might Be Giants: Management Insights From San Francisco’s Boys of Summer.

Search the term “recruiting” on Google and you’ll see how popular use centers around college sports. College program reputation (employment brand), coaching (leadership), scholarships (compensation), and winning (stock price) are all factors in the decisions of potential candidates.

On the flipside, companies who analyze their quality of hire in campus recruiting have responded to a Wall Street Journal survey. The results are in Baseline’s Intelligence slideshow: Where Companies Are Recruiting. 

Focus on campus recruiting, use Talent Intelligence to determine the campuses where your best candidates are alumni, and tune your sourcing strategy for additional hires who have a passion for the game.

Learn more in the webinar being presented by Randy Goldberg, Executive Director of Staffing at Taleo customer Hyatt, on Meeting Expectations: Attracting the Right Talent For Your Company Culture.