Once you have managed to motivate your managers to cooperate more, you have an ideal opportunity to teach them how to properly assist you. Teach them how they can involve their network of contacts, how to lead interviews, how to "sell" your company and your team, etc.
Engage your managers more in your strategy for sourcing, interviewing, and selecting the most suitable candidates. You should have one common strategy, not two different ones.
Once you have managed to motivate the managers to work with you, train them and get involved in a joint strategy. Now it is necessary to maintain their motivation and rewards will help you. Take a look at the following practical tips:
Publicly praise excellent decisions on who to hire.
Involve participation on recruiting new team members in management performance evaluations.
Share success stories of managers with recruitment.
If you hire an employee who was originally recommended by your manager, mention the original source of referral.
Remember manager contributions on hiring specific employees when they are promoted.
Write LinkedIn recommendations for perfectly cooperating managers.
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Article source The Undercover Recruiter - popular British recruitment and career blog