Recruiting 101
A candidate who accepts your offer, passes all pre-employment requirements, and then takes another job before joining the firm.
What is a No Show on Start Date? (renege)
This must be approved in ORC before recruiters can officially begin hiring activities.
What is a requisition?
This is the street address of JPMorganChase's new global headquarters in New York City.
What is 270 Park Avenue?
This annual event brings advisor trainees together for several days of development, networking and learning.
What is QUAD-A?
The first step where we align on role scope, skills, and what “great” looks like before sourcing begins.
What is the kickoff / intake meeting?
The hiring risk created when an interview panel consists of individuals with similar backgrounds, experiences, or perspectives.
What is affinity bias?
The ORC functionality that allows recruiters to identify and re-engage candidates who previously applied for opportunities.
What is Candidate Search / Talent Pool?
JPMorganChase traces its roots back to this year.
What is 1799?
A typical QUAD event brings together approximately this many trainees.
What is 60-100 trainees?
This stage is all about confirming baseline qualifications and motivation before moving to deeper interviews.
What is the recruiter prescreen?
This recruiting practice focuses on identifying talent that may not check every box today but has the capability to grow into the role.
What is hiring for potential?
The combination of phases and states that indicate where a candidate currently sits in the hiring process.
What is Candidate Status?
Our firm serves clients and customers in more than this many countries and markets around the world.
What is 100+ countries/markets?
The city that recently hosted a QUAD-A National conference.
What is Washington, DC?
The candidate-experience habit that keeps momentum: clear next steps and prompt updates after each interaction.
What is timely communication / follow-up?
The metric that measures the percentage of offers extended that are ultimately accepted by candidates.
What is Offer Acceptance Rate (OAR)?
The process of opening multiple candidate records, reviewing notes, disposition history, submissions, and requisitions while still wondering what actually happened.
What is ORC research?
This Consumer & Community Banking business serves approximately 80 million consumers, families and businesses.
What is Chase?
The current QUAD-A CEO who is a former JPMC employee.
Who is Sheena Gray?
The “handoff moment” when a great offer turns into a great start—often including paperwork, Day 1 prep, and manager readiness.
What is onboarding / pre-boarding?
The art of convincing a candidate they should leave their stable job, navigate six interviews, complete pre-employment requirements, and wait for offer approvals while remaining excited throughout the process.
What is recruiting?
The magical moment when a requisition, candidate, offer, and approvals all align perfectly on the same day with no system issues.
What is something that never happens in ORC?
Recruiters support hiring across four major lines of business. (Name at least three).
What are Consumer & Community Banking (CCB), Commercial & Investment Bank (CIB), Asset & Wealth Management (AWM), and Corporate Functions/Technology?
You arrive at QUAD and learn every trainee will be evaluated on these four core areas.
What are Prospecting, Planning, Portfolios, and Presenting?
This moment defines our reputation: delivering a “not this time” decision with professionalism and care.
What is the rejection / candidate close-out?