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Train for Gain: How to Train New Hires for Success
Read more: Train for Gain: How to Train New Hires for SuccessWaiting for that perfect candidate to pop up in your talent pipeline? Unfortunately, such an ideal is more of a pipe dream than a pipeline reality. In unskilled, hourly positions, staffing shortage challenges stack up quickly. Therefore, it’s vital to accelerate your chances of finding a good candidate rather than delaying for a perfect one.…
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Soft Skills for Success: Skills Based Hiring for Entry Level Roles
Read more: Soft Skills for Success: Skills Based Hiring for Entry Level RolesWould you hire a candidate for your unskilled, hourly position if they didn’t have a resume? By the end of this article, the answer might surprise you. Unskilled workers may not have specialized knowledge, technical skills, or a robust resume, but even those without much prior experience bring potential. The reason? They often come with…
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6 Effective Strategies to Hire Hourly Workers Faster
Read more: 6 Effective Strategies to Hire Hourly Workers FasterIf you’re looking to hire hourly workers quickly, reducing your time to hire is crucial. Many companies hiring for hourly positions have their time to hire down to a week. However, most candidates are applying to multiple jobs and pouncing at those that express interest in them the quickest. Reaching out within 24 hours makes…
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The People Behind the Digital Transformation in Manufacturing
Read more: The People Behind the Digital Transformation in ManufacturingNew automation processes and digital systems have the power to transform the manufacturing industry, creating factories where innovative teams are supported by real-time data and production lines operate at full capacity. This Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) is a future that many manufacturers are striving for but haven’t quite reached. For the 74% of companies…
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Applicant Screening, Cognitive Aptitude, Job Previews, Personality Assessments, Personalized Assessments, Pre-Employment Assessments, Uncategorized3 Assessment Options for Volume Hiring: How to Scale Your Virtual Hiring Process with Confidence
Read more: 3 Assessment Options for Volume Hiring: How to Scale Your Virtual Hiring Process with ConfidenceWith unemployment at record highs, companies that need to fill high-volume positions suddenly find themselves with more candidates entering the labor market. With thousands of new candidates looking for jobs, volume hiring and filling your candidate funnel will be easy. However, finding a scalable and efficient way to choose which candidate to hire isn’t so…
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Hiring’s Hidden Problem: Solving Faking with Personality Assessments
Read more: Hiring’s Hidden Problem: Solving Faking with Personality AssessmentsIn today’s competitive job market, candidates are deeply motivated to succeed. Take Jimmy, for example. He’s a skilled programmer, a father of four, and has been tirelessly job hunting for six months. When he finally lands a promising opportunity, the application process requires him to complete a personality assessment for job fit. For Jimmy, this…
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Four Strategies to Improve Healthcare Recruitment Across Clinics
Read more: Four Strategies to Improve Healthcare Recruitment Across ClinicsCreating a positive culture within an organization is difficult. Creating positive culture within an organization in several locations? Significantly harder still. Now apply the word “healthcare” in the mix of all that and a whole barrage of new barriers arises! Multi-Location Healthcare Environments Nearly 80% of physicians are now employees of hospital/healthcare systems and other…
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How to Manage Recruiter Workload in Staffing Agencies and Boost Efficiency
Read more: How to Manage Recruiter Workload in Staffing Agencies and Boost EfficiencyTime isn’t just money in the staffing industry–it’s profit. Every minute spent on poor-fit candidates translates directly to lost revenue. Unlike other industries, where increased recruiter workload results in an inefficient hiring process and some overlooked applicants, staffing agencies feel the impact immediately on their profits and productivity. Agencies have to place talent quickly and…
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How To Cut Costs and Reduce Turnover in Manufacturing
Read more: How To Cut Costs and Reduce Turnover in ManufacturingIn the fast-paced world of manufacturing, where every shift counts, high employee turnover is a costly problem with far-reaching consequences. A short-staffed production line with deadlines looming and quality slipping can quickly become a significant challenge for any organization. High turnover rates in manufacturing often lead to substantial financial and operational costs. These include recruitment…
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4 Steps to Boost Employee Retention in Retail
Read more: 4 Steps to Boost Employee Retention in RetailRetailers continue to face a tricky challenge: turnover. In retail, turnover averages over 60%, with, part-time roles reaching 70-80%. Unchecked turnover significantly impacts employee retention in retail, creating a staffing crisis that endangers employees and consumers and damages their shopping experiences. Shoplifting incidents are up, and 72% of retail workers have experienced threatening incidents due…
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How to Hire Property Managers: Key Traits and Strategies for Success
Read more: How to Hire Property Managers: Key Traits and Strategies for SuccessProperty managers are expected to juggle all kinds of responsibilities, from balancing budgets to investigating emergency water leaks, all while ensuring that both properties and residents are cared for. Their ability to balance these responsibilities can mean the difference between a thriving property with satisfied, long-term residents and a building battling costly vacancies. But understanding…
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Build a Better Warehouse Team: 5 Steps to Tackle Early Turnover
Read more: Build a Better Warehouse Team: 5 Steps to Tackle Early TurnoverUnchecked early turnover squeezes warehouse operations and forces operators to slog through wasted money, training time, and labor. Warehouse turnover averages around 50% annually. Most employees who exit depart within the first 90 days, but we can walk you through 5 key strategies to overcome that hurdle and strengthen your team’s productivity. By adapting your…
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Boosting Retention in Chemicals: A Proactive Approach to Turnover
Read more: Boosting Retention in Chemicals: A Proactive Approach to TurnoverTurnover is a constant challenge for chemical companies. The costs are steep: lost productivity, higher recruitment expenses, and the risk of noncompliance when specialized roles go unfilled. In an industry that thrives on precision, retaining skilled employees isn’t just a priority—it’s essential. Let’s dig into the root causes of turnover in this sector and explore…
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Build a Future-Ready Workforce: Why Computer Literacy Matters in Hiring
Read more: Build a Future-Ready Workforce: Why Computer Literacy Matters in HiringIn today’s digital age, lacking basic digital skills isn’t just a minor gap—it’s an organizational roadblock. Hiring employees who lack computer literacy skills means lower productivity, higher turnover for companies, and increased training costs. In fact, 92% of all jobs require some level of digital skills1. As computers become more embedded in our work lives,…
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Building Tomorrow’s QSR Workforce: Engaging Millennials and Gen Z
Read more: Building Tomorrow’s QSR Workforce: Engaging Millennials and Gen ZQuick Service Restaurant (QSR) workforce demographics are changing, and so are the strategies for attracting top talent. Millennials already account for around 40% of the workforce, and Gen Z will account for 30% by 2030. Now is the time to streamline your hiring process to effectively attract and retain these generations. The key is more…
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Building a Positive Workplace Culture in QSRs: The Key to Reducing Turnover
Read more: Building a Positive Workplace Culture in QSRs: The Key to Reducing TurnoverWorking in a Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) is a fast-paced and high-stress position. Employees juggle long lines, irate customers, and often cover for absent coworkers, all while feeling unsupported. With a staggering 140% turnover rate, it’s clear many feel overworked and undervalued. The solution isn’t just better pay–it’s building a positive, supportive workplace culture and…
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Soft Skills in QSRs: The Secret Ingredient to Success
Read more: Soft Skills in QSRs: The Secret Ingredient to SuccessThe customer experience in a restaurant is about more than just the food. It is also determined by other factors like the ambience and cleanliness of the space and the level of service interaction with wait staff. Friendly and knowledgeable staff can enhance the dining experience significantly, and personalized service with attention to detail goes…
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The Power of Alignment: Retention Strategies for Chemical Companies
Read more: The Power of Alignment: Retention Strategies for Chemical CompaniesIn the chemical industry, attracting and retaining skilled professionals is crucial for maintaining operational excellence and driving innovation. To achieve this, companies must refine their hiring processes to ensure new employees are well-suited to both the job requirements and the organizational culture. Implementing Realistic Job Previews (RJPs) and assessing cultural fit are two effective strategies…
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Executive Recruitment: Navigating the C-Suite Hiring Process
Read more: Executive Recruitment: Navigating the C-Suite Hiring ProcessHiring for C-suite roles isn’t just challenging – it’s critical. HR teams face many hurdles in the hiring process, and while there is no shortage of discussion of how to overcome these hurdles for mid- and entry-level roles, C-Suite recruitment requires a distinct approach. C-suite leaders are ultimately responsible for driving your organization’s success and…
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Tired of Bad Hires? Here’s How to Choose the Right Assessment Vendor
Read more: Tired of Bad Hires? Here’s How to Choose the Right Assessment VendorIs your hiring process facing issues like high turnover, recruiter burnout, or poor culture fits? You’re not alone. So, how do you tackle these challenges to make better hiring decisions, boost productivity, and strengthen your company culture? The answer often lies in pre-employment assessments–but how do you choose the right assessment vendor for your needs?…
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Beyond Quick Fixes: How to Reduce Turnover with Data-Driven Solutions
Read more: Beyond Quick Fixes: How to Reduce Turnover with Data-Driven SolutionsAt first glance, solving your turnover challenge seems simple–just hire better people, right? Unfortunately, the answer is far more complex. For most organizations, turnover is multi-faceted, requiring a thoughtful and nuanced approach to address each contributing factor. To reduce turnover, businesses must commit to a multi-step process involving analysis, strategy, and execution rather than searching…
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Pre-Employment Testing in 2024: What You Need to Know
Read more: Pre-Employment Testing in 2024: What You Need to KnowThe Current Landscape of Assessments As of 2024, there’s no shortage of options available in the assessment market, with each one making similar promises: find better candidates, screen more efficiently, and reduce turnover. Pre-employment testing consistently delivers on these promises, which has led to a notable increase in organizational awareness and widespread adoption of assessments…
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How Great Managers Boost Employee Engagement—and What to Look for When Hiring
Read more: How Great Managers Boost Employee Engagement—and What to Look for When HiringIt’s no secret that strong managers play a vital role in fostering employee engagement, impacting an organization’s success from the ground up. Despite this, many hiring teams struggling to identify what traits a strong manager should possess to drive effective engagement and retain top talent. Most of the time, the combination of innate qualities required…
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Confidently Interview for Culture Fit: A Step-by-Step Guide
Read more: Confidently Interview for Culture Fit: A Step-by-Step GuideCulture is no longer just a corporate buzzword, but a vital part of an organization’s hiring strategy. Today, companies recognize that finding candidates who align with their core values is just as important as finding those with the right skills and experience. Interviewers are often told to find candidates who are a “great culture fit,”…
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IO Psychology in the Workplace: The Science Behind Hiring Success
Read more: IO Psychology in the Workplace: The Science Behind Hiring SuccessIndustrial-Organizational (IO) psychology is the study of human behavior in the workplace. IO psychologists work to optimize organizational efficiency by matching a candidate who displays certain essential skills or personality traits to a role they are best suited for. IO psychology is more than just the simple study of how people function in the workplace,…
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Creating a Company Culture That Attracts Top Talent
Read more: Creating a Company Culture That Attracts Top TalentIf you are struggling to attract great talent, chances are perceptions about your company culture may be working against you. A 2018 report from Deloitte found that more than half of millennials and Gen Z candidates say workplace culture is “very important” when they are choosing where to work. Candidates today also have a lot…
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Boosting Warehouse Retention: Slash Early Turnover with Assessments
Read more: Boosting Warehouse Retention: Slash Early Turnover with AssessmentsOne persistent challenge that warehouse managers face is the high turnover rate for entry-level positions. The revolving door of employees not only disrupts workflow but also incurs significant replacement costs due to recruitment, training, and lost productivity. However, solutions such as pre-employment assessments and job previews can help mitigate turnover and avoid these issues altogether.…
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Behind the Numbers: Causes of Early Turnover
Read more: Behind the Numbers: Causes of Early TurnoverEarly turnover occurs within the first 90 days of a candidate’s employment and poses a significant challenge for hiring teams. The repercussions extend beyond the immediate loss of talent, impacting time, money, team dynamics, and overall workplace productivity. The underlying causes of early turnover, however, may not be as simple as poor candidate quality. According…
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What Does Hiring for Culture Fit Mean?
Read more: What Does Hiring for Culture Fit Mean?Recruiters and managers often say finding candidates who will be a “good fit” for the company is their top priority, and rightfully so. One Leadership IQ survey determined that 89 percent of new hire failures were due to personality or attitude issues rather than lack of skill, proving that culture fit is an important measure of hiring…
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Using SJTs to Find Great Leaders
Read more: Using SJTs to Find Great LeadersSelecting the right candidate for a leadership position is a critical and difficult decision for any organization. In order to make the right decision, it’s important to use objective and insightful tools. In this blog article, we’ll explain how Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs) help inform hiring decisions and identify leadership qualities. Assess Decision-Making Skills Employees…
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How SJTs Change Each Stage of the Hiring Process
Read more: How SJTs Change Each Stage of the Hiring ProcessSituational Judgement Tests (SJTs) evaluate a candidate’s decision-making skills and their ability to handle common workplace scenarios. Below, we’ll explain how SJTs can transform each stage of the hiring process and enable you to make better decisions. Situational Judgement Tests for Pre-Screening Pre-screening is a valuable opportunity to shortlist candidates that possess the necessary traits…
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How to Leverage Situational Judgement Tests for Better Hiring
Read more: How to Leverage Situational Judgement Tests for Better HiringIn today’s competitive job market, finding the right candidate for a role can be a challenging task. Traditional hiring methods often fall short in assessing an individual’s decision-making abilities and their suitability for a specific job. The lack of information makes hiring harder than it needs to be— this is where Situational Judgement Tests (SJTs)…
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How Personalized Assessments Can Improve Hiring Success
Read more: How Personalized Assessments Can Improve Hiring SuccessHiring the right candidate can be a challenging process, but it doesn’t have to be. Organizations can find the best fit for their job by measuring an applicant’s “will do” behaviors, which assesses how likely they are to engage in behaviors important to the role. Customized personality assessments are an effective tool for measuring “will…
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Making the Internal Case for Assessment Software
Read more: Making the Internal Case for Assessment SoftwareAs technology continues to advance, HR teams are constantly faced with the need to purchase new software to remain competitive and efficient. However, convincing decision-makers to approve a new software purchase can be a challenging task. In this blog post, we will discuss how to make the case internally for a new assessment software purchase,…
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Solving the Hiring Manager Adoption Challenge
Read more: Solving the Hiring Manager Adoption ChallengeIntroducing new assessment solutions to an organization can be exciting, but it can also be challenging. Adoption of new software is often hindered by a variety of factors, including resistance to change, lack of training, and poor user experience. However, there are several best practices and actionable steps that can be taken to increase hiring…
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Applicant Screening, Competing for Talent, Hiring Better, Pre-Employment Assessments, Recruiter Efficiency
How to Screen Candidates with Pre-Employment Tests
Read more: How to Screen Candidates with Pre-Employment TestsWe understand that pre-employment testing can be a crucial step in the hiring process, helping employers to assess candidates’ skills, aptitudes, and suitability for a particular job role. As an expert in the field of human resources, we have put together this guide to help you understand the benefits and best practices of pre-employment testing.…
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The Benefits of Pre-Employment Tests for Hiring Managers and Job Seekers
Read more: The Benefits of Pre-Employment Tests for Hiring Managers and Job SeekersPre-employment tests are becoming increasingly popular among companies of all sizes as a way to make better hiring decisions. These tests are designed to assess a candidate’s aptitude, skills, and personality traits to determine if they are a good fit for a particular job. Let’s examine the benefits of pre-employment tests for both hiring managers…
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Cognitive Aptitude, Hiring Better, Job Knowledge Tests, Personality Assessments, Pre-Employment Assessments, Situational Judgement Tests
What are Pre-Employment Tests?
Read more: What are Pre-Employment Tests?In recent years, pre-employment tests have become a critical tool in the recruitment process for many organizations. As a result, it’s crucial to understand what these tests are, how they work, and their validity. This article will provide an in-depth analysis of pre-employment tests and their validity, with the aim of helping organizations make informed…
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What is a Cognitive Ability Test?
Read more: What is a Cognitive Ability Test?Cognitive ability tests are a type of psychological assessment used to measure an individual’s mental capabilities, including problem-solving, memory, and critical thinking skills. As a hiring manager, you may be considering using cognitive ability tests as part of your hiring process to evaluate the mental capabilities of job candidates. These tests are designed to measure…
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The Difference Between Introverts and Extroverts
Read more: The Difference Between Introverts and ExtrovertsIntroversion and extroversion are two personality traits that describe how a person engages with the world around them. People who are introverted tend to be more inwardly focused, while those who are extroverted tend to be more outgoing and energetic. These traits can have a significant impact on how a person interacts with their peers,…
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The Importance of Diversity in the Workplace
Read more: The Importance of Diversity in the WorkplaceDiversity in the workplace is increasingly becoming a hot topic in today’s business world, and for good reason. Organizations that prioritize diversity and inclusion (D&I) in their workplace often see a range of benefits, including improved decision making, increased innovation and creativity, and better performance overall. In this blog post, we’ll delve into the importance…
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The State of Hiring in the Retail Industry
Read more: The State of Hiring in the Retail IndustryThe retail industry has been undergoing significant changes lately, with many retailers struggling to adapt to changing consumer preferences and the explosion of e-commerce. As a result, the state of hiring in the retail industry is somewhat uncertain. Read on as we take a closer look at the current state of hiring in the retail…
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The impact of Lack of Diversity in the C-Suite
Read more: The impact of Lack of Diversity in the C-SuiteA lack of diversity in the C-Suite (the executive leadership team of an organization) can negatively impact organization performance as a whole. A diverse C-Suite not only brings different perspectives and experiences to the table, but also helps to create an inclusive and fair workplace, which can improve employee morale and productivity. Let’s examine the…
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Strategic Workforce Planning: Building a Stronger Workforce
Read more: Strategic Workforce Planning: Building a Stronger WorkforcePast assessment data can help you identify future high performers, fit candidates to managers, and avoid hiring mistakes. Pre-employment assessments help employers avoid hiring mistakes. But a candidate’s assessment report isn’t obsolete once you hire them. Over time, assessment data becomes a valuable resource. Analyzing the data helps you link specific characteristics to workplace performance.…
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Recruitment Challenges In 2022 and How to Handle Them
Read more: Recruitment Challenges In 2022 and How to Handle ThemThe skills shortage and low unemployment are inhibiting many talent acquisition professionals from quickly sourcing and hiring qualified candidates. While those are significant challenges, they aren’t the only two recruitment challenges slowing down the hiring process. In a HighMatch survey of 600 recruiting and talent acquisition professionals from companies ranging between 101 and 5,000 employees,…
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How Pre-Hire Assessment Tools Support Employee Development
Read more: How Pre-Hire Assessment Tools Support Employee DevelopmentWhen a candidate accepts the offer and the selection process is complete, don’t forget about your pre-hire assessment tools. The reports from pre-hire assessment tools are useful throughout an employee’s tenure for employee development. Set your hiring manager, and their new employee, up for success by sharing assessment results during on-boarding and make sure hiring managers know…
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Cultural Analysis, Development Assessments, Minimum Qualification, Personality Assessments, Personalized Assessments, Retention and Turnover
Finding Leaders for the Future
Read more: Finding Leaders for the FutureYour current recruiting and performance assessment strategies may no longer apply. In the workplace of the future finding leaders will require more innovative strategies. With the rapid pace of change, having deep industry knowledge about what worked in the past won’t be enough to chart a course for the company’s future. Instead, this next generation…
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Employer Branding Strategies: Delivering an Innovative Brand
Read more: Employer Branding Strategies: Delivering an Innovative BrandToday’s talent shortage has recruiters struggling to source and hire the people they need to meet the demands of the business. According to research from Indeed, 42% of employers are worried they won’t be able to find the talent they need in 2018. This shortage makes it imperative that organizations get creative about their employer branding strategies.…
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Assessing Social Skills: Are You Mixing Up Sociability?
Read more: Assessing Social Skills: Are You Mixing Up Sociability?Being able to distinguish between sociability and social skills is essential if you want to assess social skills during the hiring process. How would you define a “people person”? We often hear people describe others as a “real people person.” However, when you press people to tell you what that means, their descriptions vary. That…
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2022 Hiring Trends
Read more: 2022 Hiring TrendsWith the first half of 2022 finally behind us it’s time to plan for the future and look at 2022 hiring trends. Unfortunately, recruiting won’t get any easier. Here are the recruiting trends we expect to see in the year ahead. In 2021 we saw historically low unemployment rates — ending the year at 3.9%— and…
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Candidate Engagement: Your Managers are Killing It
Read more: Candidate Engagement: Your Managers are Killing ItImproving employee engagement is one of the most valuable things you can do for your business. But your managers are getting in the way. Data from Gallup shows companies with the highest rates of employee engagement achieve four times higher earnings-per-share growth compared to their competitors. They also see better customer engagement, higher productivity, better…
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Hiring Better, Personality Assessments, Personalized Assessments, Pre-Employment Assessments, Recruiter Efficiency
How to Choose a Pre-Employment Test: The Quality of your Vendor Relationship Matters
Read more: How to Choose a Pre-Employment Test: The Quality of your Vendor Relationship MattersIf you are not already using pre-employment testsas part of your screening process, chances are you are considering it. The question is how to choose a pre-employment test. Fully 63 percent of companies now use some form of pre-employment assessment to quantify candidate skills, traits, behavior, and/or culture fit with the company. Assessments provide hiring…
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Why Resumes Are Obsolete
Read more: Why Resumes Are ObsoleteDo you ever find yourself relying on a tool or a process that doesn’t meet your needs because that’s how it’s always been done? Our work lives are full of these workflows and annoying added steps. While some processes get replaced by innovative business leaders, who are willing to say ‘we can do better’ most…
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Pre-Employment Tests are Crucial for Entry Level Recruiting
Read more: Pre-Employment Tests are Crucial for Entry Level RecruitingHiring entry-level workers presents unique challenges. Lower skilled front-line positions experience high turnover, but because entry-level employees represent lower wages and value, some companies skimp on recruiting efforts for these staff. This churn-and-burn approach to entry-level recruiting may be costing them more than they realize. According to Indeed, 41 percent of companies say entry-level positions are the…
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Personality Tests for Hiring: Why You Should Use Them
Read more: Personality Tests for Hiring: Why You Should Use Them“In the future personality traits will become a critical measure of who is most likely to succeed.” The rapid pace of change in most markets and constant demand for innovation is causing many companies to rethink how their future workplace will function. They are reducing layers of bureaucracy and empowering employees with greater decision-making power.…
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Applicant Screening, Hiring Better, Personality Assessments, Pre-Employment Assessments, Skills Testing
Making Hiring Decisions: Where to Compromise
Read more: Making Hiring Decisions: Where to CompromiseWith every open job requisition, we all want to make the “perfect” hire, but that’s not realistic. No one is perfect, and all new hires come with a degree of compromise. The challenge is making the right compromises. Any hiring manager will tell you that the wrong compromise has far-reaching consequences. And data is the…
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What to Know If Your Workforce Is Suddenly Working From Home
Read more: What to Know If Your Workforce Is Suddenly Working From HomeHow to get the most benefits when employees are working from home. Almost overnight, coronavirus fears have forced even the most skeptical leaders to embrace working from home as an option for their employees. The odds are that your business is among thousands across the country now having to manage a mostly remote workforce for…
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What the Supreme Court’s LGBTQ Ruling Means for Your Business
Read more: What the Supreme Court’s LGBTQ Ruling Means for Your Business“In a summer marked by riots, marches, and outrage over bias and discrimination, the U.S. Supreme Court has recently ruled that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protecting people from workplace discrimination based on sex now also applies to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBTQ) applicants and employees.” The historic 6-3 ruling was supported by two…
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Ways to Improve Your Hiring Process
Read more: Ways to Improve Your Hiring ProcessIf your hiring process is feeling stale or you aren’t sure why new candidates aren’t working out, try treating your next hire like a research project. It will give you a fresh perspective on what you should be looking for, and where your current evaluation process may be falling short. Every good research project starts…
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Pre-Hire Assessment Test: What Makes a Good One?
Read more: Pre-Hire Assessment Test: What Makes a Good One?“Today’s employers are using pre-hire tests to gather objective candidate insights before extending employment offers. If you’re considering adding assessments to your hiring process, you’re probably wondering: what makes a great pre-hire test?” There are six questions to ask when evaluating pre-hire testing tools: Personality and cognitive ability can make or break someone’s ability to…
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Looking to Hire Remote Workers? 6 Questions to Ask
Read more: Looking to Hire Remote Workers? 6 Questions to AskStates may be slowly reopening, but we won’t be back to pre-pandemic normalcy for months. And even when life does get back to business as usual, it is likely that remote work won’t go away. Demand for remote work options has been on the rise for years, and COVID-19 is only accelerating interest. A new…
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Competing for Talent, Cultural Analysis, Hiring Better, Interview Assessments, Recommended, Recruiter Efficiency, Trending
What is Job Analysis, and How Does it Improve Hiring?
Read more: What is Job Analysis, and How Does it Improve Hiring?In last week’s post, we discussed the techniques and benefits of job analysis. This week we’ll discuss how to use the information gathered from job analysis to inform hiring decisions. Create your “A-performer profile.” Job analysis uncovers the desirable competencies of your ideal candidates. Using this information, you can develop a job profile that helps you determine the critical competencies…
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Vetting Remote Workers
Read more: Vetting Remote Workers5 ways to tell if candidates will thrive while working from home. Remote workers are rapidly becoming the norm among companies trying to attract and retain top talent. Employees love the option to work from home, and companies find that it improves engagement, reduces attrition, and lowers operational costs. But the success of remote workers…
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Using Technology for Talent Recruiting
Read more: Using Technology for Talent RecruitingTalent recruiting technology plays a more significant role in finding candidates than ever before. There is a lot to consider when thinking about technology for talent recruiting. The landscape changes quickly, so we identified the major categories of technology and outlined the current trends. Applicant Tracking Software – An applicant tracking system (ATS) is a software…
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Think You Need a Go-Getter?
Read more: Think You Need a Go-Getter?Assertiveness is a trait that most managers want their staff to possess. We often hear statements like, “What I need is a real go-getter, someone who’ll take charge.” And Assertiveness can be an asset. Employees who are assertive work independently and avoid being derailed by setbacks. They are good leaders and they get the job…
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The Importance of Soft Skills and the Issue with Job Titles
Read more: The Importance of Soft Skills and the Issue with Job TitlesWhen you are searching for candidates to fill key roles, don’t fall into the job title trap. According to a podcast with Duke University professor Sharique Hasan, 40 percent of job descriptions with the exact same skill requirements have completely different titles. Conversely, research from BurningGlass technologies found that jobs with the same or similar titles often require…
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The Secret to Shortening The Hiring Process
Read more: The Secret to Shortening The Hiring Process“Always be closing.” It’s the mantra of salespeople everywhere — including recruiters. Whether tasked with finding the company’s next leader, filling a high demand tech role, or hiring front line workers, speed is always the goal. Recruiting professionals ranked time to hire among their top three measures of success, according to Linked In’s Global Recruiting Trends report,…
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The Science of Cultural Fit
Read more: The Science of Cultural FitFour steps for finding candidates who will thrive If you want a productive workplace you have to hire people whom make a great cultural fit. It’s a recruiting commandment we’ve been hearing for years, and it makes sense. When you hire people with a similar work ethic, values, and vibe it makes the workplace run…
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Hiring Strategies: The Future of Resumes
Read more: Hiring Strategies: The Future of ResumesResumes may have lost their standing as the most important tool in a job seeker’s toolbox, but that doesn’t mean they are going away. Like every aspect of the job search process, resumes are evolving, and recruiters and candidates need to adapt their hiring strategies. Digital uploads aren’t enough. The days of paper resumes have…
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The Future of Recruiting
Read more: The Future of RecruitingHow changing demographics and workplace structures will alter the recruiting paradigm. The future of recruiting is going to look and feel dramatically different than it does today. In the future, the workforce will be younger and more diverse. Employees and leaders will be selected for their creativity and problem-solving skills rather than the status of…
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How to Improve Recruiting Efficiency
Read more: How to Improve Recruiting EfficiencyWhen there are talent shortages, your hiring process needs to be nimble, and your decision-makers should be in a place to make offers quickly. Yet, many candidates report that it takes a long time for employers to make an offer. If organizations want to stand out as an employer of choice, they must address the…
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Remote Work Stories From the Quarantine
Read more: Remote Work Stories From the Quarantine5 leaders find cheap, fun ways to stay connected with their teams With millions of employees suddenly trying remote work — many for the first time — leaders are scrambling to find ways to keep them engaged. And most have figured out that a daily Zoom meeting or conference call isn’t enough. Employees want to…
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Recruiting In a Pandemic: Don’t Ignore Raw Talent
Read more: Recruiting In a Pandemic: Don’t Ignore Raw TalentThanks to COVID-19, the employment market has shifted in unprecedented ways. Millions of previously employed people are suddenly looking for work, and recruiters now have piles of resumes to choose from. But this talent pool largely comes from retail, entertainment, and service industry professionals. At first glance, you may think that workers from different industries…
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How to Find Candidates for Jobs Quickly with Rapid Scaling
Read more: How to Find Candidates for Jobs Quickly with Rapid ScalingSo you need to hire a lot of new employees, and you need to do it fast. Whether you are ramping up a new location, hiring staff for seasonal work, or you just launched a new product that requires an army of salespeople, the need to find candidates for jobs quickly can be a minefield…
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Pre-Hire Testing Simplifies Decisions
Read more: Pre-Hire Testing Simplifies DecisionsAs a talent acquisition professional, you know that the hiring process is often complex and time-consuming, making decisions hit and miss. Yet, hiring managers need more qualified candidates now so they can get back to running their teams and performing their day-to-day jobs. When both quantity and quality are needed in hiring, pre-hire testing can…
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Pre-Hire Tests Create Positive Candidate Experiences
Read more: Pre-Hire Tests Create Positive Candidate ExperiencesWhile organizations typically don’t debate the value of assessments, candidates have different perspectives. On the positive end, candidates feel the use of assessments convey that the organization understands job requirements and invests in finding the right people. On the negative end, candidates feel that assessments are challenging, time-consuming, and don’t appear to be job-related. While…
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Personality Traits and Leadership Styles on Virtual Teams
Read more: Personality Traits and Leadership Styles on Virtual TeamsWith the entire world working from home, many company leaders are wondering what they can do to ensure the effectiveness of their virtual teams. One solution is to make sure team leaders have the personality traits to drive better performance. In a study published by the journal Human Resource Management Review, researchers from California State and Michigan State…
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Overcoming Unconscious Bias in Recruitment
Read more: Overcoming Unconscious Bias in RecruitmentHow internal biases can derail diversity in hiring – and how to prevent it from happening. Even with the best intentions, unconscious bias has a way of sneaking into the recruiting process. Hiring managers (and humans in general) are naturally attracted to people who are similar to them. From bonding over the same alma mater…
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Motivating Remote Workers
Read more: Motivating Remote Workers6 ways to keep employees engaged when they’re working from home. For many U.S. workers, working remotely is officially the new normal thanks to Covid-19. And while these newly minted remote workers may all have laptops, Zoom accounts, and Wi-Fi connections to collaborate, managers need to be thoughtful about how to keep them engaged. Engaged…
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Employee Engagement with Remote Workers: Examples
Read more: Employee Engagement with Remote Workers: ExamplesLast week we shared stories from intrepid business leaders who are finding fun, inexpensive ways to improve employee engagement with remote workers – beyond the daily Zoom call. The response to that blog was so strong, we thought we’d share a few more. These business leaders are going above and beyond to support employees, clients, and the…
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How Bad Interviews Derail Candidate Recruitment
Read more: How Bad Interviews Derail Candidate RecruitmentYou’ve created the perfect recruiting strategy. Your job postings are carefully written. Your career site highlights the driven-but-quirky culture at your company. You are targeting all the best job boards and career fairs to find great talent. Yet, you still aren’t hiring the best people. So what’s going wrong with your candidate recruitment? It could…
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How To Recruit Top Talent When The Right Skills Don’t Exist
Read more: How To Recruit Top Talent When The Right Skills Don’t ExistThe skills gap is real – and it is not going away. Historic low unemployment rates, digital transformation efforts, and evolving workplace needs are creating gaps in the labor pool that may never close. Fully 75 percent of HR professionals who face difficulties in recruiting say there are significant skill gaps in their candidate pool,…
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How to Hire Great Talent When Demand Outstrips Supply
Read more: How to Hire Great Talent When Demand Outstrips SupplyHiring trends for logistics and transportation. The transportation and logistics sector has seen 13% growth in jobs over the past decade, all while unemployment rates dip – leaving fewer candidates in the hiring pool. Demand for logistics managers and supply chain project managers is expected to grow by 24.5%, due to international shipping, according to Monster.com. Filling these positions with…
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How to Engage Passive Candidates
Read more: How to Engage Passive CandidatesThe United States is experiencing some of the lowest unemployment rates seen since 1969. While this may inspire positive outlooks for the economy, the lack of available labor is not great news for employers. Today’s labor shortage means you should include passive, as well as active candidates, in your staffing search. Most candidates are passive.…
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What is the 80/20 Rule and How It Applies to Interviews
Read more: What is the 80/20 Rule and How It Applies to InterviewsHiring managers often struggle to strike the right balance of talking and listening in an interview. When you are trying to break the ice, it is natural to want to do the talking. And once you are talking you may not realize how much you are talking! Aim for the candidate to do 80% of…
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Ensure Success with Secondary Interviews
Read more: Ensure Success with Secondary InterviewsInterviewing is one of the most important steps of the hiring process, and getting multiple perspectives of a person helps you make more informed decisions. When conducting secondary interviews, include people who can assess skills you aren’t familiar with, draw on a depth of experience you don’t have, or add a level of objectivity you…
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How Job Profiles Create Consensus in Hiring Teams
Read more: How Job Profiles Create Consensus in Hiring TeamsIt’s not an unfamiliar scenario: a recruiter spends weeks working to find talent for an open role. They provide the hiring manager with information about several candidates. After reviewing the applications, the hiring manager doesn’t think a single candidate fits the bill. This could’ve been avoided if the hiring team had come to a consensus…
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Applicant Screening, Cultural Analysis, Minimum Qualification, Recommended, Recruiter Efficiency, Skills Testing
Improve Your Applicant Pool with Better Job Requirements
Read more: Improve Your Applicant Pool with Better Job RequirementsWhat if you could substantially improve your applicant pool immediately? A recent article about published in Harvard Business Review had an eye-catching claim in its headline: Your approach to hiring is all wrong. That’s a pretty bold statement; however, the author’s argument is worth a read. He describes how, in the past, the hiring process was built…
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Business Growth Strategy: Hiring for Success
Read more: Business Growth Strategy: Hiring for SuccessAsk any business leader what their top priority is for the next few years, and they likely will tell you the same thing: “I want to grow the business.” Expanding revenues and market share are important goals for business leaders, though their confidence in achieving those goals has wavered in recent months. PWC’s 2019 CEO…
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Competing for Talent, Hiring Better, Personalized Assessments, Pre-Employment Assessments, Skills Testing
Hiring Sales Reps: How to Identify Top Talent
Read more: Hiring Sales Reps: How to Identify Top TalentSales are vital to the health and wealth of businesses. To hit your sales goals, you need a high performing sales team. It takes a specific type of person to build trust and turn prospects into customers. So, filling your sales roles with the right people is critical. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done! It’s…
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How To Increase Age Diversity in the Workplace
Read more: How To Increase Age Diversity in the WorkplaceYou might think that Gen Z and Millennials are the growing workforces, but that’s not the case. Instead, it’s a group some are referring to as the “gray wave.” “While the overall American labor force is projected to grow by 5.5 percent over the next decade, the 65+ workforce will grow by a whopping 61…
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How to Perform a Job Analysis
Read more: How to Perform a Job AnalysisTalent acquisition has a significant economic impact on the profitability of your organization. Yet, finding and matching the right people to the right jobs is a daunting task. Job analysis increases the success of your hiring decisions. What is Job Analysis? Job analysis is the process of collecting information about a job’s duties and the…
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How to Measure Quality of Hire
Read more: How to Measure Quality of Hire“Quality of hire is the most important metric for recruiters in 2020. But what does that really mean?“ Ten years ago, “quality of hire” wasn’t even a choice on most recruiting surveys. Now it’s rising to the top of the list., In 2015, 39% of companies said Quality of Hire (QoH) was their most valuable…
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Using Pre-Interview Assessments for Better Interviews
Read more: Using Pre-Interview Assessments for Better InterviewsWhen we ask recruiters what roadblocks they face, we hear a common theme: interview consistency and interview effectiveness. Interviewing is a team effort, and hiring managers play a pivotal role. Yet they often struggle to ask effective interview questions. In fairness, knowing what questions to ask can be difficult. This is where pre-interview assessments come…
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Applicant Screening, Minimum Qualification, Pre-Employment Assessments, Recruiter Efficiency, Retention and Turnover, Skills Testing
Reskilling Can Help Energy Companies Solve Their Recruiting Challenges
Read more: Reskilling Can Help Energy Companies Solve Their Recruiting ChallengesFrom a hiring standpoint, the energy sector has two big problems: an aging workforce moving headlong toward retirement, and aging infrastructure in desperate need of workers with the skills and experience to keep in running. Last year the industry added 152,000 new jobs, outperforming the economy as a whole according to The 2019 U.S. Energy…
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How to Find Reliable, Hard-Working Temp Workers
Read more: How to Find Reliable, Hard-Working Temp WorkersWinter is coming, which means it’s time to start ramping-up your seasonal workforce of temp workers. The sooner you start searching, the better. Research suggests seasonal temp workers are in hot demand this year. Target is planning to hire 120,000 people for the 2018 holidays. UPS is adding 100,000 people to handle the deluge of…
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Organizational Agility: How to Establish Self-Managing Teams
Read more: Organizational Agility: How to Establish Self-Managing TeamsHow to hire employees with the skills and attitude to succeed on a self-managing team. In order to foster innovation companies can’t afford to waste time forcing every decision through a bureaucratic maze. They need to be more agile, allowing employees across the organization to make decisions in real time to accelerate results. Three-quarters of…
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Hiring for potential: what it means and how to do it
Read more: Hiring for potential: what it means and how to do it“Hiring for potential” is a trend that emerged from concerns about the future of work, where the skills employees will need evolve so quickly that hiring based on experience and existing job skills will no longer be enough. In this future workplace, companies will need to hire people with the ‘potential’ to adapt to the…
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Tips for Hiring Employees in a Gig Economy
Read more: Tips for Hiring Employees in a Gig EconomyIf you aren’t using contract labor today, chances are you soon will be. Contract workers (also known as freelancers, consultants and gig workers) now make up a huge and growing percentage of the workforce. A poll from NPR/Marist shows 20 percent of American workers now do contract labor either as a full-time career or to…
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Recruiting Gen Z: What You Need to Know
Read more: Recruiting Gen Z: What You Need to KnowMove aside Millennials. Gen Z has officially entered the workplace. If you haven’t started adapting your recruiting strategy to meet the needs of this new generation, now is the time! Don’t be fooled into thinking Gen Z is just a younger version of Millennials. This generation was born between 1995 and 2015, and they grew up…
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Applicant Screening, Development Assessments, Job Knowledge Tests, Pre-Employment Assessments, Recommended, Recruiter Efficiency
How to Improve Workplace Leadership: Leaders for the Future
Read more: How to Improve Workplace Leadership: Leaders for the FutureYour current recruiting and performance assessment strategies may no longer apply. In the workplace of the future leaders will have to be more innovative and agile to survive. With the rapid pace of change, having deep industry knowledge about what worked in the past won’t be enough to chart a course for the company’s future.…
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The Pros and Cons of Employee Referrals
Read more: The Pros and Cons of Employee ReferralsPosting a job opening on a job board may generate hundreds of responses, but the quality of candidates is typically all over the map. Instead, many companies are turning to their own employees for referrals before resorting to job boards, and are creating successful employee referral programs. The employee referral advantage Sourcing candidates via employee…
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How to Be a Better Recruiter with Design Thinking
Read more: How to Be a Better Recruiter with Design ThinkingAn increasing number of organizations are relying on design thinking to solve problems. Design thinking has roots in product development. It emerged as a way to use creative thinking, empathy, feedback, and brainstorming techniques to generate better ideas for products that people actually need. Over time, design thinking has infiltrated other areas of business –…
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Pre-Employment Assessment Tests Guide Both External and Internal Hiring
Read more: Pre-Employment Assessment Tests Guide Both External and Internal HiringWhen you have an open position, one of the first questions you should ask hiring managers to consider is whether they can promote internally, rather than looking externally. With a critical labor shortage in the U.S., it’s wise to focus a talent strategy on retaining employees. If a current employee is ready for a new…
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Recruiting Millennials In the Workplace: 6 Tips
Read more: Recruiting Millennials In the Workplace: 6 TipsMillennials (the generation born between the early 80s and the late 90s) are expected to make up 50% of the workforce by 2020. The good news is that’s a massive talent pool! The bad news is that not all businesses are attracting millennial talent. We have ideas about how to recruit millennials. It’s possible your company…
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Should You Hire Self-Taught Programmers?
Read more: Should You Hire Self-Taught Programmers?If you need to hire a new programmer, software engineer, or computer scientist, it may be time to rethink your Ivy League degree requirement. Despite soaring unemployment in many job categories, unemployment rates for tech jobs have actually dropped (to 2.5%) since the pandemic started. With college costs skyrocketing and most classes going virtual, more…
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How to Become a Better Recruiter: Supporting Your Hiring Managers
Read more: How to Become a Better Recruiter: Supporting Your Hiring ManagersFinding the best person for the job is a challenging and long process. And it’s a process that is shared with the hiring manager. Recruiters and hiring managers have a shared goal: to find the best talent. Collaborating and communicating frequently with hiring managers will help you build better relationships and improve your results. Common…
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5 Things You Don’t Know About HighMatch
Read more: 5 Things You Don’t Know About HighMatchWhether you have been using HighMatch for years or just got started, here are some great features you might not know enough about that will save you time, improve your results, and ensure your candidates have a great assessment experience. 1. All assessments are mobile-enabled to ensure you reach the widest audience. Everyone likes options. When…
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Resume Facts: 6 Reasons Why Resumes Don’t Work
Read more: Resume Facts: 6 Reasons Why Resumes Don’t WorkResumes are not only an outdated recruiting tool, they often lead to biased and unbalanced hiring decisions. Here are some resume facts: These statistics are proof that resumes as a recruiting tool aren’t serving their intended purpose. Recruiters can learn more about a candidate’s fit for a job by assessing their skills, attitude and potential…
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Recruiting Top Talent: Tips to Fill Highly Specialized Roles
Read more: Recruiting Top Talent: Tips to Fill Highly Specialized RolesRecruiters are tasked with filling virtually every position in a company. But unless recruiters have experience with the jobs they’re filling, recruiting top talent can be difficult for them- let alone choosing the best candidate. This is especially true for highly specialized or low-volume roles, such as software engineers, HR managers, and executives. When interviewing…
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How to Make a Recruiting Video
Read more: How to Make a Recruiting Video“Video is fast becoming the dominant mode of communication for recruiters. We now spend hours on Zoom calls engaging candidates remotely, and recording interviews asynchronously so decision-makers can review them at their leisure.” But video can also be a powerful tool at the top of the funnel to connect with and engage candidates before they…
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D&I Mistakes Are Fueled by Dirty Human Capital Data
Read more: D&I Mistakes Are Fueled by Dirty Human Capital DataIf you want to get a real handle on your diversity and inclusion (D&I) efforts, it starts with people analytics. The only way to know if you are meeting your D&I goals – and where you are falling short — is by tracking relevant human capital data across your company. When companies have comprehensive people…
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10 Depressing Stats About Workplace Discrimination
Read more: 10 Depressing Stats About Workplace DiscriminationDespite making bold commitments to improve diversity and inclusion (D&I) that include setting hiring goals, requiring diversity training, and tying bonuses to diversity achievement, most US organizations have made little measurable progress. Women and people of color still consistently get fewer jobs, lower pay, and receive more discriminatory behavior from bosses and peers than their…
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Human Capital Analytics: 6 Steps to Better Data
Read more: Human Capital Analytics: 6 Steps to Better DataHuman capital analytics is fast becoming one of the most valuable strategies a company can use to gain competitive advantage. A 2018 report from Deloitte found that 84 percent of executives now consider people analytics important/very important, and 70 percent said they were in the midst of launching major projects to analyze and integrate human capital data…
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Hiring Top Tech Talent – 7 Tips
Read more: Hiring Top Tech Talent – 7 TipsIt’s no secret to employers that a skill gap is noticeably increasing across the globe. But US employers are experiencing the greatest shortages of skilled tech talent. ManPower’s latest survey found that 69% of American employers are struggling to fill technical positions, and its impacting their ability to meet strategic business goals. According to the survey, IT…
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Recruiting Software Developers: 4 Ways to Improve
Read more: Recruiting Software Developers: 4 Ways to ImproveSourcing candidates for open developer roles is a daunting task. There simply isn’t enough talent, and competition is steep. HackerRank, a tool that helps assess developers’ technical skills, published their annual community survey on the state of recruiting developers. Based on HackerRank’s findings, we see four opportunities for you to widen your candidate pool, attract more candidates, and…
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5 Challenges in Hiring Employees Today
Read more: 5 Challenges in Hiring Employees TodayAside from the shortage of available talent, what are the biggest challenges recruiters, hiring managers, and HR face when trying to identify the best candidate to fill an open position? We looked to recruiting and HR experts for their insight about challenges in hiring employees facing today’s employers. Here are five challenges we found: 1)…
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4 Steps to Achieve an Agile Workforce
Read more: 4 Steps to Achieve an Agile WorkforceIn the workplace of the future, having an agile workforce is key. More than 80 percent of executives in a recent study said workforce agility was “the most important characteristic of a successful organization.” Yet barely one-in-six employees feel their companies have the mindset, tools, and processes in place to respond quickly to business needs. If execs know an…
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Recruiting Trends for 2022: 3 Ways Pre-Hire Tests Help
Read more: Recruiting Trends for 2022: 3 Ways Pre-Hire Tests HelpThe continually changing landscape of employment, work, and the workforce makes this an exciting time to be operating in the world of talent. In particular, HR tech is rapidly transforming how organizations recruit, retain, and engage employees. From virtual reality to AI, the way companies interact with their workforce is ever-changing. As the next decade…
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3 Ways HR Technology Fosters Stronger Relationships
Read more: 3 Ways HR Technology Fosters Stronger RelationshipsRecruiting is a multi-step process that involves much coordination and collaboration. So, it’s easy for recruiters to be overwhelmed with mundane tasks. By using HR technology, you can focus on building relationships and managing what matters most when it comes to your talent strategy and, to your business. “Companies that have digitally transformed their HR…
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3 Types of People To Help You Interview
Read more: 3 Types of People To Help You InterviewConsider you are a hiring manager knee-deep in the interview process. You’ve narrowed down your candidate pool, and you’re having a hard time deciding which one is the best fit for the job. You’ve interviewed each person once and you’re thinking another set of eyes would give you some interview help. Should you ask someone…
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Gender Bias in the Workplace: It Starts in Recruiting
Read more: Gender Bias in the Workplace: It Starts in RecruitingWhat you can do to improve gender bias in the workplace today Women in the workplace face frustrating biases that result in lower salaries, fewer promotions, and more difficulty landing a job. No matter where you get your data, the numbers are consistently depressing. Gender bias exists. For example: Gender bias is especially prominent in…
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HighMatch FAQ
Read more: HighMatch FAQFrequently Asked Questions Why are you changing names? Since 2004, Berke Assessment has revolutionized pre-employment assessments and we couldn’t be prouder of the work we’ve accomplished, as well as the relationships we’ve forged over the years. To best address the needs of companies of all sizes, and to better represent our new talent insights capabilities,…
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How Candidate Personas Can Improve the Recruiting Process
Read more: How Candidate Personas Can Improve the Recruiting ProcessBusinesses use candidate personas—fictional examples of the people to whom they’re talking— in many ways. For example, UX personas enable UX design that’s focused on the end-user. Buyer personas inform marketing teams what potential and current buyers desire from a product or service. Personas are a research-driven approach to understanding any target audience. The core…
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Pre-Hire Assessments: How to Create a Better Experience
Read more: Pre-Hire Assessments: How to Create a Better ExperienceGemma Toth’s LinkedIn article in which she questioned the value and accuracy of predictive analytics in the hiring process has gotten a lot of attention. As part of Toth’s application experience, she was required to complete an assessment. About that experience, she writes: “I applied for two positions for which the hiring manager applied this methodology: a…
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How to Hire a Diversity and Inclusion Leader
Read more: How to Hire a Diversity and Inclusion LeaderWhile most large companies have diversity and inclusion (D&I) goals as part of their broader workforce strategy, these programs are rarely a top priority. However, the Black Lives Matter protests occurring across the globe have become a rallying cry for business leaders to take stock of their own operations — and what they could be doing to…
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Hiring for Fit: How To Apply It to Your Process
Read more: Hiring for Fit: How To Apply It to Your Process“It’s common sense that when a person’s traits and abilities align with their job, they are happier, more productive, and stay with an organization longer. Knowing this is what drives recruiters and hiring managers to say they’re “looking for a good fit”.” Hiring for fit needs to be approached thoughtfully. According to Harvard Business Review, finding…
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Pre-Hire Assessment Testing: Turning Skeptics into Believers
Read more: Pre-Hire Assessment Testing: Turning Skeptics into Believers“If you have been advocating for the use of an assessment technology without success, you aren’t alone. Despite the explosion of HR technology, there are still people who are hesitant to adopt new techniques and methods of talent management. People can be wary of using tools they consider to be inferior to their own judgment.”…
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Improve Staff Training and Loyalty with a Pre-Employment Assessment Test Data
Read more: Improve Staff Training and Loyalty with a Pre-Employment Assessment Test DataIn the war for talent, companies need to use all the data they have to drive employee retention. And pre-employment assessment test data can get you a long way towards achieving this goal. Pre-employment testing doesn’t just help companies choose the best candidates. The reports also provide valuable data that companies can use to streamline…
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Human Capital Analytics: 3 Steps to Build a Better Workforce
Read more: Human Capital Analytics: 3 Steps to Build a Better Workforce“Human capital analytics, a field that is top of mind for talent acquisition leaders, has the potential to bring tremendous positive change to the space.” The ability to anayze workforce data allows companies to see what talent they have, where they have gaps, what their best performers look like, and who’s at risk of leaving.…
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Skills to Assess When Hiring Remote Workers
Read more: Skills to Assess When Hiring Remote Workers“There have been recent reports that organizations are ending remote work. Theories about why this is happening cite lack of training about how to work remotely, as well as how to successfully monitor and manage remote workers, as key issues organizations face.” However, taking away remote work after it’s been an option doesn’t pay off. According…
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Soft Skills for Nurses: What’s Important for Healthcare Hiring
Read more: Soft Skills for Nurses: What’s Important for Healthcare HiringThe healthcare industry is in a talent crisis. A shortage of qualified candidates and surges in demand is leaving hospitals, research centers, and care facilities scrambling to fill open positions. But recruiters can’t just pick candidates based on degrees or certifications. While education is a vital component of any healthcare worker’s resume, it’s often the…
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Cognitive Aptitude, Competing for Talent, Hiring Better, Personality Assessments, Pre-Employment Assessments, Recommended
Use Personality and Cognitive Aptitude Tests for Better Entry-Level Hires
Read more: Use Personality and Cognitive Aptitude Tests for Better Entry-Level Hires“When hiring entry-level employees, some recruiters think a good attitude is all a candidate needs to succeed. They rely on pre-employment personality tests to drive their hiring decisions, but studies suggest that cognitive aptitude tests are equally important.” Finding candidates with the right combination of personality and cognitive traits ultimately results in better hires. Entry-level employees often have low…
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Drive Job Postings with Candidate Experience Best Practices
Read more: Drive Job Postings with Candidate Experience Best PracticesJob postings are the first impression that candidates have about your organization. They have the power to attract or turn away the best talent. The nature of work is changing, and it’s important that job postings keep pace. Before you write your next job postings, take a few minutes to implement candidate experience best practices…
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Winning the Ear of the C-Suite
Read more: Winning the Ear of the C-Suite“It’s a tough time to be a recruiter. Unemployment is at historic lows, and there are about 1 million more open jobs than unemployed workers, making it feel impossible to fill key roles.” The only silver lining is that executives are finally paying attention. Chief executives recognize that their big dreams for the future rest on their…
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Why It’s Important to Consider Person Environment Fit When Hiring
Read more: Why It’s Important to Consider Person Environment Fit When HiringWhen you’re reviewing applications, professional success and industry experience are only part of the equation. Although they aren’t on a resume, personality traits drive person environment fit and determine who is the right fit for the role, company, and group. Understand the four levels of PE fit. You want to select applicants based on their…
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Person Environment Fit: What can we learn from #USWNT?
Read more: Person Environment Fit: What can we learn from #USWNT?“A World Cup final with my 22 best friends. Living out the ultimate dream,” wrote Alex Morgan, Co-captain of the U.S. Women’s National soccer team (USWNT), on her Instagram account. Along with her 22 teammates, Morgan brought home the World Cup Championship title after beating the Netherlands 2-0 on Sunday, July 7th, in France. If you…
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Defining Job Performance: Three Essential Facets
Read more: Defining Job Performance: Three Essential Facets“When hiring managers think about defining job performance, they often focus on the things that predict an employee’s task performance like skills or experience. But that task performance is just one piece of the performance puzzle.” There are two other facets of job performance that recruiters and hiring managers should consider when defining what “success”…
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Fact or Fiction: Looking Beyond the Resume
Read more: Fact or Fiction: Looking Beyond the Resume“A website, called This Resume Does Not Exist can generate fabricated resumes using data found online. The site uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to generate fake names, career goals, job experience, and even photos of fictional candidates.” The results aren’t terribly impressive – yet. At first glance, the resumes look impressive but dig deeper, and most…
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How to Avoid Unconscious Bias: Enemy of Diversity Hiring
Read more: How to Avoid Unconscious Bias: Enemy of Diversity Hiring“The widespread global protests in the wake of George Floyd’s murder have helped bring attention to racial injustice that exists in all facets of society.” Ensuring fairness and diversity in the hiring process is not only important for a racially just society. Many studies show that greater diversity in an organization offers measurable benefits such…
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The Cost of a Bad Hire
Read more: The Cost of a Bad HireWhen companies make bad hiring decisions, the impact is significant. It costs the company on two levels: tangible and intangible. The tangible cost of a bad hire averages about $15,000, according to a Recent CareerBuilder Survey. And that’s a conservative number. When you add in all of the recruiting costs, training fees, risk of litigation, and lost productivity…
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The Importance of Soft Skills in the Workplace
Read more: The Importance of Soft Skills in the Workplace“When you are hiring, you need to consider both technical skills and soft skills. Technical skills are essential for completing assigned duties and tasks. But soft skills are crucial to morale and culture fit. The impact that soft skills have on business output is evident in a recent Netflix documentary, American Factory.” The documentary explores what transpires when…
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The Importance of Soft Skills: You Won’t Find It in a Resume
Read more: The Importance of Soft Skills: You Won’t Find It in a Resume“Judging a candidate based on their resume alone is akin to assuming a person’s Tinder profile is 100 percent accurate.” In both cases the “candidates” are crafting carefully worded summaries, highlighting their best features and using keywords to elicit a desired response. While some may be accurate, most are inflated, and about 85 percent of resumes (and 80…
