Managing employees is multi-faceted, taking a person who can train, motivate, and, if necessary, correct employee behavior to empower their team to be efficient and effective. One of the most challenging roadblocks to employee success is stress. In fact, a recent survey by Statista showed that 35% of the workforce loses at least 1 hour every day in productivity to stress. … Read More
Hiring a Customer Service Rep? Here’s What Your Ideal Candidate Should Look Like
We take a position, run it through TalentSorter’s scientific ‘job fit’ algorithm, and provide you with the behavioral characteristics of an “ideal candidate” for the role of Customer Service Rep. The unique software design behind TalentSorter™ gives it the capability to compare the personality traits and other attributes of your job applicants to those who are high performers in this … Read More
Top 10 Hiring Myths: Busted
Are you hiring the best talent for your business? If you are evaluating candidates based on traditional measures, you may be making a costly mistake. We’ll help you tap the top talent and boost productivity by busting 10 popular hiring myths. Myth #1 – The position requires a candidate with at least 3-5 years’ experience It’s tempting to rely on … Read More
Hiring a Software Developer? Here’s What Your Ideal Candidate Should Look Like
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is the second blog in a series about “ideal candidates”. We take a position, run it through TalentSorter’s scientific algorithm, and provide you with the behavioral characteristics of an “ideal candidate” (note: download the full report at the bottom of the post). Because of the way TalentSorter has been designed, it is able to compare the personality traits and other … Read More
Hiring a Receptionist? Here’s What Your Ideal Candidate Looks Like
This is the first post in a series about “ideal candidates”. We take a position, run it through TalentSorter’s scientific algorithm, and provide you with the characteristics of an “ideal candidate”. Because of the way the TalentSorter has been designed, it is able to compare the personality traits and other attributes of an individual to those of people who have … Read More
Why CFOs and CEOs Need to Put Real Value on Their Most Critical Asset – People
Too many leaders and managers view things like performance reviews as an exercise in “compliance with HR policy” and not as a task to do because it is simply good business! The job of every single leader is to manage for performance, engage employees, and retain the best people. Something is still missing in our core thinking around people: we … Read More
10 Interview Questions to Ensure Fit with Manager
This is another set of interview questions as part of our “hiring for fit” series. Check out previous posts including interview questions to ask to ensure fit with company, fit with job, as well as questions designed specifically when hiring sales managers. This week we focus our attention on interview questions you want to ask candidates to help ensure fit … Read More
Five Simple rules for the use of assessments in Selecting Employees
The candidate assessment marketplace is complex, with over 4500 products for you to choose from. While the vast assortment of candidate assessment tools and the claims made by vendors can be confusing, there are actually relatively few instruments that are valid for use in the process of screening people for jobs… Without getting too geeky about it, there are two … Read More
Momma, don’t let your babies grow up to be Cowboys. Steer them to the Trades instead.
It’s funny how things sometimes happen in threes. It was unintentional, but last month kept throwing me things that definitely came together in a consistent theme. It was a little like the universe was saying ‘hey dummy, you need to pay attention to this’. I’m honestly not sure what to do with it, so I’m sharing it with you in … Read More
Are Your Employees Looking Forward to Going to Work on Monday?
Well, are they? Do you know? I think it is a great question to ask employees reporting to you! It allows you to check on employee engagement more often, it’s easy to do, and it transforms disengagement into an opening for a constructive conversation. This question is a useful tactic for fostering the environment of continual communication that is so … Read More