Recruitment and Retention
Stop! and hire this candidate
It’s easy to criticize potential hires and spot reasons why we shouldn’t hire them. That one is too arrogant, that one lacks technical skills, and that one knows nothing about the company. Process of elimination, right? But too often we fail to recognize the positive reasons why we should hire someone. Positive flags can be […]
Why Your New Hires May Be Unhappy
Not-so-fun fact: On average, one-third of new hires quit during their first six months. That includes your company’s new hires. Keeping in mind most employees leave because their day-to-day role wasn’t as advertised, because of a bad work experience, or because of a culture conflict, could the problem be with your company’s recruitment and onboarding […]
4 Tips for Successful Virtual Onboarding
Virtual onboarding isn’t going anywhere in the near future. From tech to team spirit, these four tips can help set up remote employees for success!
Looking Beyond College Degrees in New Employees
Many employers still rely on education to predict job performance. If successful new hires in your field must come with a college degree, then our job fair preparation and college-recruitment strategies can come in handy. But is this always the best hiring strategy? What would happen if you looked beyond the “education” box?
Where Your Hiring Process Is Going Wrong
Having trouble finding employees to work for you? It may not be that people don’t want to work—it may be that they don’t want to work for you. Ouch, we know. Sorry. But if you’re consistently having trouble finding or keeping employees, it’s time to take a look at common reasons job seekers turn away […]
How to Find Talent at a Job Fair
When you’re looking to snag the best talent, you can’t show up for a job fair unprepared. You wouldn’t start an interview—never mind a hundred—without doing some pre-game work, right? Get a head start with these top tips to find talent at a job fair.
Hiring Tip: The Power of “No Thank You”
Recruitment is not a statistically sound process. At the end of a hiring process, you as the hiring manager or HR professional get one excited candidate bringing their skills and promise to the organization. …and then you get to tell six hundred other candidates that their skills and promise will not be coming to the […]
Your New Hires Will Quit Early If…
Oof, first-year turnover hurts! It’s expensive and time consuming, and when one-third of new hires quit within the first six months, it’s just plain discouraging. Given that most employees leave because their day-to-day role wasn’t as expected, they had a bad experience, or their culture clashed, what’s the common thread?
Is Education Important in Your New Hires?
College degrees aren’t as rare and valuable as they once were. Everyone seems to have one these days, so that new grads are suffering from degree inflation: a bachelor’s degree is the new high school diploma, and a master’s degree is the new bachelor’s. Forget climbing the corporate ladder without one. But does education really […]
How to Know You’ve Found THE ONE (You’re Going to Hire)
It’s easy to spot red flags in aspiring employees—they’re late, nonresponsive, poorly spoken, and so on—that mean it’s time to cut a candidate out of the hiring process. But what about the green flags that mean GO for a candidate? What can you look for to recognize when a candidate is “the one”?
Can Freelance Workers Save Your Business Money?
Is your staffing efficient? It can be hard to tell in this tumultuous work environment, with some folks working from home, some on hybrid schedules, and some removed from the workforce altogether. Perhaps your business needs have changed in the last year. Check your business’s pulse regularly with this angle: Does your company have the […]
Should You Rehire a Former Employee?
You want top talent filling your company’s vacancies. But that can be tough in today’s job market, when many folks are out of the workforce or holding out for the work environment to settle down. You’re probably overlooking (or at least underutilizing) your very own pool of candidates with solid skills and a smooth cultural […]
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The “better” way to conduct layoffs
Layoffs are hard on everyone. Even as business leaders and HR professionals, layoffs are one of the hardest things we have to do. Regrettably, many of us remember this from the all-too-recent pandemic layoffs. Layoffs are a reality we may soon face again as the threat of recession looms. And while we may not have […]
Resolve conflict like a champ
We’re hard-pressed to say conflict resolution is a fun or glamorous part of a Human Resources or leadership role, but it’s one of the most critical parts. How you mediate conflict impacts employee morale and retention, and also shows your leadership abilities and your willingness to tackle the tough stuff. Your conflict resolution skills can […]
Stop! and hire this candidate
It’s easy to criticize potential hires and spot reasons why we shouldn’t hire them. That one is too arrogant, that one lacks technical skills, and that one knows nothing about the company. Process of elimination, right? But too often we fail to recognize the positive reasons why we should hire someone. Positive flags can be […]
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