Category: Success Factor Methodology

What is Top Talent Ability in a Candidate?

We frequently get this question from CEOs, Key Executives, and Hiring Managers. Many Hiring Executives and Managers, Human Resource Professionals, and Recruiters consider the ability to measure top talent as an art form elevated to almost spiritual levels. The reality is that the ability to measure and assess whether a candidate is top talented individual [...]

Tuesday August 11th, 2009 in Interviewing, Success Factor Methodology | No Comments »

Hiring Frustration #6: Useless Candidate Evaluation

The interview has ended and the candidate has left the building. Bob, the Vice President and Sue, the Director/Hiring Executive, come out of their offices and meet up at the proverbial water cooler. Let’s assume they both liked the candidate. Here’s what their conversation might sound like after Bob says to Sue “So, what did [...]

Wednesday August 5th, 2009 in Interviewing, Success Factor Methodology, Validation and Verification | No Comments »

Featured in Forbes.Com Article on Hiring During the Recession

Forbes.com recently interviewed me about an article on hiring during the recession. You can read the full article at Forbes.com – The title of the article is “Hiring the best of the left-behind”. The article reinforces a few key ideas – especially for small business owners and entrepreneurs: Recession offers opportunity to hire top talent [...]

Thursday July 9th, 2009 in Hiring and Retention Trends, Success Factor Methodology | No Comments »

Popular Webinar “You’re NOT the Person I Hired”

                    Back by popular demand, we will be hosting our “You’re NOT the Person I Hired” Webinar on June 19th, Friday 9 AM PST. This is a one-hour overview of our Success Factor Methodology that we facilitate in a 3 hour in-house management workshop. The webinar [...]

Wednesday June 17th, 2009 in Defining The Job, Finding Candidates, Success Factor Methodology | No Comments »

Hiring Frustration #2: Not Enough Candidates

Most of the methods companies use to attract candidates bring those who are floating near the surface aggressively looking for a new job. Traditional methods of sourcing bring average and mediocre candiates to your doorstep. The traditional methods also repel top talent. If you desire to start attracting top talent you’ve got to fish deeply in the proper [...]

Sunday June 7th, 2009 in Finding Candidates, Hiring Frustrations, Success Factor Methodology | No Comments »

Ten Biggest Hiring Mistakes

Prior to publishing our book, “You’re NOT The Person I Hired” we conducted an in-depth study of hiring practices in 134 different companies in the manufacturing, high-tech, distribution, retail and service industries. The study examined 225 executive-level hires to determine what worked well, what didn’t work well, and where most companies tend to stumble. Among [...]

Tuesday May 26th, 2009 in Hiring Mistakes, Success Factor Methodology | No Comments »

Hiring Frustration #1: What Am I Measuring?

Most Job Descriptions are Worthless as a tool for predicting future success! MINIMUM EXPECTATIONS Most job descriptions define nothing more than minimum, average, and mediocre standards. If the goal is to hire top talent, then you must be able to define the expectations of top talent. Consider the fact that the vast majority of job [...]

Saturday May 23rd, 2009 in Defining The Job, Hiring Frustrations, Success Factor Methodology | 2 Comments »
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