Category: Validation and Verification

Is Reference Checking Worthwhile?

Q. What do you recommend when it comes to checking references and is it even worth the effort? Reference checking when done correctly can be very powerful. I believe the problem isn’t with checking references, but rather how the reference check is performed. Most reference checking is more of a box checking exercise than what [...]

Thursday October 13th, 2011 in Hiring Mistakes, Reference Checking, Validation and Verification | No Comments »

Changing How You Check References

Q. Is checking a candidate’s references worth the effort since most companies won’t give references anyway? I conduct reference checks on every candidate I represent for one of our searches. I believe this is part of the due diligence process prior to hiring someone. Top talent have references and can always provide someone either currently [...]

Thursday July 21st, 2011 in Hiring Frustrations, Hiring Mistakes, Reference Checking | No Comments »

Using A Personality Assessment Can Be Helpful

Q. Our company is considering using personality or behavioral testing prior to hiring people. What has been your experience with using these? I’m a strong believer in using some sort of assessment prior to hiring someone, especially for key employees. These assessments can add a lot of valuable insight about the candidate. Not all assessments [...]

Thursday June 30th, 2011 in Hiring Mistakes, Validation and Verification, Workstyle assessment | No Comments »

Boost Productivity in Tough Times By Getting Connected to Your People

“Watch your words: they become your thoughts. Watch your thoughts: they become your actions. Watch your actions: they become your habits. Watch your habits: they become your destiny.” – Frank Outlaw Personality tests not only help when hiring, they just might be a manager’s best tool to connect with employees. You can manage the hard [...]

Tuesday August 10th, 2010 in Workstyle assessment | No Comments »

Not All Reference Checks Say Good Things – 54% Have Received Bad References

I was recently facilitating our, You’re NOT The Person I Hired, workshop with CEOs and key executives. As is often the case, the subject of reference checking came up. Most in the audience tended to agree that checking references is a waste of time. After all, candidates only give references they are sure will say [...]

Tuesday June 22nd, 2010 in Hiring and Retention Trends, Hiring Mistakes, Reference Checking, Validation and Verification | No Comments »

Making Successful Changes – Part 2

As we mentioned in part one of this article, change is very difficult no matter what we want to change. Now we will look at other components for making successful changes in our lives. Taking small steps to change Consider taking one small step that you can take to begin the change process. An old [...]

Tuesday March 16th, 2010 in Company Culture, Validation and Verification, Workstyle assessment | No Comments »

Is Your Organization Going To Make It To 2010 and Beyond? Part 2

We focused on the question above in part one of this article. If this is keeping you up at night, we have some additional ideas for you to consider and implement so your organization will not only make it through the current storm but will thrive well into the future!   You’ll know by reading this [...]

Tuesday January 26th, 2010 in Company Culture, Validation and Verification, Workstyle assessment | No Comments »

Is Your Organization Going To Make It To 2010 and Beyond? Part 1

If the question above is keeping you up at night, we have some ideas for you to consider and implement so that your organization will not only make it through the current storm but will thrive well into the future!  You’ll know by reading this article if your ship is heading towards the rocks, towards [...]

Thursday January 21st, 2010 in Retaining Top Talent, Validation and Verification, Workstyle assessment | No Comments »

How To Attract and Retain Sales and Customer Service People Using In-depth Work Style Personality Testing Part 2

How do you build up your sales and customer service force in a down economy? In part one of this article, we talked about some ways to attract and retain your sales and customer service people. Below are additional ways to use personality testing in the workplace to help attract and retain sales and customer [...]

Thursday December 17th, 2009 in Non-monetary rewards, Retaining Top Talent, Workstyle assessment | No Comments »

How To Attract and Retain Sales and Customer Service People Using In-depth Work Style & Personality Testing – Part 1

How do you build up your sales and customer service force in a down economy? The quick answer is don’t be a dodo bird. While researching our book, Cracking the Personality Code, we examined the essentials of what managers and business owners need to know about hiring and managing sales/customer service people with the help [...]

Monday December 7th, 2009 in Hiring and Retention Trends, Hiring Mistakes, Workstyle assessment | 3 Comments »
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