Posts tagged: candidate cultural fit

How To Shorten The Time It Takes To Hire

Q. We are a mid-size company that doesn’t hire that often. It seems that when we want to hire it takes a long time just to find qualified candidates. Is there a way to shorten the time it takes to hire someone? Hiring fast rarely includes hiring the very best. The best way to shorten [...]

Thursday July 14th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Reducing Turnover Without An HR Department

Question:  We have a lot of turnover, what would you suggest to help reduce it? We don’t have an HR department. In our experience, turnover generally starts with a bad hire. A bad hire often starts by not properly defining the job and limited sourcing techniques that don’t bring the best candidates to you. One [...]

Thursday June 9th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Caution – Using Online Information To Not Hire Someone

Q:  Is there a legal problem if a company looks online, and then uses this information as part of a no-hire decision? This is one of the hottest topics for many companies right now. Most companies are using the Internet in some form to check out candidates before they hire someone. I would suggest checking [...]

Friday May 27th, 2011 in , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

A Candidate’s Background & Experience Are Irrelevant

Just to clarify, I said “irrelevant.” I didn’t say “not important.” Since most people have been taught interviewing is about the candidate’s background and experience, the interviewer tends to ask a lot of questions about the past. For example, “What have  you done in this area?”  or ” Have you ever done _____?”  Those trained [...]

Monday August 30th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 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 , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Why You Should Measure Self- Motivation

In 25 years of Executive Search, Barry Deutsch and Brad Remillard, hosts of this radio show podcast, have interviewed over 250,000 candidates for more than 1000 search assignments. They’ve discovered a few core traits of success that high performers possess and poor performers lack. One of those core success traits is high levels of self-motivation [...]

Saturday April 10th, 2010 in , , , , , , , | 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 , , , | 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 , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Optimize Your Staffing Decisions by Using In-depth Work Style and Personality Assessment Tools

The wrong hiring decision can cost your company well over two to three times the individual’s salary according to Barry Deutsch, IMPACT Hiring Solutions. This figure may be a conservative estimate because of factors like training, evaluation, termination, re-initiating the hiring process, and lost opportunity costs. There is also an emotional factor involved in a [...]

Friday November 13th, 2009 in , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »
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