Posts tagged: Hiring Templates

Should Human Resources Be Responsible For Hiring?

In many companies the answer to this question is, “Yes.” I believe that this is the wrong answer. HR may be accountable for  hiring and working with managers to provide candidates, but responsibility for hiring is not HR’s. Especially since the vast majority of companies don’t even have an HR function so what would they [...]

Thursday September 1st, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Hiring In Another State Doesn’t Have to Be Difficult

Q. Over the next year we will be hiring a significant number of people outside of California. What are some ways to hire in other states other than running ads? Hiring in other states will take time and commitment from the hiring manager. They must become actively involved in the process. The best people in [...]

Thursday July 28th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

What Can You Do When Hiring Isn’t Working?

Question: We have a pretty extensive interviewing process in our company. We spend a lot of time making sure the person has the right skills and experience, yet our last few hires didn’t work out. We aren’t sure what else we can do to hire people, any suggestions? Companies often think that because they have [...]

Thursday July 7th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Most Company’s Hiring Process Is Not A Process

We find that this occurs because the hiring process really isn’t a process in many companies. Many hiring processes tend to be random and with incompetent, untrained people. This is not a knock on the people, it is just a fact. So why do companies expect hiring to be accurate and to attract top talent [...]

Friday August 20th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 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 , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Talent Plus Effort Equals Great Results

As you probably know by now – my favorite metaphors are sports related – especially basketball metaphors . For our new readers, a little background: In addition to a full schedule as a retained executive recruiter, speaker, author, and partner in a thriving Internet hiring business, I also coach high girls basketball and run a [...]

Monday August 9th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »
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