Savvy employers recognize the importance of finding and hiring the best candidates. The big question is “how” to accomplish this along with the tons of other demands on the schedule. The simple answer is with recruitment software (alternative term is “Applicant Tracking Software”, ATS). While software can seem confusing, recruitment software provides enormous benefits to hiring managers, recruiters, and businesses of … Read More
Still Not Convinced Engagement Makes a Difference in Performance?
It is tempting to dismiss the mass of statistical evidence supporting the importance of engagement. After all, we are just a small business in relation to these massive global studies. You may be surprised to learn what one mining company found. You have by now no doubt have read numerous articles here and elsewhere about employee engagement and the payoff … Read More
Those Pesky Millennials and their Whiny Demands
(NOTE: This post was originally posted on HiringSmart.com by Sue Edwards) This generation of Millennials has a laundry list of expectations about their new hire experience. They are looking to be “onboarded” thoroughly. They want to feel connected to their work. They are looking for meaning. They need constant coddling and feedback. Are you and your managers up for it? … Read More
Top 10 Benefits of Using Candidate Screening Software in Hiring Employees
Business owners and managers in companies of all sizes don’t have time to waste when it comes to filling positions. You want the best talent for the job whether it’s a regional VP of sales or building custodian and there’s no better way to accomplish this than by using top-notch candidate screening software. Here’s the top 10 benefits of using … Read More
Moneyball for Hiring? The same lessons play out every day, on the field and at work.
I’m not a big fan of baseball, but in a fit of boredom and curiosity to see what my business partner keeps going on (and on) about, I finally relented and streamed Moneyball last week. What surprised me is that I’ve seen the very same heated, emotional discussions about player performance and potential that took place in the Oakland A’s back office, … Read More
How to Blow the Doors Off Your Sales Plan with Better Hiring of Sales People
If you ran a business with an 80% defect rate in a core product, what would you do? Truth is, that’s likely the defect rate in your company’s hiring decisions. If your organization isnormal, your hit rate – unqualified success for both the organization and the new hire, where the new employee becomes a solid contributor – is about 20%. … Read More
Top 10 #HR Twitter Accounts to Follow
Twitter has an impressive user base of more than 320 million people, so it comes as no surprise that this is the premiere social media marketing platform for many human resources professionals. To build your network on Twitter, it helps to look to those who have already turned Twitter into a successful HR platform. 1) Trish McFarlane @trishmcfarlane Trish McFarlane … Read More
Why Resumes Are Bad for Recruitment
How effectively are résumés helping us match talent with opportunity? Let’s take a look: 80% of the workforce is in some stage of disengagement with their work…rendering an estimated 23% of payroll dollars non-productive. Only 14% of the workforce are in roles that draw from their strengths most of the time. In a recent survey, well over 90% of senior HR … Read More
Social Media Job Recruitment Facts, Stats & Tips
Social networks are constantly growing, and so is the opportunity to use it as a recruitment tactic. People currently registered on Facebook worldwide is around 1.44 billion, a 12 percent increase from the previous year. According to a 2013 Pew survey, 63 percent of Facebook social users check their account at least once a day, 57 percent for Instagram and … Read More
Key Hiring Lessons from Amazon, Uber, Groupon
If you want to create a successful company you’ve got to get one thing right – hiring. I caught an article over the weekend by Peter Diamandis (Abundance, Bold) about an interview he had led with Jeff Holden, the current Chief Product Officer of Uber. Jeff is a brilliant entrepreneur and executive who had previously held leadership roles at two … Read More