Hiring a Retail Manager? Here’s Your Ideal Candidate Using Behavioral Science

TalentSorter StaffHiring for Fit, Ideal Candidate Report, Recruitment

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This is the fourth blog in a series about “ideal candidates”. We take a position, run it through TalentSorter’s scientific algorithm, and provide you with the behavioral characteristics of an “ideal candidate” (note: download the full report at the bottom of the post). Because of the way TalentSorter has been designed, it is able to compare the personality traits and other attributes … Read More

First Things First: Fit, then Engagement, then Results

TalentSorter StaffHiring for Fit, Hiring Tips, Recruitment

Hiring for Fit First

The Gallup Organization inadvertently kicked off a consulting Gold Rush back in the mid-1990’s when they set out to better understand what exactly it was that ‘Great Managers’ do differently than their peers. The research and their landmark findings are well documented in First, Break All The Rules (Marcus Buckingham, Curt Coffman); if you manage people now or ever intend … Read More

You Are Who You Hire (Part 2)

TalentSorter StaffHiring Tips, Recruitment

Note: This blog was co-authored by Paul Pittman of The Human Well, and originally appears here. Read part one of this series here. Birds of a Feather: You attract what you tolerate Every manager wants to lead a high-performing, engaged team that shares a commitment to achieve superior outcomes but how many times in a career do they actually get … Read More

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence: The dawning of a new paradigm in business

TalentSorter StaffEmployee Assessment Tools, Recruitment, Recruitment Tools

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The odds are that Amazon knows more about your Significant Other’s preferences than you do. That doesn’t make you inattentive, regardless what he or she might say; it makes you human. Algorithms and machine learning (where computers observe your behavior and form a constantly evolving picture based on your activity and the decisions you make, and then make predictions about … Read More

You Are Who You Hire (Part 1)

TalentSorter StaffHiring Tips, HR, Interviewing, Recruitment

Note: This blog was co-authored by Paul Pittman of The Human Well, and originally appears here. Anyone involved in management knows the cost of a bad hire; The Harvard Business Review calculates that up to 80% of turnover is due to poor hiring, The Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) believes up to five times annual salary or more dependent … Read More

Amplify Your Hiring: Five Essential Guides for Recruiting, Hiring, and Onboarding

TalentSorter StaffHiring Tips, Interviewing, Onboarding, Recruitment

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hiring quality, productive employees is one of the biggest boosts an organization gives itself, and the results are priceless. Hire wrong, and the same organization can suffer huge financial losses, a tarnished reputation, and even be subject to negligent hiring lawsuits. How can you keep the right people, and avoid those who are unqualified, or just not a cultural fit? … Read More

What does Recruitment Software do?

TalentSorter StaffHiring Tips, Recruitment

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

Those Pesky Millennials and their Whiny Demands

TalentSorter StaffHiring Tips, Onboarding, Recruitment

(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