Why You’ll Regret Your Covert Search for a Key Hire

Co-authored by Bob Spence and Alec Broadfoot Have you ever had an employee who you knew you needed to fire but you put it off because they were in such an important position that letting them go would be painful and costly? Sometimes when key leaders find themselves in this position, they will ask a […]

How to Attract “Right Fit” Candidates and Hire Your Match

Are you struggling to attract right fit candidates? If so, you aren’t alone. After all, hiring for “fit” leads to positive outcomes that include greater employee commitment, longevity with the organization, superior job performance, productivity and job satisfaction. Those outcomes have real bottom-line impact; what employer wouldn’t want them? The art of attraction is always timely where […]

Retain Company Leaders by Using Stay Interviews

Conduct regular stay interviews with every employee you can’t afford to lose this year. As you fine tune your company’s strategic plan for the coming year, consider that your key leaders may not be there to implement it. According to job search engine SimplyHired, January is the busiest month of the year for job searches. […]

How Behavioral Interviewing Can Save Your Business

Are you still winging it in interviews, asking questions you think are interesting or clever, making hiring decisions based on your gut instinct? You can do better. Much, much better, as it turns out. Because companies have been bombing at hiring…big time. Even talented executives at top companies botch hiring. To quote Laszlo Bock, hiring […]

Should You Hire the Right Candidate Even If You Don’t Need Them Yet?

I recently read an interesting article in Inc. Magazine that explored tactics for employers in smaller, less appealing towns to attract top-grade talent. One of the suggestions I found particularly interesting was to “hire, especially when you don’t need to.” Distinct from ongoing recruitment —which is also an increasing trend— in their example, Orion Energy Systems of Manitowoc, […]

6 Things You Can Do Right Now to Improve Your Hiring Process

Research published by Brandon Hall Group found a whopping “95% of organizations admit to hiring ‘bad fits’ each year.” These mis-hires drain resources from your organization. Fortunately, hiring ‘bad fit’ employees is avoidable. Here are six things you can start doing today to improve your hiring process and stop hiring the wrong people: #1. Define. […]