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Looking Beyond Skill Shortcomings
The concept of “hire for attitude, train for skill” might require a closer look. Certainly giving special attention to attitude seems reasonable, but you might want to think twice before you discount...
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Anticipating What Candidates Will Ask For
Are you prepared for when a candidate asks for something other than a higher starting salary, as a condition for accepting the job? If it’s not a benefit you offer or it exceeds the standard, you may...
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Vetting Recent College Graduates
In 2017, 74% of employers said that they were going to hire recent college graduates. That trend is likely to remain because of increasing competition and fewer qualified applicants. Keep reading to...
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Three Cool Things You’re Not Doing with Your Current Org Chart
It pains me to see so many organizations nowadays create an org chart but then tuck it away in the dark recesses of an intranet that no one accesses or in the back of a filing cabinet, bringing it out...
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New Law in Arizona: Reduced Liability for Employers Hiring Ex-Offenders
A new Arizona law taking effect August 3 provides a broad exemption from negligent hiring claims for employers that hire workers who have criminal convictions. House Bill 2311, which applies to both...
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More Ways to Attract Teen Candidates for Seasonal Work
Yesterday we began to explore how to attract, hire, and train seasonal teen workers. Today, we have a few more tips on that topic. digitalhallway / E+ / Getty Images How to Hire Minors for Seasonal...
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A Disciplined Strategy for Success in High-Volume Recruiting
For companies with seasonal high-volume recruiting needs, every year can seem like “déjà vu all over again.” Whether it’s hiring for open enrollment, tax time, or the holiday season, the pressure to...
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Avoiding the ‘Birds of a Feather’ Syndrome
A diverse and inclusive workplace should be a goal of any organization and not out of a sense of altruism. Diversity and inclusion have real impacts on a company’s bottom line. OgnjenO / iStock / Getty...
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Promote from Within or Hire Externally?
When looking to fill a vacancy—especially one that is a position of leadership—does your organization look internally, externally, or both? Source: PeopleImages / E+ / Getty Prospective job candidates...
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Securing One-in-a-Million Talent to Catapult Your Profits
If you’ve ever hired the wrong person for the job, you know that the poor fit stings—personally, professionally, and financially. Every rushed or subpar talent acquisition means a new and long road of...
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Finding Hidden Gems and Assessing Their Fit
In part 1 of this article, we looked at the concept of passive candidates, as well as some broad approaches to finding great talent. Today we’ll look at how to find quality candidates and see if they...
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What HR Leaders Can Learn from the Blue-Collar Economy
The U.S. unemployment rate is at its lowest in years, and there’s a growing demand for blue-collar workers, with many workers turning to gig opportunities—a sector that is booming right now. Rather...
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Making a Slam Dunk in Hiring and Promotion Decisions
Here in O’Town, we are thrilled that the Magic made it to the NBA playoffs. In basketball, of course, it’s easy to determine who’s the best of the best—just look at the scoreboard. At your business,...
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Why Observable Behavior Alone is Not Enough: A Study on Predictive Behavior...
DISC is one of the most valid and reliable instruments of its kind, originating back to Dr. Marston’s work in 1928. It is estimated that over 30 million DISC assessments are used or sold yearly across...
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Why Can’t You Fill that Vacancy?
Employers today are finding that some roles remain stubbornly hard to fill or difficult to keep filled. Sometimes it’s a lack of applicants. Sometimes the applicants aren’t qualified. Sometimes the...
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Are You Still Waiting to Fill That Vacancy?
In part 1 of this article, we noted that employers are often struggling to fill vacancies. Either there are too few applicants or too few that are truly qualified. We started listing some of the...
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The Misplaced Fear of Training a Replacement
In organizations in any country across all industries, there has been a fear of teaching a subordinate or a junior staff member the ins and outs of one’s job. This apprehension is based predominantly...
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Practical Methods for Implementing Diversity During Hiring
There is well-documented research about the value of a diverse workforce, from driving innovation through input from multiple perspectives and backgrounds, to overall organizational success. Source:...
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Tips from a CHRO: Creating a Robust Talent and Development Program with Purpose
Let’s face it: The majority of us struggle when we first try something new. In careers and in life, hard work and determination are the keys to developing passion, purpose, and meaning. Finding...
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Why You Need a Content Strategy for Your Training Initiatives
Marketers have been implementing content strategies for decades, and it’s time for learning and development (L&D) departments to implement them, too. Source: Weekend Images Inc. / iStock / Getty...
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