Ask any company owner or president and they will tell you that the single most important part of running a business is making good hiring decisions. Having the right person in a role, and reducing attrition is categorically essential for success. Simply put, great people get great results.…...
4 Tips to Reduce Turnover
Company owners and executives often focus on reducing turnover as a way to save money for their companies. They know losing a key employee costs the firm in several ways. It forces a re-engagement of the recruiting, interviewing, and hiring process, with all its attendant costs including costs for…...
6 Proven Ways To Reduce Attrition
Company owners and executives often focus on reducing turnover as a way to save money for their companies. They know losing a key employee costs the firm in several ways. It forces a re-engagement of the recruiting, interviewing, and hiring process, with all its attendant costs including costs for…...
Benefits from Hiring Sales Leaders from Outside the Industry
When faced with the need to hire a new sales manager, it is natural to consider looking within the industry. However, there is compelling data to suggest that bringing in a sales manager from outside the industry can provide additional benefits. The sales and marketing functions are diverse and decentralized. If…...
Should You Include Employees in Hiring Decisions?
It is important that new employees embrace and fit into your company culture. An organizations vision, mission, and values tend to reflect upper management’s competencies and beliefs. When workers share connections outside these parameters, they form relationships that can go a long way toward minimizing interdepartmental conflict and maximizing…...
4 Ways to Test ‘Cultural Fit’ During the Hiring Process
As workplace structures evolve, finding candidates who are the right “cultural fit” is now a top priority of recruiters.In the business world (and in life), we tend to gravitate toward people similar to us. Our hiring practices are no exception -- if you’re an introvert, you might find extroverted candidates…...
15 Resources for Hiring an All-Star Team
When you’re laser-focused on growing your company, you can’t hire just anyone.You need a team of all-stars -- people who can take your business to the next level and help shape the kind of organization you want to become. “If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a…...
Top 3 Mistakes Fast Growing Companies Make and How to Avoid Them
Rapidly expanding companies require strong and skilled teams to support them during their time of growth. Typically the biggest challenge that fast growing companies face is the urgency they feel to hire ‘A’ players for critical roles within their team, that arise when demand for their products or services increases.…...
10 Strategies For Combatting Difficult Hiring Decisions
It can be difficult to devote the necessary time and due diligence it takes to make a great hire.Source - Read More at: www.forbes.comExcellent article that offers 10 practical strategies for making your next hire, your best hire. ...
We’ve Become Lazy At Hiring: Let’s Do Better
The career market is changing at warp speed and hiring solutions are falling short. Is there a better way to find and assess talent?Source - Read More at: www.forbes.com...
3 Key Factors to Consider when Hiring
The old adage never rings truer than when looking at a potential hire. As they say, the best indicator of future behavior, is past performance. When evaluating Candidates for a critical fill position, the goal should be to hire someone that has excelled in a similar role, which required…...
75% Have Hired the Wrong Person
I’ll never forget Jack Welch saying you have about a 50/50 chance of hiring the right person. Surveys confirm that the majority of organizations have hired the wrong person.* The wrong hire: Drains resources. Lowers productivity. Demotivates current employees. Distracts management. 5 steps to hire the right leader: #1. Ask…...
