A company with top performers has a more prominent reputation than the competitors. One top performer in a company is enough to increase the production manifold as the person can deliver as much productivity as up to four average employees. HOW TO SPOT HIGH-PERFORMING EMPLOYEES High performing people are always:…...
Career vs Passion: What should you run after?
Follow your passion and earn or build a career just for earning? What should you run after in the career vs passion dilemma. The oft-quoted cliche of ‘follow your passion and you will not have to work for even a day of your life’ sounds good, but as in all…...
How can Sales Teams Succeed in a Digital World
At the beginning of this year, because of the quarantine, most companies locked their doors, and employees had to start working from home. Although before the pandemic, they were more than 4.5 million remote workers in the US, many companies weren’t prepared for this. Sales teams, specifically, are one of the areas…...
How to Create the Perfect Team: 6 Tips and Tricks
Building a trustworthy, motivated, and reliable team is an essential part of any business, but it isn’t as easy as it may seem. Finding individuals that work well together while completing their own individual goals is tough, and this can lead to further problems down the track. The process does…...
Get Creative to Uncover Top Talent When You’re Hiring
“She looked so good on paper.” Sound familiar? In your haste to fill an open position to keep your company running smoothly, you make a hiring decision that turns out to be a big mistake. If this is the case, you are certainly not alone, and the problem isn’t a lack of…...
Tapping into the aging workforce in financial service
As more and more boomers put off retirement, financial services firms have an opportunity to put their skills, values, and tacit knowledge to good use. Learn what they bring to the table. MOST financial institutions (FIs) across the globe are experiencing two broad-scale trends—a pervasive talent gap and a boom in…...
How HR leaders can help women succeed in male-dominated industries
Survival of the fittest favours the dominant group and as the dominant group in many industries, men often experience far more opportunities than women to develop their careers. Every employee needs to know he or she is there on merit, but the survival of the fittest is not a meritocracy.…...
Job searching in the new normal
To accommodate the new normal of social distancing, most of us have to change the way we work and, naturally, the same goes to the way we look for jobs. Movement restrictions have spurred employers to trial non-traditional work practices, be more flexible in workforce management and embrace technology on…...
Promoting Diversity and Maintaining an Inclusive Culture
As the spotlight has brightened on racism. In response to recent miscarriages of justice, the emphasis on identifying racism within other aspects of life has also grown. As business leaders, it is vital to stand with the advocacy for change. Although oftentimes difficult, encouraging honest discussions around diversity and inclusivity…...
Making Talent a Top Priority- From HR Department to the C-Suite
When thinking about your company's business goals for 2020, do the words talent strategy come to mind? If not, you're not alone. Most companies don't have talent strategies, and those that do aren't mapping those strategies to business objectives. In today's war on talent, businesses that align talent and business goals are more…...
Why You Should Recruit Introverts — and How
In this extrovert-biased world of ours, the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Many job candidates aren’t making it past the hiring process to get the jobs they’re qualified for. The reality is that if introverts don’t interview in a bubbly, enthusiastic manner, they likely won’t make it to the next…...
When it comes to hiring, millennials are killing it
If there really is a generation war raging in the workplace, millennials may have already won. Seventy-two percent of talent professionals say they plan to focus on recruiting millennials (ages 24-39) over the next five years as opposed to other age groups, according to a LinkedIn survey of 2,406 U.S.…...
Disengaged Employees And How Much Do They Cost You?
There are a lot of ways employers can improve employee engagement, including in a time when many are working from home. For example, using personalized intranets can improve employee engagement and productivity and a connectedness to the business. With that being said, employers don’t always recognize the problem they face…...
Recruiting Gen Z In The Age Of Distraction
Generation Z, or Gen Z, are true digital natives. They’re born between 1995 and 2010, and they’ve been exposed to the internet, technology, social networks from the earliest of their youth. They’re quite comfortable with modern workplace trends and can adapt to them with much ease and dexterity. As global…...
2021 Hiring and Other Workplace Predictions
As we head into the new year, what better time to speculate what’s in store than now! We’ve previously reported on a variety of expert opinions, and we’re throwing a few more into the mix! Candace Nicolls, SVP of People and Workplace at Snagajob, connects with us to share her insights about hiring and other workplace…...
How COVID19 Affects the Vetting and Hiring of New Employees
Traditionally, background checks have been a way for both new and well-established businesses to ensure that they are hiring the most qualified and trustworthy candidates. Used in conjunction with an in-depth interview process, background checks allow hiring managers to feel that they know a candidate before they make a final…...