From the moment that candidates apply to your roles, you should be thinking about how to make their experience a positive one. Whether you hire them or not, chances are they’ll talk about their interactions with your company to other people. Unfortunately, people are more inclined to share negative reviews…...
Recruiting is Still Marketing: The Innovator’s Dilemma for Talent Acquisition
Recruiting is one of the toughest challenges facing businesses today. Finding the right talent is critical for success, but record-low unemployment, the flood of digital information, and a shift in the generational workforce (and their attitudes) have made recruiters’ jobs more difficult than ever. most talent acquisition pros are still…...
Don’t hire for their strengths; hire for how they handle mistakes
We typically use aptitude and performance tests to figure out how job candidates will do their best work. They, of course, want to maximize their strengths in crafting their answers. I’ve got a better test: what happens when they screw up? This is where the rubber really meets the…...