6 Psychological Biases That Trip Up Interviewers While some are harmless stereotypes other biases can render your impressions invalid. Being aware of them can help your hiring acumen.
Hiring Trifecta; Chemistry, Skills and Fit To ensure quality-hiring decisions we must see chemistry, skills and fit as a valuable recruitment tool.
Should you give a candidate feedback after rejecting them? There are several good reasons to answer inquiries from rejected interviewees.
Track Your Job Applicants Accurately Every time you post a new job, it becomes a small recruiting campaign. An Applicant Tracking System (ATS) can automatically trace most of these sources for you. Here’s what you should know in order make this most effective.
Ooops! The Candidate Gets Too Personal There you are, just about ready to wrap up the interview. What a great candidate, then...
When Interviewing Really Connect With Candidates As an interviewer, if you're doing things during interviews to turn the candidate off you may be disengaging the best applicants.
Inexpensive Perks Can Motivate Employees Motivating employees in your small business needn't cost a fortune. You already have built-in advantages such as fewer layers of management to navigate, and a sense of belonging that can be harder to find in bigger companies.
Social Media and Background Checks While you’re running the standard background employment check, you could also check out the candidate online. But the risks might outweigh the benefits – so use caution before you click.
The Expanding Role of Personality Assessments On average, cultural mismatch accounts for about half of first year attrition and, in many cases, rapid turnover costs more than not hiring at all, especially at senior levels.
How to Avoid Getting Stung By Dishonest Candidates Getting fooled can be costly. You might mistakenly hire someone who can’t perform their duties. Or that person’s dishonesty could spill over into their work habits, causing havoc internally and harming morale in your organization.