When it comes to interviewing, there is often the assumption that hiring managers know how to interview candidates in a meaningful way that provides clarity around applicants’ experience and overall fit with open roles. However, depending on their experience interviewing, managers can be just as nervous as candidates. After all, hiring managers are human too.… Read more »
Category: HR
A Top Candidate Rejects Your Offer, Now What?
Here’s how to move forward when a top candidate rejects your offer: Revisit your interviewing process, as a company. If a candidate rejects your offer, it can be because they had a bad experience. To figure out what went wrong…review the structure of the interview process with key stakeholders. That way, everyone is on the… Read more »
How Sharp Are Your Negotiating Skills?
Chris Voss, a featured keynote speaker, one of the preeminent practitioners of negotiation skills in the world, and a former top FBI hostage negotiator and author of the book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It, has developed a handbook of negotiation principles and techniques that are invaluable in the… Read more »
How to Increase New Hire Retention in a High-Turnover Work Environment
With unemployment at a record low, new hires have no problem leaving one job opportunity to try another if they are not happy. The question is, “What can be done to keep your new hires happy so they don’t want to look for other opportunities in the first place?” According to the Allied Workforce Mobility… Read more »
How a Great Employee Referral Program Can Help You Promote Your Employer Brand
It’s no secret: Employee referral programs can greatly help your organization find and hire top talent. After all, where best to find potential new employees than by tapping into current workers, who share your firm’s values and who are already helping you run a successful business? “Employee referral programs can be an effective way to… Read more »
How to Boost Efficiency During the Recruitment Process without Losing the Human Element
As a hiring authority, when you’re looking to hire top talent for your business, it can often become a numbers game. That means getting as many candidates through the door as possible, on phone screens and in front of hiring managers. However, while that may be successful in securing many potential interviews, it can also… Read more »
Need Top Talent for Your Organization? ACT NOW!
It’s summertime…the time of year when the weather around the nation is more enjoyable for most and decision makers and their employees tend to take their vacations. This means that the hiring process usually goes on the back burner, but at what cost? You need top talent for your organization NOW. Do you want your… Read more »
Employee Referrals: A Great Way to Promote Your Organization’s Brand!
It’s no secret: Employee referral programs can greatly help your organization find and hire top talent. After all, where best to find potential new employees than by tapping into current workers, who share your firm’s values and who are already helping you run a successful business? “Employee referral programs can be an effective way to… Read more »
Avoid Requesting this Information Too Early in the Recruitment Process
When you’re trying to hire the best talent for your company, it is key to provide a streamlined application process. To eliminate candidate frustration that may cause them to abandon the application process, stop asking job seekers for the following information up front: 1) Don’t ask for references too early. Wait until the final stages… Read more »
Career Pathing: Key to Attracting the Best Talent
When a candidate applies to a job at your organization, chances are they’re unhappy at their current company for a number of reasons, including a poor manager or a need for higher earning potential. However, a desire for upward mobility is the top motivation for a job search, according to 30% of candidates in the 2019 MRINetwork… Read more »