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Since the pandemic began, unemployment has fallen from a high of 14.7% to the lowest level, 5.2% (Sept. 3, 2021), leaving companies struggling to fill jobs. Desperation to hire quickly and natural human biases can cloud judgment and lead to a costly hiring mistake. “Bias” is a complex word – it can be negative, positive, […]
Read MoreYour career has survived the pandemic (so far) but you know a lot of managers must worry about their near-term and long-term job security. Maybe you’re a bit worried too? The pandemic caused most companies to cut costs – not temporarily but permanently. Are more jobs in jeopardy? Fortunately, there is something managers can do, […]
Read MoreSHRM recently published an article by a staffing company executive entitled “Rethinking Soft Skills in HR.” The title is interesting because the rap on HR historically has been that some in HR can be too soft… or just the opposite, too hard-nosed, demanding adherence to HR policies. It’s a conversation worth having. The author lists […]
Read MoreView the webinar on HR.com Recruiting and selecting the kind of talent that can assure success takes know-how, practice, and discipline – and an ATS alone won’t solve the problem. Whose fault is it that you have so many mis-hires? Your managers? Your interview skills? Not at all: your hiring method fails you. If […]
Read MoreYou know that vacant positions can cause a sense of urgency to fill jobs quickly. Work piles up. Deadlines are approaching. There isn’t enough time in a day or enough hands to help, so it’s tempting to fast-track the hiring process. But HR is caught in a bind. On one hand there is a temptation to […]
Read MoreEvery year various business editors offer their thoughts on the best business books of the year, or decade… or even “of all time.” What is often more meaningful is when a successful CEO ranks books, since their success can serve as an example of the books’ value. Rob Kelly, founder of Ongig and former CEO […]
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Having furloughed or laid off employees, is your company finally inching back into hiring people? When you crank up hiring, will hiring just “okay” performers be good enough or do you really want to hire high performers? Our research over the years shows two things: If you are a CEO, hiring manager, head of HR, […]
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In the first blog of this series, which focuses on how to get top results when working with outside recruiters, I recommended that you require all recruiters to inform the candidates they present to you that as a final step in hiring, the candidates will arrange reference calls with managers they reported to. In this […]
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80% of the roughly 1,000 CEOs we have spoken to on the subject say they do not get their money’s worth when working with outside recruiters. In this blog series, I’m sharing my tips on how to get much better service when you use executive search firms, contingency recruiters, and staffing companies. My first tip […]
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A lot of companies, understandably, do not trust contingency recruiters to screen candidates because they don’t ask candidates for mistakes, failures, or weaker points, and instead hype successes, accomplishments, and strengths. Companies wanting to do their own candidate screening might contact five or six contingency recruiters to just send them resumes. As a result, many […]
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