Why You Want to Hire People Who Are Curious
Curiosity may have killed the cat, but it has built many a great company. Those who dare ask “why” have the potential to influence everything from day-to-day operations to product development and more.
Author: Paula Santonocito
'Made in My Image' Is Wrong Way to Assemble a Winning Team
If you’re going to hire someone, why not hire someone made in your image? Let’s face it—you’ve been successful. You’ve climbed the management ranks. You must be doing something right. So, who better to add to your team than someone just like you? Someone who acts like you. Someone who thinks like you. Someone who […]
Made in My Image’ Is Wrong Way to Assemble a Winning Team
If you’re going to hire someone, why not hire someone made in your image? Let’s face it—you’ve been successful. You’ve climbed the management ranks. You must be doing something right. So, who better to add to your team than someone just like you? Someone who acts like you. Someone who thinks like you. Someone who […]
Taking Risks When Recruiting with Social Media
In yesterday’s Advisor, we outlined some of the risks recruiters and employers face when using social media for background screening. Today, let’s take a look at a few ways to reduce such risks and be less prone to problems when conducting social media background screening:
Not Quite Qualified
You’ve found a job candidate who has some of the qualifications for the job. Should you take a chance and hire the person? Or should you keep looking?
Workforce Challenges Impact Growth at Middle Market Companies
Nearly four out of 10 middle market executives say a lack of talent constrains their company’s ability to grow, according to “Help Wanted,” a report by the National Center for the Middle Market (NCMM), in conjunction with the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program.
Career Conversations: Cornerstone of a Self-Managed Career
In yesterday’s Advisor, Ron Raque, vice president and principal consultant of Right Management, discussed the importance of career conversations and how they can even replace the annual review. Today, Raque elaborates on how these conversations are the cornerstone of a self-managed career along with three essentials for fostering a good environment for career conversations.
Career Conversations Create an Impactful Learning Experience
Training and development serve both the employee and the company, and having routine conversations with employees about the course of their careers is essential to a healthy organization. Here with an article on delivering effective career conversations is Ron Raque, vice president and principal consultant of Right Management.
Risks for Employers or Recruiters Using Social Media for Background Screening
When screening potential new employees, recruiters (and employers) are looking to not only ensure a good fit with the organization but also to weed out potentially problematic applicants. This is why conducting a background screening is such a common practice during the recruiting and hiring process.
Recruiting as Sales
It’s a decades-old argument: Recruiting is sales, no it’s not.