How Candidate Assessments Improve Hiring Outcomes
How often has your company hired a candidate based on skills only to find that they just didn't fit the position? I keep thinking about the results from our recent survey of 570 HR professionals....
28
Aug
26
Aug
7 Components of Successful Team Development
Effective teams can make or break an organization. When they work out, amazing things happen and their contributions can help organizations make tremendous leaps. The flip side of this is the...
22
Aug
Mid-sized Companies Losing More Candidates to Counter Offers
Mid-sized companies - those with 200-999 employees - are finding it harder to find qualified candidates and are losing more of them to their current employers than their small and large counterparts,...
19
Aug
Cultural fit is crucial ... and we'll tell you WHY
Why is cultural fit so hard to achieve? And does it even really matter? Those are questions I get asked a lot. In fact, in our recent Global Talent Recruitment Survey, 51% of HR professionals said it...
14
Aug
HR’s Bogeyman: Behavioral Assessments
We all have fears. Some rational; some irrational. Take the fear of bugs. For the most part, they’re small and harmless. But if one of those creepy crawlers drops from the ceiling onto my shoulder …...
12
Aug
5 Simple Strategies for More Effective Onboarding
Competition is stiff, so you do everything possible to attract top talent. Once you snag qualified candidates, your next challenge begins: retaining new employees. If your onboarding process is...
07
Aug
Why using your “gut” for hiring decisions can make you sick
You’ve probably come across a person who is convinced that they can make a great hiring decision based on “gut feel.” They can tell, just from a casual conversation or a quick interview, whether or...
05
Aug
Top HR Investments in Recruitment for 2014
In our recent McQuaig Global Talent Recruitment Survey, we asked HR professionals from around the globe what recruiting-related systems or processes they planned to invest in to help them attract and...
31
Jul
4 Tips to Help Hiring Managers Develop Interview Skills
Apparently HR doesn’t have a lot of faith in their hiring managers’ interview skills. That may not be news to you, but when we asked nearly 600 HR professionals if their hiring managers were good...
28
Jul
The Top 5 Reasons Candidates Reject Your Job Offer
Nobody likes rejection. No matter what you tell yourself, part of you still takes it personally; even when that rejection comes in the form of a candidate rejecting a job offer. But rejection also...
22
Jul
The Top Global Talent Recruitment Challenges
The results are in from the 2014 McQuaig Global Talent Recruitment Survey and you might be surprised by what we found. We surveyed nearly 600 HR professionals to find out what their biggest...
15
Jul
Use a Strong Onboarding Program to Increase Employee Retention
You've made a great hire and added strong talent for a new position in the organization. How can you ensure your new hire will stay? A solid onboarding program does more than introduce a new employee...