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There’s no doubt that onboarding new employees can be stressful. You hope the person will turn out to be a great success and thrive at the company. However, it’s difficult to tell who may not end up working out versus who will be there for a few decades. The hiring process oftentimes is about trial and error, but here are some valuable tips that, while may require some upfront legwork, will save time in the long-run, help you set up your new hire to be successful and ultimately scale the onboarding process.
Some of the most important questions during a job interview are not for the candidate, but yourself. Finding and hiring new additions can be challenging. However, by asking yourself the right questions, you can determine whether you’re making a good hire or should keep looking. To ensure you employ the best people, ask yourself these five simple questions after every job interview.
The journey in finding top talent for your business shouldn’t be difficult — we live in a world populated with uber talented people. The key that many companies miss though, is that employers shouldn’t be trying to find new talent, but rather attracting it. Business leaders should aim to build a company that will attract top talent by being the name or brand of success that people want to be a part of. Once you build a team of talented members that are also devoted to the company’s missions, values and purpose, it’s critical to maintain them.
During the month of April 2021 alone, a record four million workers quit their jobs — the biggest spike in 20 years, according to the Labor Department. This is due to something called “The Great Resignation,” a term first coined by Texas A&M University’s Anthony Klotz in 2019, who predicted a mass, voluntary exit from the workforce — he wasn’t wrong. The COVID-19 pandemic burned out millions of Americans and made many reassess their priorities and reflect on what really matters most, going back to work or their health?
In the last several years, finding and recruiting for jobs has become a much more difficult task for candidates and companies. With technological advancements, more competition and less skilled candidates, hiring can become a difficult task that in-house recruiters are no longer prepared to handle. Staffing agencies can help solve this problem and provide your company with the best candidates for the open positions. A staffing agency is a separate firm that takes over an organization's recruitment function and links job seekers and employers. Employers give staffing companies the descriptions of the jobs needed, and in return, the agency uses a large database to screen, shortlist candidates and send them for interviews. There are six primary benefits that detail how hiring a staffing agency can make the recruiting process easier, less stressful, and more successful for the company and the candidates.
Having a clear and thorough hiring process is crucial to helping you get the employees you want and need. When hiring staff for your business, it’s crucial to have an organized and well thought out process to follow as the journey can be long and tiring. However, if you set it up right, you’ll be sure to find and hire quality candidates who will help your business succeed. Before you begin even looking for candidates, be sure to have a few things figured out. Here's our checklist of the nine things you must start with.
Ideally, recruitment is as easy as posting a job, interviewing a candidate, and then hiring them. Unfortunately, the process is much more complicated than that. Determining if you’re successfully hiring requires more than just answering the question of “is this position filled or not?” Because recruiting and hiring takes a significant amount of time, many companies use outside staffing agencies or recruiters to help with the process. As you evaluate your staffing success, here are five recruiting metrics to use to determine if your staffing agency is successfully recruiting and hiring qualified candidates for your company’s needs.
Over the last decade, social media has dramatically changed just about everything we do. Specifically in business, social media has become an asset for finding and recruiting new talent. As businesses continue to grow their workforce and the job market becomes increasingly competitive, it’s crucial to have social recruiting strategies in place to make your company a top competitor. Today, 92% of companies are using social media for hiring and 25% of all job seekers use social media to research job opportunities. The question is no longer how important is social media, but instead how can you utilize it to your advantage in recruiting?
Comedian Craig Ferguson once said in an interview there are three things you must always ask yourself before saying anything: Is it necessary to say? Is it necessary for me to say? Is it necessary for me to say it, now? These three questions are an important tool to have in your toolbox to sharpen your emotional intelligence. Taking a few seconds to run through these questions will take practice before it is ingrained in your mind.
Over a year into the pandemic and the remote working world, a return to normalcy seems to be approaching. While there is hope underway, it’s important to take a moment to reflect on the past year, as all of our lives were upended, and we were expected to adjust accordingly. Now is the time to discuss the lessons we have learned over the past year and apply those to our lives and organizations as we return to the office. In the midst of all this chaos, many of us are struggling to find balance in our lives. Being out of the office and working remotely was a huge transition. As can be expected, the rate of anxiety and depression and feelings of isolation heightened dramatically during this past year. Many are experiencing burnout and zoom fatigue.
