Hire Like Your Shopping For A Made-To-Measure Suit
I took part in a panel on Corporate Culture and spoke about the importance of hiring based on fit over experience. The ideal candidate may turn out to be a disaster if they don’t fit into the company culture. “Cultural fit is incredibly important in terms of a candidate’s abilities to use his skills,” says Nancy Rothbard, an Associate Professor […]
Are You Making It Too Easy For Candidates To Toot Their Own Horn?
When you’re busy and have only a limited amount of time for each interview it’s easy to either rely too much on only a candidate’s answers, or only on your gut feeling. The best hires are made when you look at the whole picture: how an individual answers your questions, their behaviour, how you feel about them as well as […]
Stop Wasting Your Money On Bad Hires
In his article You Won`t Believe How Much Money We Wasted On Bad Hires Randy Frisch, COO of Uberflip says they lost $70K on six bad hires in 2013. “Dollars and time wasted on our 25 rock star team members: priceless“ he adds. “Here are a couple of my key takeaways from experiences in the last year: There’s no such […]
Never Underestimate The Underdog When Hiring
Wawrinka won the Australia Open Tennis Championship over world No. 1 Nadal. Nobody saw this coming. Not even Wawrinka. When walking on the court at Rod Laver Arena, he was confronted with the following questions: How do you find hope where none exists? Where, ultimately, does belief come from? Few suspected he would have the answers. Demand Versus Supply […]
Do Your 2014 Resolutions Reflect The Future Of Recruiting?
The traditional recruitment process of job boards and endless interviews is just not working for small businesses. The challenge is not that there is a shortage of talent, but that the current systems and processes in use are mostly ineffective in this era. Small businesses need to completely transform the way they search for and engage with talent. In keeping […]
The Story Of The Chicken And The Egg As It Applies To Hiring
Most start-up businesses do not have the budget to hire employees for full-time positions. They can’t hire someone until they can afford their salary. They can’t afford their salary until they expand the business. And they can’t expand the business until they can hire someone to help make it happen. They choose to wear many hats and do-it-all, until such […]
3 Steps To Prevent Your New Hire From Turning Into A Lead Balloon
Hiring is the most difficult task for an entrepreneur. Once you pass the hurdle of the actual hiring, you need to ensure you made the right choice. You need to maximize the new hires’ strengths. Here are 3 steps that will help you make the most of your new hire and still recognize him /her after 3 months in the […]
Be Trendy In 2014. Hire As A Marketer Not A Recruiter
2014 was declared the Year Of The New Hire More than ever before, to have the tools and resources to better manage the process of hiring employees is essential for small businesses to succeed and grow in 2014 and beyond. First, you need to set the stage for hiring success. Make Time To Develop Your Employer Brand One of […]
Look In Your Own Backyard First When Hiring
Have you ever wondered if you should choose between internal and external candidate for one of the vacancies in your organization? Alex was a rising star working for a pharmaceutical organization for 5 years before he applied for a senior position in his department. Lo and behold, the position was filled by an external candidates with similar background and experience. […]
Can’t Stand Who You Hired? It Could Be A Cultural Mismatch!
I had the pleasure of listening to Arlene Dickinson speak at the Women to Women Symposium organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Vaughan (Ontario, Canada). When asked about early mistakes she had made while running Venture Communications Inc., she spoke about hiring too quickly. ‘Don’t mess around when you hire people to work for you’ was her advice. Running […]
I Got A Speeding Ticket For Hiring
The question of when the right time is to start hiring is the toughest decision to make for a small business. Yet, the question needs to be answered in order to make sure that you are not rushing into making a decision and having to start all over again. There are a few things you can do to set the […]
Brand your resume. Get noticed. Get hired.
Today’s resume establishes a brand relevant to targeted employers. The branding expressed in your resume should capture your career identity, authenticity, passion and image. With objective statements currently unpopular with hiring decision-makers, job-seekers are turning to branding techniques, especially branding statements or value proposition, to choose those candidates they wish to interview. The distinctive appearance of your resume, should be […]
