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Self-Motivation or Raw Talent: Which is Better?
Self-motivation in the workplace is one of the employee traits sought by most managers. Just take a quick review of help wanted ads and job descriptions and large majority include some mention of it. It's also one of the most challenging qualities to define and prove....
Company Culture | Why Do So Many Recently Hired Top Performers Fizzle?
How important is company culture when it comes to hiring success? Part of the answer comes from a study published in the Harvard Business Journal. The authors investigated why so many top performers that move from company to company often perform more like comets than...
Why High Potential Employees Fail to Make the Effort
If you believe that past performance is a good predictor of future success, think again. Recent research has all but debunked the popular hiring model suggesting that success in the past can be replicated in the future based on innate talent (personality tests,...
Share Your Story! Has a Bad Company Culture Turned You Away?
Many employers are struggling to find qualified workers. An oppressive company culture may be turning away skilled workers and qualified applicants. I'm seeking your help. If you've been the victim of a bad company culture or negative co-workers and bosses, please...
Culture fit? There’s an App for that!
Culture fit is very often the determining factor on whether an employee stays at a job long-term. With one out of two workers quitting before 18 months, managers could use some help. Despite years of urging hiring managers and HR professionals to focus employee...
Innovation – The Secret Sauce of Creativity and Risk Taking
Some people think innovation is for geniuses. It's not. It does however require a basic understanding of creativity and risk taking... and a desire to shape the future rather than be shaped by it. Events don't write our future. It’s our response to those events...
Recruiting Job Candidates is Not a Game of Whack-a-Mole
If you’ve ever been assigned the task of recruiting job candidates to fill an opening, this is likely not news to you – whenever you think you found the pot of gold full of qualified applicants, you didn’t. Sourcing applicants and recruiting candidates these days...
Pre Employment Tests – Employers Love’m, Candidates Hate’m
For many job seekers, pre employment tests seem to be just one more hurdle to jump on the road to getting hired. It seems that many candidates feel the "test" is the only thing stopping them from collecting a paycheck. That's an inaccurate perception - or at least one...
How to Hire Employees Who Don’t Need A Kick in the Butt
Frustrated with hiring employees who only seem to be motivated when you kick them in the butt? You are not alone! Last night, I overheard a waiter sharing with guests at the next table that he really wanted to be an architect but he wasn't very good with math. "My...
8 Essential Tips for Recruiting More Qualified Job Candidates
From the number of calls I receive and reports I read, attracting skilled workers is not getting easier. Here’s 8 essential ways to find qualified employees. Stop recruiting like it's still 1970. It's 2014 -act like it. You are doing business in a new time and...
