One did it with a new acquisition. MindX, a game-based assessments company based in London, has been acquired by HireVue, best known as one of the … Read more
Candidate Experience vs. Candidate Quality? Have Your Cake and Eat it Too
When it comes to hiring in 2018, candidate experience is driving the bus. Failure to provide a good candidate experience can spell disaster for your hiring … Read more
Whiteboard Tests Can Improve Your Hiring Results in Many Jobs
Improve Candidate Assessment by Adding Problem-Focused Whiteboard Tests Let’s look at the data. The current state of hiring and candidate assessment is … Read more
Not Hiring Exceptional Candidates Is Extremely Damaging but It’s Preventable
Note: This article is part of a continuing series covering high-impact business practices that recruiting should be doing, but it doesn’t! Losing … Read more
When Hiring for Attitude — Catch ‘Attitude Fraud’ Because Candidates Fake It
“Attitude fraud” — when candidates with an undesirable attitude purposely deceive and act as if they have a great one to get hired. Even though it is … Read more
How Sales ‘Hunters’ Stalk Their Prey
You buckle into your business-class window seat, primed for a five-hour mental vacation. And then this guy settles in next to you. His wife practices … Read more
When to Consider a Sales Talent Assessment Test … And When You’re Wiser to Avoid It
Properly applied, a quality sales assessment test can be a powerful workforce decision support tool. Used haphazardly, it may result in more harm than … Read more
So Their Résumés Rock — Are They Also Good Fits?
When Barnes & Noble announced it was parting ways with CEO Rob Boire, he’d been on the job for less than a year. The company spent millions of dollars … Read more
The Top 5 Dumb Things That Hiring Managers Do That Hurt Their Recruiting Results
The talent management practice with the highest business impact, by far, is recruiting. But, a significant part of that impact will be reduced if your … Read more
3 Soft Skills You Need to Be Able to Spot In Candidates
After weeks of interviewing job candidates, you’ve narrowed your search down to your top two candidates. They both have stellar resumes, the right amount … Read more
Hire 360° People — Because They Add Situational Awareness and a Strategic Perspective
If you are a manager who operates in a complex environment where problems seem to come at you from all sides, you can dramatically improve your business … Read more
Our ‘Get Home’ Recruitment Game
We talked about how 2016 needed to be a big year for SAP’s employment brand. The key for us was, as a b2b, standing out from the crowd. We revealed how our … Read more
We’re Exploring Whether Technology Can Provide a Better Candidate Experience
We revealed how we launched our new EVP in 2016. The message: Bring Everything You Are. Become Everything You Want. To help us know “everything you are” … Read more
Unilever Wants to Shorten Hiring From 4 Months to 2 Weeks
As Unilever looks to buy both Seventh Generation and Honest and move into newer, hipper, healthier consumer options, it’s also making changes to its … Read more
Are Your Candidates Gritty?
The Rio Olympics are history. Every four years, I find myself once again marveling at the Olympic athletes and their dedication to excellence. What drives … Read more
A Contrarian Perspective on Hiring for ‘Fit’
Many industries today are accelerating their focus on innovation to capture opportunities in ever-changing markets. CHROs and recruitment leaders are being … Read more
4 Steps to Start Recognizing Someone’s Emotional Intelligence
Ever wonder why the smartest person on your team is not necessarily the best team player? Have you been trying to put your finger on what makes your … Read more
What Makes a Top Sales Performer? 4 Insights From Analyzing 1,000 Top Sales Performers
It’s well-known that top performers disproportionately contribute to company revenue – up to four times more compared to the average. When it comes … Read more
Beards and Bare Legs
The days of conservative navy interview suits with a clean shave or slicked back ponytail and pearls are slowly becoming obsolete outside of Wall Street. … Read more
A Little-known Fortune 100 Company Is Trying to Become a ‘Talent Factory’
A not-well-known company that’s nonetheless one of the U.S.’s largest, operating in 160 countries with about $47 billion in revenue, is trying … Read more