Hiring & Onboarding

90-Day Employee Performance Evaluations: 9 Tips for Making Them (Relatively) Pain-Free  Imagine that you’ve just landed a new job. You're thrilled, excited, and ready to dive in headfirst. But as you walk through the door on your first day, you're greeted with confusion, chaos, and a whole lot of unanswered questions. Suddenly, what you considered […]

There’s no way to hire right without putting in the time, effort, and money. The task often requires coordination (anyone who’s ever arranged a panel interview knows this only too well!), organization, and perseverance. Although many job seekers secure positions through the hidden job market, highly qualified candidates don’t just fall out of the sky. […]

As a hiring manager, you’ve probably seen it all… the no-shows, the ones who walk in late as if they are on time (no explanation, no apology), the ones who can’t answer a single question thoroughly, to the ones who spend a very, very long time answering your first question. I once started an interview […]

You have a list of candidates that made it past your resume screening process. Eager to make that next great hire, you’re excited about the possibilities in front of you. Now what? Do you immediately schedule them for an in-person interview? Or do you conduct a phone interview first? If phone screens are not in […]

What would happen if you introduced an employee cognitive assessment to your workforce? It might raise a few eyebrows. However, if you do it correctly, your workers might embrace it for pre-employment testing. What an Employee Cognitive Assessment Measures The candidates look great on paper. You’re trying to test their soft skills by hosting an […]

Bye-Bye, Turnover! How Behavioral Assessments Can Slash Employee Turnover  Employee turnover can be an insidious plague that siphons away resources and disrupts the very core of a business's foundation. Too dramatic? Maybe, but employee turnover is certainly a problem for many businesses, and retaining top talent can be a daunting challenge.   There are many factors […]