Conducting Pre-Employment Phone Screens that Pay Off
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 […]
Employee On-boarding More Important Than You Think
New job jitters can often cause your up and coming to A-Players some sleepless nights. The employee onboarding process is something managers often don’t take time to prepare for, setting the new employee up for disaster instead of quickly getting them up to speed on the job. Managers should not be swayed by how experienced […]
How to Engage Your Employees When Resources are Tight
As a leader, you want to engage and reward your employees because it ultimately helps the firm’s bottom line and is the right thing to do for your people. But, when the company’s cash flow is down to a trickle, and giving raises is off the table, how do you do it? While paying your […]
Skeptical About Employee Personality Testing? Read This.
As a company leader, you feel confident in your ability to hire and manage talent. After all, you’ve been interviewing candidates and delegating tasks for years, building solid, effective teams. Sure, you’ve had to endure a few inevitable hiccups. Statistically, some employees just don’t work out and some initiatives are bound to fail. So, when […]
Employee Personality Testing: It’s Not as Difficult as You Think
If there were a way to find the types of employees who’ll become excellent leaders, would you do it? If you could quickly recognize the ideal team players who’ll bring the right attitude to your workforce, would you consider using employee personality testing? When you leverage testing results during the hiring process, you have the […]
An Introduction to Employee Personality Testing
Hiring any new employee is stressful, time-consuming, and, sometimes, exhausting. Regardless of the research level that goes into finding a particular person, there are always many unknowns about their successes and shortcomings before they report to work on their first day. Every hiring manager or even the HR department has made hiring mistakes. Reducing hiring […]
How Employee Cognitive Assessments Boost Hiring Success
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 […]
How Behavioral Assessments Reduce Employee Turnover
[lmt-post-modified-info] 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 […]
3 Reasons Why Employee Performance Issues Occur and What To Do About it
When the phrase ‘performance issue’ gets uttered, it’s usually in the context of official documentation that an employer keeps to protect itself. That’s all well and good. Managers need to show that they followed an appropriate process to address an employee’s inability to fulfill their role. This gives the employee a chance to improve and […]
Retention Strategies for Your Red Zone Employees
The Great Recession threw many workers for a big loop, but folks are feeling confident again, and turnover remains on the rise. For sure, not all turnover is bad turnover. Organizations the world over have employees that “the powers that be” wish would leave already. However, this article isn’t about those employees. This article is […]
