I Hired the Wrong Person. Now What Do I Do?
Believing you’ve hired the wrong person is one of the most uncomfortable realizations a leader can face. It brings frustration, self-doubt, guilt, and often a heavy sense of responsibility.
Hiring with Gratitude: Why Thankfulness Belongs in Your Talent Strategy
As the Thanksgiving season reminds us to pause and appreciate the people who support our work and lives, it’s a fitting moment to reflect on how gratitude shows up in places we may not typically look, like hiring.
Hiring Strategies for 2026: The Human Side of Tech-Driven Hiring
2026 is shaping up to be a paradox for hiring. There are fewer job postings overall and intense competition for specialized talent.
Effective Hiring in a Job Hugging Workforce
Job hugging is the phrase coined to describe how many professionals are choosing to stay put in their jobs, not because they’re thriving but because they’re afraid.
Hiring for Resilience: Creating Teams That Remain Strong Through Any Challenge
Resilience is a concept we all value but can sometimes struggle to define. That’s because what constitutes resilience is changeable and encompasses a variety of traits and qualities.
The Mystery of the Missing Employee: 5 Tips for Ghost-proofing Your Onboarding Process
There are many reasons why a person might ghost an employer. How can employers create onboarding processes that minimize the chance of employee ghosting? It starts before even making the job offer.
Don’t Just Hire for Today: 6 Qualities to Prioritize When Hiring for Long-term Success
When you’re looking to fill a new position, it’s easy to consider what you need right now rather than considering the future. This is especially true if you’re urgently trying to fill a need.
AI in Talent Management: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping talent management fast. It streamlines hiring, improves decision-making, and helps cut bias.
The Power of Tailored Talent Insights: How Omnia’s Custom Profile Helps Meet Unique Business Needs
The Custom Profile has a very special place in my heart – and in the hearts of all Omnia analysts, both past and present – because it’s what we all cut our teeth on when first starting at Omnia.
Hire, Retain and Develop Your People Using the Omnia Target Profile
The Target Selection Profile is an in-depth, automated report that compares a candidate against a specified range of behavioral preferences.
Is Your Company Future Proofed?
Using Behavioral and Cognitive Assessments to Prepare for the Unexpected. Sometimes it feels like running a business means constantly scrambling to keep up with new innovations, shifts in thought and sentiment, or the totally unexpected. Just when it seems like everything’s operating smoothly, along comes… say… a slow economy, a new social media platform, groundbreaking […]
From Day One to Long-Term Success: 5 Onboarding Tips that Boost New Employee Productivity and Retention
The Importance of Onboarding. Are your new hires feeling more like deer in the headlights than welcomed team members? You’re not alone. Onboarding new hires is tough! It requires advanced planning and buy-in from multiple players on your staff. But when they get it right, it pays off. In a report commissioned by Glassdoor, the […]
Beyond Traits – 3 Special Insights Omnia Offers to Give You a Hiring Edge
At Omnia, we know the value of behavioral assessments in giving you a hiring and management edge. Of course we do! It’s our business. With nearly 40 years in the field, a team with decades of experience (which is itself proof of the power of assessments!), and an assessment that has been independently validated three […]
Cognitive Assessments: A Smart Addition to Your Hiring Process
In today’s job market, hiring the right talent is more crucial than ever. Traditional hiring methods—resumes, interviews, and reference checks—while valuable, often fall short in predicting a candidate’s future performance. To bridge this gap, cognitive assessments have emerged as a powerful tool in the hiring process. These assessments provide objective, data-driven insights into a candidate’s […]
Navigating the Hiring Maze: How to Avoid Costly Mistakes
Hiring right the first time has become a pivotal factor in the success of organizations. The art of hiring smart is more than just a motto; it’s a strategic approach to identifying and securing top talent that aligns with company culture and objectives. Let’s delve into the key barriers that can hinder the hiring process […]
Beyond Resumes: The Omnia Advantage in Hiring and Onboarding
Hiring a new employee can feel a lot like a guessing game. Sure, you study resumes, conduct interviews, and check references, but it often still feels like you’re taking your chances and hoping for the best. After all, job applicants can (and do) fudge resumes, candidates do their best to say all the right things […]
Path to Success: Hiring and Developing Your Customer Service Team
We all recognize the pivotal role that customer service plays in business success. When mishandled, it sends ripples throughout the company, impacting not only profits but also employee recruitment and retention. Having the wrong people in key positions inevitably leads to a short-lived tenure for employees. Now, consider the following two statements for your customer […]
The Hiring Quest: Unearthing Exceptional Talent from the Haunting Shadows
The quest to hire exceptional individuals can be akin to stepping into scenes from Friday the 13th or A Nightmare on Elm Street. It can be a thrilling yet chilling endeavor, where the stakes are high. And no one wants to introduce any “Jasons” or “Freddys” that could potentially trigger a mass exodus of existing […]
How Job Ghosting Haunts Both Employers and Candidates (and How To Stop the Terror)
“Ghosting” is somewhat of a misnomer to me. After all, in movies and TV shows, ghosts tend to move into places where they aren’t wanted and stick around longer than any of the characters anticipate. But in the non-ethereal world, the act of ghosting is just the opposite. It leaves the ghosted party thinking, “What […]
Company Culture and Recruiting: Start Looking for a Cultural Add Instead of Just a Cultural Fit
With so many variables to consider when hiring, it can be hard to know how much weight to put on one over another. You know you want a candidate with pertinent experience, good references, the right educational qualifications (if applicable), and job-relevant behavioral traits. But how much consideration should you give to a candidate’s fit […]
7 Easy Tricks for Making a Winning Credit Union Hire
You’re ready to stand out in the community and create strong member relationships, but what’s the best way to get there? First, you have to be ready to provide members with what they want, like incentives, digital engagement, and financial education. Along with meeting member needs in a modern way, you need to stay focused […]
Hiring for Your Agency? Here are 6 Easy Tips for a Successful Insurance Hire
You’re ready to conquer the market, but there’s a lot facing the industry right now. You have to be ready to overcome some big challenges, like the sophistication of insurance technology, cyber risk, consumer trust, the economy, advertising costs, climate change, and unskilled workers. And that’s on top of the everyday business needs, such as […]
Unleashing Potential: 5 Steps for Onboarding New Employees to Ensure Long-Term Success
Picture this: you’ve just gone through a long recruiting process and found the perfect individual who is talented and possesses all the skills and potential to contribute significantly to your organization. Now the question arises, how do you ensure that this fresh talent is seamlessly integrated into your team, fits into your culture right away, […]
Upskilling, Reskilling, Side Entrances and More! 5 Tips for Making a Successful Career Change
When I took my first full time job out of college, I had one mission: to help people. I’d just finished my degree in psychology, and I intended to continue my education to become a counselor. People had always told me what a good listener I was and how easy it was to talk to […]
From Caps and Gowns to Conference Rooms: Why Hiring New Grads is a Smart Bet for Your Business
June marks a significant moment for high school and college students across the country as they celebrate their academic achievements and receive their diplomas amidst cheers and applause from family and friends. While this is a time of excitement and pride, we all know it is only the first step in a long and winding […]
5 Ways to Hire Successfully for Your Car Dealership
In order to conquer your market, a lot has to happen — things like setting sales goals, advertising, understanding your customers, keeping them loyal, and knowing your makes and models inside and out, just to name a few. But it all starts with people. Your dealership team puts theory into action. That’s why your success […]
Unlock Your Hidden Advantage: Discover How Your Personality Traits Can Boost Job Search Success
Imagine this: You’re 6 months into a new job. You went through 3 interviews, 2 days of onboarding, and bought 4 new work outfits. But despite your initial excitement, now you’re borderline miserable. This position requires you to sit behind a desk all day, and although you knew that going into the role, to your […]
Boost Your Business Success with Soft Skills: A Guide to Hiring, Developing, and Retaining Top Talent
Have you ever worked with someone who just seemed to have that “it” factor? That natural ability to navigate complex situations with ease, work effectively in a team, and communicate with empathy and clarity? Chances are, what you were witnessing was the power of soft skills. Hard skills may be why you hired them, but […]
Enhance Workplace Effectiveness through Behavioral Assessments
Smarter hiring decisions start with deeper insight. Behavioral assessments help organizations align talent to business needs, strengthen leadership pipelines, boost employee engagement, and build more effective, cohesive teams. This article explores how behavioral assessments can elevate workplace effectiveness and long-term success. To succeed in the modern workplace, employee behavioral assessments can play a crucial role […]
New Year, New Solutions to Hiring and Onboarding: 5 Trends to Watch in 2023
It’s a new year, but many companies are facing familiar challenges when it comes to finding top talent. Some organizations are meeting these challenges head on with innovative hiring and onboarding practices. Not surprisingly, the ball dropping on 2023 has not magically made all the “Help Wanted” signs disappear. Customers continue to experience long wait […]
5 Hot Talent Selection Trends for 2023
Season’s Greetings! Omnia’s second annual Talent Trends Survey closes on December 31st. We look forward to unraveling what’s happened in employee selection and development over the last 12 months. Moving on from 2022, I’m reflecting on the first stage of the employee lifecycle: the selection process. I’m eager to explore what’s new in recruitment and […]
5 Customer Service Hiring Horror Stories (and How You Can Avoid Being the Next Victim!)
If you’ve had your hand in hiring for more than a minute, chances are, you’ve chosen the wrong candidate on at least one occasion. So, when I polled a group of managers about having recruiting regrets, I wasn’t surprised that everyone admitted to experiencing hirer’s remorse. Finding the right fit for your team can be […]
Hiring Doesn’t Have to be Scary! 5 Tips from Hiring Professionals
It’s Spooky Season at the Omnia Group, and we’re here to inform you that hiring does not have to be scary! Over the last few weeks, we’ve collected some hiring horror stories and tips to avoid their mistakes. We’ve kept all of these stories anonymous to protect the innocent, but make sure you learn from […]
How Recruiting Is Like March Madness (No Matter What Month It Is!)
It may not seem like a college basketball tournament and your hiring process have a whole lot in common. But, think about it. Both scenarios start with a large pool of potential winners who go through a series of competitive rounds to narrow the field. In the end, one team (candidate) comes out on top […]
5 Ways To (Ethically) Clone Your Go-To Employees
You probably have at least one employee like this: your go-to, “set it and forget it” person, the one you’d trust with just about anything. If they were a house, they’d be called “turnkey.” If they were an electronic device, they’d be “plug and play.” When talking about these people, our Omnia clients say, “I […]
2 Ways Benchmarking Takes Your Job Ad from 2D to High Def
Do you remember the days of classified job ads in the newspaper? (Do you even remember newspapers?) Those tiny blocks that gave you nearly zero information about a job aside from its title and the phone number of whom to contact? Or maybe you remember the early days of online job postings. Though they made […]
Benchmarking: All you need to know
Remember when you were a kid, and your little sister (or brother) decided it would be fun to spend the day doing everything you did with relentless commitment. All. Day. Long. “Mom! Deanna is copying me!” By the end of the day, you were beside yourself with rage, and there was lots of yelling and […]
Successful Remote Onboarding Starts Before the Hiring Process
It is your new employee’s first day. Anxiety is building; questions are swirling. Onsite new hires worry about getting lost, talking to new people at the water cooler, and finding good places to have lunch. Remote work provides a whole new set of concerns, both big and small. Will my internet go out right in […]
Interview Horror Stories: What Should NEVER Happen During the Hiring Process
It’s time to replace a member of your staff or expand your team. So, you dust off the job description, sift through countless resumes, and choose a handful of candidates to interview. But before you meet with anyone, read through the interview horror stories below. That way, you can avoid scaring off the talent that […]
Attack of the Sales Phonies
You’re sipping coffee and going over the sales report, thinking about the new people you’ve hired. This is the most promising crew so far — Jake, who has worked with some of your competitors; Ashley, so knowledgeable and prepared for the interview; Luis, the most personable guy you’ve ever met. Yes, this is a great […]
How to Get Past the Interview Costume to the Real Person
Is it a trick or a treat? With interviewing, you never know. But you can increase the reliability of a great hire by using some behavioral interviewing tactics throughout the selection process. Trick or Treat? Use Behavioral Interviewing to Avoid the Trick of a Bad Hire Behavioral assessments and well-thought-out interview questions partner with the […]
Hiring doesn’t have to be scary
Let’s set the scene. There you are, waiting. As a figure approaches, you notice a too-wide smile that doesn’t reach their eyes. They’re impeccably dressed, but it doesn’t feel genuine. There’s a secret here. What could it be? They continue toward you, hand extended. Smile pasted on. You’re filled with hesitation and a tingle of […]
Three Tools and Tactics You Need to Earn Your Selection Merit Badge
It’s summertime, finally! Long days, warm nights, the beach beckons. Mostly I’m eager for a break from the daily grind of packing lunches, checking homework and hounding my son every night to get ready for bed. It’s the little things. In major news, my son is heading off to Boy Scout camp next week. It’s […]
Five Steps for Effective Behavioral Interviewing
Interviewing is generally just one job of dozens you need to tackle as a manager. It’s something you have to do only when a position has been vacated or a new position is created, only once you’ve been through a stack of resumes, and only after you and your top few picks have played phone […]
Spring Cleaning and The Omnia Position Description Form
Like many people, I have a love/hate relationship with spring cleaning. On the one hand, it needs to happen. Truth be told, it needs to happen more than once a year; I tend to stuff things in various places and then forget where, to the chagrin of my ultra-organized husband. On the other hand, spring […]
A Ten-Step Employee Selection Process: Don’t Leave Hiring to Chance
Welcome to March! It seems like a great time to talk about luck. You know, because of St. Patrick’s Day. And who doesn’t love St. Patrick’s Day? Some cities dye entire rivers green just for fun. Not to mention the parades (well, maybe not this year), green beer, leprechauns, shamrocks, and pots of gold at […]
Five Steps to Building a Sales Talent Pipeline
Not everyone loves hiring. Does anyone love hiring? Does anyone like hiring? Some parts of it can be fun: the excitement of bringing in new people and new ideas, imagining the possibilities, the hilarious typos on the resumes. But it can be a slog. Especially right now, many job postings will lead to a flood […]
Top 5 Reasons to Rehire a Previous Employee
In the current times, you may have had to furlough or lay off employees. Now that you’re able to hire again, you’re considering a rehire. You find yourself weighing the pros and cons of bringing previous employees back to your team. Will this decision be a good move, or is it better to start again? […]
Improve Your Interview Process with Behavioral Assessments
The most successful organizations periodically audit and amend their business procedures for both compliance and effectiveness. By doing so, firms continuously improve their operations and retain a competitive edge. However, these audits often overlook one critical area: the interview and hiring process. You might be thinking that your company’s interview and hiring process is perfectly […]
How to Have Effective Remote Interviews
As more and more organizations shift to using a remote workforce, the traditional in-person interview is also shifting into a virtual context. Remote interviews may not seem like they’re all that different from a physical interview. Still, they introduce many factors that can make them more difficult to manage if a company doesn’t put a […]
Best Practices for Conducting Employee Assessments Remotely
As more employers shift to a remote workforce, managers look for ways to manage their teams more effectively. Whether a company is hiring new employees or transitioning workers into a remote context, having easy-to-interpret, actionable data about behavioral tendencies and cognitive traits provides leaders with an invaluable resource for developing a remote management strategy. When […]
Should You Use Social Media Screening in Your Hiring Process?
With an estimated 2.65 billion people using social media worldwide in 2018, the odds are good that anyone applying for a position at your organization has at least one social media profile. In fact, they probably have more than one, since the average person today has over eight accounts, more than double the average number […]
How Pre-Employment Testing Expedites Your Hiring Process
Filling an open position is often a much more complicated process than organizations expect. Even if the hiring manager has a good description of the job, its responsibilities, and a picture of what an ideal candidate would look like, they must still sort through applicants and find the candidates who seem best suited for the […]
The 7 Soft Skills You Need to Be Successful
You may be a computer whiz, a scientific genius, or a master of mathematical theories. However, to be successful, you need more than just expertise in your given specialty. In fact, according to the National Association of Colleges and Employees (NACE), when participating employers were asked to name the attributes they seek in candidates, they […]
10 Great Interview Questions to Identify Candidates’ Soft Skills
An employee’s soft skills can make or break their job performance, especially in leadership positions. Technical or “hard” skills are certainly important, but having good soft skills—those personal characteristics like agreeableness, empathy, the ability to influence and listen, likeability, and the ability to resolve conflict—will determine whether an employee can enlist the necessary cooperation and […]
Six Ways Cognitive Assessments Add Value to the Hiring Process
If you have First off, what are cognitive assessments? Simply put, a cognitive assessment test measures an individual’s ability to think critically. By focusing on crucial mental processes, these tests can evaluate the subject’s ability to reason, solve problems, comprehend ideas, and learn quickly. They are distinct from behavioral assessment tests, which are also an […]
What is Personality or Pre-Employment Testing?
Hiring a new employee is one of the biggest challenges organizations face regularly. According to research by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), it takes an average of 42 days to fill an open position at the sizable cost of $4,129 per hire. With the average turnover rate around 19 percent, developing strategies that […]
How to Deliver a Painless 90-Day Employee Performance Evaluation
[lmt-post-modified-info] 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 […]
Your New Employee Lied on His Resume: Now What?
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. […]
How Employment Assessments Fit Into the Hiring Process
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 […]
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 […]
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
Employee turnover drains time, money, and morale — but behavioral assessments can help. By uncovering personality traits, work styles, and cultural alignment, behavioral assessments empower companies to make better hiring decisions, reduce employee turnover, and build stronger, more engaged teams that thrive long-term. Bye-Bye, Turnover! How Behavioral Assessments Reduce Employee Turnover Employee turnover can be […]
There, Their, They’re: Now Omnia Can Help Soothe Your Grammar Woes
Remember the old days when people could only interact with businesses over the phone or in-person, and most mailings were stuffy form letters? After booting up Word Perfect for DOS, you would painstakingly type your message and then drive the floppy disk over to your neighborhood print shop. That was a lot of work! Thank […]
