May 2026 | Newsletter Issue 73
The Omnia Insights
Your Hiring Process Might Be Working Against You
Is your hiring process actually helping you find the right person?
Most hiring decisions rely on a resume and an interview. The resume tells you what someone has done. The interview reveals how well someone interviews. Neither tells you how a person is wired to work. That gap is where costly mis-hires happen.
Replacing an employee typically costs 10 to 30% of their annual salary. And that number doesn’t account for the time lost, the team disruption, or the toll on productivity while you start the search over.
Hiring often fails when the process is built on incomplete information.
This month, we explore where the gaps show up: AI tools that speed up decisions without improving them, a candidate experience that signals your culture before anyone says yes, and the behavioral traits that determine whether someone will actually thrive in the role.
When hiring works, you see it in how people show up from day one. And stay.
Until next month.
See What a Bad Hire Is Actually Costing You
Employee turnover is expensive, and most businesses underestimate the real number. Use Omnia’s free Turnover Calculator to estimate your projected savings when you add behavioral assessment and benchmarking to your hiring process.
Insights From Our Team
AI and Hiring: Opportunities, Limits, and What’s Next
Understand where AI genuinely helps in talent selection and where it needs behavioral insight to be useful. What used to be experimental is now operational, and the distinction matters.
The Candidate Experience: From First Click to Offer
See your hiring process from the candidate’s perspective and identify what it’s already communicating about your culture. Every touchpoint shapes how top candidates decide whether to say yes.
Does This Candidate Have What It Takes? Why the Answer Has Nothing to Do With Their Resume
Move beyond credentials, and hire for how people are actually wired to work. Use the enclosed practical checklist to hire for potential instead of pedigree.
The Interview Is the Least Reliable Part of Your Hiring Process: 4 Ways to Hire With More Confidence
Make a few deliberate changes to your hiring process to significantly close the gap between candidates who interview well and those who perform well on the job.
Client Spotlight
PrimeGroup Insurance
A Partnership Built on More Than Business
Some client relationships are transactional. And then there are the ones that just feel different.
PrimeGroup Insurance has been an Omnia client since 2019, and over those seven-plus years, they’ve become something more than a client. They’re a genuine partner and a cornerstone of our Tampa Bay community. Built on a foundation of trust, collaboration, integrity, and passion (yes, those are their core values, and they live them), PrimeGroup has been there for Omnia in ways that go well beyond a service agreement.
They’ve shown up at our marketing events. They’ve cheered on our milestones. They’ve shared our thought leadership and content within their own network. That kind of support is rare, and we don’t take it for granted.
And here’s a fun twist: Omnia is also a PrimeGroup client. So when we say this partnership is mutual, we mean it literally.
We’re proud to recognize three people who have made this relationship what it is: Ed Ellsasser, CEO; Andrew Aubery, Agency Vice President; and Kimberly Birks, our dedicated insurance consultant. Ed, Andrew, and Kimberly have brought the kind of attentiveness and care to our account that makes you feel like you’re their only client. That’s not easy to do, and it’s exactly what makes PrimeGroup special.
We also want to congratulate the entire PrimeGroup team on their exciting next chapter, joining forces with Hilb Group, one of the top 25 insurance brokers in the nation. This move expands their capabilities across more than 30 specialty industries while keeping the local, relationship-first service their clients know and trust. It’s a big deal, and it’s well-deserved.
Here’s to many more years of partnership and to a team that truly walks their talk.
Learn more about PrimeGroup Insurance at primegroupins.com.
Upcoming Webinars
Quarterly Training Webinar
First Friday Fundamentals
Discover how to use behavioral data to make better talent decisions.
Learn how the Omnia Assessment improves hiring reliability, strengthens employee development, and supports retention, with practical ways to apply these insights immediately.
🗓️ June 5th, 2026, 12:30-1:30 pm EDT
Take Away Tuesday: Podcast Edition
AI, Leadership, & The Workplace
Join Keather Snyder, President and COO of The Omnia Group, and Tonya DeVane, VP of Customer Success, as they sit down to talk about what they’re seeing inside organizations right now. The hiring mistakes companies keep repeating. The managers struggling quietly. The employees disengaging long before anyone notices.
No presentation. No canned talking points. Just an honest conversation about leadership, hiring, culture, and what AI is exposing inside organizations.
If you’ve had the feeling that something about work has shifted recently and you can’t quite put your finger on it yet, this conversation will resonate.
July 14th, 2026, 1:00-2:00 pm EDT
Events Line Up!
June 4th – Presenting at 2026 Ohio Bankers League Next Gen Conference in Columbus, OH
June 24th – Presenting at Assurex Global Operations Conference in Nashville, TN
Thanks for reading this far. Please stay connected with us on social media and at the events. See you next month!
