Dear Candidate, I am writing to thank you for expressing interest in our current opening. However, I regret to inform you that we feel that your current … Read more

I consider the single biggest fault with corporate and external recruiting functions to be their almost universal failure to measure the quality (or … Read more

The importance of providing a good foundation for every action used to narrow down an applicant pool cannot be understated. This is a universal concern … Read more

In Part 1, we discussed the role of personality testing in hiring by taking the best from each of two theories of job performance and combining them into a … Read more

Personality and job performance are often very misunderstood. For one thing, there is a tendency to look at personality and make assumptions about job … Read more

Blue-Collar Employees A few years ago, the blue-collar employee could be seen carrying a lunch bucket to work where he or she would spend long hours doing … Read more

The Customer Contact Position No one gets “hammered” more than the customer contact person. Customer service can be either outbound or inbound, … Read more

The Sales Position Salespeople are the “life’s blood of the organization.” Hire a poor salesperson and you can lose market share, fail to … Read more

In Part 1 of this article series, we discussed simplified hiring systems and a few good hiring tools. In Part 2, we discussed hiring better technical … Read more

The top reasons why candidates reject offers? If you do an in-depth study of rejections, you will find some interesting facts. It might surprise you that … Read more