Your talent acquisition team has been tasked with finding someone to fill a tough, high-profile, technical hiring need in engineering or science or … Read more
Worker Drug Test Positives Rise for First Time Since 2003
After a decade of slowly declining workplace drug test results, Quest Diagnostics said the trend reversed last year with more workers testing positive, … Read more
Experience Is Overrated — Arguments for Hiring Talented Individuals Without Perfect Credentials
Orville Wright did not have a pilot’s license –slogan used at Facebook to warn hiring managers not to overly focus on credentials I, the lead author, … Read more
What Does Your CEO Know About Talent Assessment?
Q: What does your CEOs know about talent assessment? A: Nothing and everything. Let me explain. Read more
Refusing to Hire Overqualified Candidates – a Myth That Can Hurt Your Firm
Imagine being assigned a physician and then purposely rejecting them solely because they were “overqualified” for your medical situation. Well that’s … Read more
Don’t Listen to the Naysayers — You Do Need Creatives
If you’re not a “creative,” you’ve probably been annoyed by a creative’s lack of organization or follow-through at some point. You may even be reveling in … Read more
Why Social Job Matching Will Replace Talent Assessment Tests
Talent assessment continues to grow as a legitimate business tool. Times have never been better for those who provide and use talent assessment solutions. … Read more
Examining Zappos’s ‘No Job Postings’ Recruiting Approach — Innovation or Craziness?
The new recruiting “no job postings” website of Zappos is truly unique. First off, you have to give the Zappos team credit for eliminating anything in … Read more
How to Hire People Who Think: Use Games
If you want to recruit people who have knowledge, test their knowledge. If you want to recruit people who have experience, ask for job histories. And if … Read more
Steps for Increasing Your Speed of Hire in Order to Improve Your Quality of Hire, Part 2 of 2
This continuation of the two-part article covers specific actions that corporate recruiters can implement to speed up their hiring during each individual … Read more