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Sales Assessment Testing

By Barry Shamis

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Sales Assessment Testing “How To Use Sales Tests To Hire Better Salespeople” Use of sales assessment testing instruments can be valuable for your hiring process when implemented properly. Any process that adds quality data to help you make better hiring decisions should be considered. Sales personality tests and other assessment tools can contribute greatly to […]

Filed Under: Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Articles, Hiring For Sales Tagged With: employee-selection, hiring advice, sales hiring

Resume Reading

By Barry Shamis

Resume reading can be the difference between hiring a great person and perhaps missing a true gem. Unfortunately this is a skill that most people have never developed. Here is an interesting statistic to prove that point. In researching this article, I used Google’s keyword tool to see how many times people were searching for […]

Filed Under: Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Articles, Interviewing Tagged With: candidate screening, employee recruiting, employee-selection, hiring advice

How To Effectively Screen Candidates

By Barry Shamis

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Managing Massive Responses To Your Open Positions The burden has reversed from not being able to find candidates to having too many to deal with. Many people have never faced this problem before and are looking for solutions. This 22 minute video gives you the model I have used successfully for many years to deal […]

Filed Under: Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Videos Tagged With: candidate screening, employee-selection, hiring advice

Phone Interview Tips

By Barry Shamis

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You will learn a number of phone interview tips and tools in this article to help you get the most out of your employee screening. As you move through the candidate screening process your goal is to gather as much useful data as possible. And, you need to reduce the number applicants to a manageable […]

Filed Under: Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Articles, Interviewing Tagged With: candidate screening, employee recruiting, hiring advice

Pre-Employment Background Check

By Barry Shamis

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Pre Employment Background Check An employment background check is no longer an option prior to hiring new employees.  Screening potential employees has become a necessity to avoid lawsuits and costly hiring mistakes. Background checking is the most popular method of pre-employment screening. Over 96% of HR professionals report that their companies do background checks of […]

Filed Under: Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Articles Tagged With: candidate screening, employee-selection, hiring advice

Employee Recruiting Strategy

By Barry Shamis

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A good employee recruiting strategy is the best way to avoid having recruiting turn into a time-draining, money-sucking activity.  We have all run an ad and been inundated with unqualified people who eat up time and resources.  It doesn’t have to be this way. The key to effective employee recruiting is having a recruitment strategy […]

Filed Under: Employee Recruiting, Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Articles Tagged With: candidate screening, hiring advice, recruiting

Pre-Employment Screening

By Barry Shamis

Business Woman Skills

Pre-employment screening serves two purposes. First, it allows you to reduce the number of applicants to a more manageable group. Second, it starts the process of adding the critical data necessary to make quality hiring decisions. Once you start your employee recruiting , you are presented with a flow of candidates. Most likely you generate more candidates […]

Filed Under: Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Articles Tagged With: candidate screening, employee-selection, hiring advice

Employment Testing

By Barry Shamis

employment testing

Use of employment testing can be valuable for your hiring process when implemented properly. Any process that adds quality data to help you make better hiring decisions should be considered. Employee tests and other assessment tools sometimes contribute greatly to your decision data. What is Employment Testing? Generally, testing is the practice of administering written, […]

Filed Under: Employee Screening, Hiring Advice Articles Tagged With: candidate screening, employee-selection, hiring advice

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