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 […]
Employee Recruiting Sources
There are many employee recruiting sources to help attract and hire the best employees. Everything from ads in the local newspaper to online postings to headhunters. The options are limitless. That’s both the good news and the bad news. The question that most people struggle with is, “What’s the best recruiting source of top candidates?” […]
Employee Recruiting Strategy
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 […]
Employee Recruiting
The employee recruiting process is one of the more critical aspects of running a successful business. As a business owner or manager you need good employees to address critical business needs. And yet most everyone treats hiring as a necessary evil only to be done when it is absolutely necessary. Adopting a different philosophy about […]
Employee Referral Program
An effective employee referral program should be an integral part of any employee recruiting process. There are many recruiting sources that can be used for your employee recruiting and it is not necessary to limit activities to any single source. Referrals from existing employees have been shown to be some of the best employees. Study […]
Pre-Employment Screening
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 […]
6 Questions To Ask Every Sales Candidate
Hiring new salespeople can be challenging in the best of times and darn right scary in the worst. There is a lot riding on getting the right person. The cost of making a mistake is astronomical in both time money and personal anguish. It doesn’t need to be mystery. Here are six questions that need […]
Selecting The Right Interview Training
Interview training may be the best investment you ever make in yourself and your company. No other single skill has a greater impact on your personal success than the ability to choose successful employees. The reason people are hired is to satisfy specific business needs. A positive return on the transaction is realized when the […]
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, […]
Hiring Decision
Making your hiring decision should be the easiest part of the entire staffing process. With all the data in hand, choosing the right person becomes obvious. Your choice is dependent on having good data. The more data, the easier the decision. Most hiring decisions are difficult because either you don’t have the right data or […]
