Is your current job not satisfying anymore and you need a change to feel alive again? There are many situations that can cause you to leave your job. If this is your case, then it is time to start looking for a job that can fulfill your expectations. You need to start a New Orleans …
Change is not something that excites people, especially when it is abrupt and significant. It is a disorienting act that negatively impacts the lives of staff in an organization. Nevertheless, change may sometimes be necessary for an organization if it has to maintain its relevance in an industry that is experiencing drastic change. That is …
As anybody who has ever read one of my blogs, looked at the Gateway website or done business with Gateway will know, the secret sauce is not in recruiting but in not recruiting. Employee retention is critical for a successful company. I was introduced to Ben Baker at Your Brand Marketing, and he and I …
It’s a match made in heaven and it seemed so appropriate to tell everybody today of all days. Wait, let’s back up a bit. I’m already married. But now I’m engaged too. For anybody who’s been unfortunate enough to read some of my more recent blogs, you’ll see that I’m big on retaining employees. How …
The job interview isn’t going anywhere. Rightly so, it remains the centrepiece of the recruiting exercise but you’ll notice that I didn’t say the “traditional” job interview. As a way of predicting job success it’s flawed in so many ways, particularly the unstructured job interview that will only predict job success 13% of the time. …
Here at Gateway we’ve been recruiting and selecting using behavioral surveys to help select candidates for almost 2 years but an article that I read about 12 months ago really turned me on to finding a product that would also measure cognitive ability. Enter stage left Predictive Index who offer a suite of selection tools …
Cognitive studies in the candidate selection process. Why? Read More »
Gateway recently signed on with another provider of pre-employment testing tools, Predictive Index. Look them up to get an idea of what they offer. As a result, I’ve had to re-educate myself because even though many of the tools do the same thing, the method of delivery and supporting research requires more training. Psychometric testing, …
Behavioral Analyses in the Candidate Selection Process – A primer. Read More »
My big bugaboo (I love that word) is employee retention and of course the big secret to retention is engagement but what appears to be lost on many people is how the recruiting experience can help set a platform for that. I was reading an article recently on how employee engagement starts with onboarding. Unfortunately, …
Why an engaged candidate is essential if you want an engaged employee. Read More »
IBM and Josh Bersin recently put out an interesting study on the skills gaps that are currently opening and how technology advancements are creating gaps in many companies’ workforces. 5800 executives across 50 countries were surveyed and their findings were telling. (https://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/report/closing-skills-gap#) They’re feeling pain identifying, recruiting and retaining behavioral skills. Out of 12 identified …
Bridging the skills gap in 2020 – but what skills should we focus on? Read More »
8 Ways to Retain Employees You’d think that as recruiters we wouldn’t want to encourage employee retention. We do though. Why? Well, put quite simply, there’s plenty of opportunity without wishing bad on our clients. The Dept of Labour estimates about 3 million Americans quit their jobs MONTHLY. Indeed reports 180 million unique visits a …
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