https://www.linkedin.com/posts/christinafox1_a-couple-of-weeks-ago-we-had-a-fascinating-activity-7173290384826023936-D9F-/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop As anybody who knows me well will tell you, this is a red letter day. I read a book. I’m even going to provide a book review. Adam Kahane’s “Collaborating with the Enemy” tackles a challenge we see frequently: how do we work effectively with people we….uhhh…don’t love? It’s a view on teamwork that […]
What we hope is in and what we hope is out for recruiting in 2025.
Shared from LinkedIn, here https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7280620483291541505/. Thanks to https://www.predictiveindex.com/ for the inspiration! It’s the New Year, we’re all allowed to dream a bit!! I might add the following OUT: ❌ Painfully long interview processes where a series of interviewers get to ask the candidate the same question over……and over………and over.❌ AI in employee selection (there’s a […]
What an incredibly frustrating job market…..for everybody
The current recruiting market is “different” shall we say, it’s incredibly frustrating for everybody. People on the market for way too long, accusations of lowball offers, rescinded offers, you name it. I’m just not certain that we can put all of this at the feet of corporate greed. While I am sure that there are […]
Packed Cubicles, Empty Corner Office: Remote Work Is Increasingly a Right of the Rich
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/opinion/remote-work-rto.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare Revisiting the topic. We all love simple solutions don’t we? Just look at the news. I’m neither a fan nor a detractor of working from home, I can see both sides; some people just love the face to face communication and it’s been shown that the office environment fosters innovation and creativity. With that […]
My mate the church warden, a story of employee engagement
I went out for a beer on Friday night with a good mate who’s the church warden at his local church.
Choose the right candidate every time with this simple hiring hack
Let’s play a game: You’ve got 3 candidates lined up, all with the same qualifications—experience, skills, and salary expectations. You think, “Great! Any one of them will do.” But here’s the catch: you’re about to make a huge mistake. Drumroll…..
6 minutes to create more productive teams
Anybody who has ever hired anybody knows the basic of good and bad hiring practices.
Bad:
“I’d like to get her in for that 9th interview that we mentioned”
“I worry that the other people on his team won’t be able to pronounce his name”
“I’ve been recruiting for years, I can spot the right fit 2 minutes into an interview”
Struggling to keep the top talent? It’s not you. It’s not them either.
It’s your hiring process.
Your ATS
The problem with your ATS is that you either use it or you don’t.
Great, that’s insightful isn’t it?
Here to help.
You don’t use it.
I joke that the ATS is where candidates go to die. Many more seasoned agency recruiters know this in the literal sense.
“Hi, my name is Gareth, Bob sent his resume to us a few years ago and I was hoping to talk to hi about a role”. “I’m sorry, Bob died 4 years ago”. Cue pregnant pause…..
What do you think? DEI or MEI, what works best for you?
Walmart is, I think, the latest major corporation to roll back Diversity, Equity and inclusion initiatives. Many think this is largely a reflection of a shift to the right in the political landscape.
Other companies to either be thought leaders or crumple under the pressure of public pressure are Harley Davidson, Lowes, Ford motor Company and John Deere.
Behavioral questions to assess soft skills
I was reading this article on LinkedIn about soft skills and some excellent questions to ask to do a deep dive on assessing soft skills and then I started reflecting.
First off, what are soft skills?
