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?
Making unconscious bias conscious as a foundation to diversity, equity and inclusion.
Resistance to change is well documented in organizational development. There are a number of reasons listed below and some thoughts on how to overcome them and encourage people to face up to their biases and make that unconscious bias more conscious.
Decoding team personality profiles
Advances in psychometrics and talent analytics have unlocked new ways to measure team chemistry. Powerful assessments like The Predictive Index measure social traits and cognitive functions across four key dimensions.
Hiring to win! Why behavioral profiling helps.
Using behavioral science to help you close the gap between where you are and where you want to be isn’t just smart – it’s almost part of your job description – so use the tops in this blog to stand out from the pack. You can hire smarter, faster, and better for every role you touch – and it starts with behavioral science.
The 3 cornerstones of any job search
I spend way too much time reading blogs and articles on the job search, and recently I’ve spent way too much time writing some of that content myself. And everything seems to assume you just jump right in and off you go.
10 Easy ways to improve your LinkedIn profile
LinkedIn is the largest candidate database out there, 780 million users, all data is self reported so is extremely reliable. That last phrase “self reported” is the kicker here, if you don’t report it then nobody will know but just like every marketing effort, you also need to think about how you get found, ie how you start to rank higher in any search.
The Great Resignation can be your Great Retention
We’ve seen the term getting thrown about quite a bit lately, The Great Resignation, but in fairness it’s not just record numbers of resignations but a bit of a perfect storm of increased resignations, layoffs at the beginning of the pandemic and increased rehiring at the moment.
The Practical Use of Behavioral profiles in the Workplace
So let’s look at the practical uses of it. We use behavioral data to not only select the best candidate for our client but also to ensure that it is the best employer for the candidate.
Structured Interviews
If you’re one of the 26% of companies that, according to a Linkedin study in 2018, doesn’t use structured interviews then read on. And if you’re one of the other 74% that do, give yourself a pat on the back. Oh, and read on so I can feel good about myself writing this.
What goes into an effective onboarding program
In this previous blog post I looked at why you need to have an effective onboarding program in place. In a nutshell, it minimizes the risk of needing to talk to me and that can’t be a bad thing.
