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…..
Feeling like your office has a revolving door? Fix it in 6 minutes.
I know, it’s funny and ridiculous but then again, it was only September 4th that the Federal Trade Commission banned non competes that locked people into crappy jobs, inhibited innovation, depressed wages and increased healthcare costs.
But other than that they were a great idea.
It’s a shame though, indentured servitude has always been great for the employee experience…..
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
