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Well now, that sucks. In January, Gallup reported that employee engagement in the US had fallen to its lowest in 10 years, a meagre, paltry,
Interesting read on MSNBC about the number of people who DON’T want to be managers here (https://lnkd.in/er54KbF3.) A full 42% of workers say that they
Dunno. According to the Society for Human Resource Management, which is as close as you get to unbiased reporting of this stuff, 30-40% of first
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/katebour_technical-skills-are-getting-commoditized-activity-7285650762200674304-56X9?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop For those of us that invest a lot of time in sales and organizational behavior, an interesting read. I saw “Persuader” and that grabbed
We’ve seen a lot of articles and research lately on hiring for culture fit and how it has come to the fore in importance. I
Let’s turn this around a bit and start thinking about potential a bit more rather than the degree or the award winning resume. The old
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
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 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
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
I went out for a beer on Friday night with a good mate who’s the church warden at his local church.
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…..
When you ask most career-focused people what their dream job is, the answer isn’t all that surprising.
Their dream job isn’t something that just pays the bills, but something that lights up their day-to-day life, supports their growth, and makes them happy and proud to show up – even on the hard days.
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”
Apparently labour laws in most of the world prevent you from actually chaining somebody to their desk, I can’t think why, it was good enough for the Ancient Greeks (not desks, big boats) and they were, like, the founders of civilization.
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