Some think that the key to increasing performance is to hire top performers. An even better way is to create a culture of performance. A culture of performance generates higher levels of performance—and productivity—just by its very existence. In other words, the desired performance is generated by internal factors, as opposed to external ones (i.e., […]
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4 Tips for Hiring Successful Employees
Every manager desires to have a team of successful people working with them. Hiring successful employees starts at the beginning of your candidate search. If you have the ability to assemble successful teams, you’ll be respected by your bosses and remembered after you leave. The trick isn’t in knowing that you should hire successful people, […]
Today’s Top Candidates Define Success as . . .
f you want to hire the best candidates, you have to know what the best candidates want for their career. Although every candidate and employee wants to be properly compensated for their skills and talents, money and other compensation is far from what they ultimately desire—and that was proven once again in SimplyHired’s “2011 Today’s […]
5 Traits of Great Managers and Team Leaders
5 Traits of Great Managers and Team Leaders – Being successful takes a lot of energy and the ability to make other people excited about your vision and plan for the future. Great managers have the potential to not only lead, but also to inspire their team to achieve more.
Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives
You’ve probably heard of a book titled The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People by Steven R. Covey. As I got to thinking, I thought, what about a book, rather a blog on “The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives”? Leadership is a hard thing to teach. I recently sent an email to my clients […]
Employee Satisfaction: Giving Your Employees the Attention They Need!
If superstar employees don’t believe that they’re growing in their current position and working toward something bigger and better, then they’re going to think about leaving. That’s why you absolutely need to know what their professional needs and career goals are.
What’s Your Plan? Making Passive Candidates, Exceptional Employees
Now that you’ve established your process for hiring passive candidates (and that it’s different than your process for active job seekers), it’s time to address the importance of having a workforce plan for implementing that process for the purpose of hiring exceptional people.
Audit Your Process for Hiring Passive Candidates
There are distinct differences between a passive candidate and an active job seeker—their motivation, their approach, how they’ll respond during the recruiting and hiring process, etc. These differences are often easy to forget at the beginning of the process, but they should not be forgotten.
The ‘New Math’ of Recruiting & Hiring in Today’s Marketplace
Today’s marketplace comes with unique challenges for those companies continually seeking to hire only the best and brightest candidates. Hiring the best and brightest has always presented obstacles and challenges, but events within the economy since 2008 have created special circumstances that have made hiring superstar candidates even more difficult for some companies. The reason: […]
Employers Providing THESE 5 Things Attract Top Talent
Ultimately, you want to give superstar candidates reasons to work for you . . . not reasons not to. Make sure your recruitment team is well equipped to offer top talent the very best. Ask yourself the following questions about your company, to see if they’re ready to recruit the best!