Screening & Assessment

When Assessing Talent, “Give Up Without A Fight”

Most recruiting is relatively straightforward and easy to understand. But there is one crucial aspect that is counterintuitive. That aspect is the ease of finding your new hires. It would seem logical that you would be happy when it is relatively easy to get candidates to say “yes” to your …

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Alternatives to on-site face-to-face interviews

PC to PC Live Video Interviews.Teleconference Interviews (Company site or 3rd party vendor (Kinkos)).3rd Party Assisted Video Taped Interviews (with preset questions).Video Taped Interviews (candidate designed and mailed to recruiter).Telephone Interviews.IVR (Interactive Voice Recognition) Interviews.Touch-tone (Keypad response Interviews).Computer assisted Interviews (On line, real time questionnaire with assessment).E-mail questionnaire Interview.Web based …

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Why employment is a strategic function – The business impacts of bad hiring.

1/3 of salary is way too low for critical jobs. A bad "hire" can cost you millions if they lose a great customer or make bad decisions. The Quaker CEO cost them 1.4 BILLION on the sale of Snapple alone. Now that's a bad hire! (Ask any sports team what is the cost of a bad 1st round draft pick that leads the team to a losing season and then must be let go in a year or two!)

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