5 Ways to Build Your Company’s Wellness Program

If you’re an employer or HR director thinking of adding a wellness program, you probably have a lot of questions about how to go about it.   For starters, initiating a wellness program doesn’t have to mean installing a fitness center and hiring a full-time wellness coach. The reality is, a wellness program can be relatively straightforward – like implementing a no-smoking policy or a walking… Read more »

Why AI Should be a Big Component in your Hiring Process

For today’s hiring managers and HR professionals, artificial intelligence (AI) is becoming a significant part of the recruiting and onboarding process.   What’s that you say – “AI” sounds way too techy for your comfort level?  Well, it shouldn’t. In fact, for today’s recruiters and HR departments, the use of artificial intelligence can allow hiring companies to more efficiently filter through applications to weed out candidates that most closely align with their objectives. It also… Read more »

How to Deliver a Negative Performance Review

Whether you’re a long time manager, or just learning how to deal with direct reports, one thing is true: you’ll eventually have to give an employee a negative performance review.   While performance reviews are a great way to ensure a team is firing on all cylinders, the fact is, no one’s perfect. And giving an otherwise hard–working… Read more »

How to Interview More Experienced Job Candidates

For a hiring manager, interviews can often be stressful occasions. But interviewing an older job applicant can add additional psychological complications into the mix.  Interviewing someone older than you, and who may actually end up being your boss or running your department, is often awkward and intimidating. After all, how do you gain respect from someone who might be looking at you as an inexperienced… Read more »

5 Tips for Leading Conversational Interviews

We’ve all been there. You find yourself sitting across from a job candidate – either in person or virtually. After exchanging brief pleasantries, you dive into your checklist of interview questions about skills, experience, why they want the job, etc. After a few of these, the candidate begins getting bored and wonders if they even want to work… Read more »

Understanding Hiring Mistakes: Getting It Right the First Time

Bad hires are an incredibly common problem in the business world. And they impact companies in a variety of negative ways.   Whether you own a business, are an HR professional, or manage the hiring for your department, it’s important to get it right the first time. When a candidate doesn’t work out, the average cost for a typical company is upwards of $15,000 according to a 2017 survey.   Clearly, hiring the right candidate the… Read more »

5 Things to Learn from Employee Turnover

“Employee turnover.” Two words that can strike fear in the hearts of most hiring managers and HR professionals.   Today there’s serious pressure for business managers to engage employees and hit peak productivity. In fact, 56% of CEOs have reported that “recruiting and retention” are primary concerns – this coming before the COVID-19 outbreak.    While employee turnover can be costly for a business, it can also be an indicator of growth as an organization. Some employees will meet the… Read more »

Don’t Ignore Soft Skills When Interviewing Candidates

As a recruiter, hiring manager, or HR professional, you can look at a candidate’s resume, and it’s fairly easy to determine their professional and academic qualifications.   But what about the intangible qualities that influence how well a candidate can communicate and work with others? Those abilities – typically known as “soft skills” – are also important components of finding the right person… Read more »

The Importance of a Positive Candidate Experience During Hiring

Finding job candidates with the right skills and background is a top concern for recruiters and HR professionals. Once you find one, you don’t want them to get away.  That’s why presenting a positive candidate experience during the hiring process is so important.  How important is it? Recent CareerBuilder findings have shown that 68% of candidates believe the way they’re treated during a job search reflects how the… Read more »

Don’t Ignore Soft Skills When Interviewing Candidates

As a recruiter, hiring manager or HR professional, you can look at a candidate’s resume, and it’s fairly easy to determine their professional and academic qualifications.   But what about the intangible qualities that influence how well a candidate can communicate and work with others? Those abilities – typically known as “soft skills” – are also important components of finding the right person for… Read more »