Machines Aren’t Better Than Humans At Picking Employees
I am unable to say this as emphatically as I once may have because new research suggests otherwise, but I still assert this is true. Two weeks ago I wrote a post about how the practice of blind...
View ArticleAre EEGs the Future of Hiring?
Yes, you read that correctly. EEGs, as in electroencephalogram, a device full of small disks and electrodes that doctors hook to one’s head to monitor the electrical activity of a patient’s brain,...
View ArticleEmployed or Unemployed, Here is What You Need to Succeed in 2016
A new year brings with it hope for new opportunities so if you are looking for a job, thinking about quitting or want to remain where you are at and reach the top, you will benefit from the following...
View ArticlePhone Screening: Can You See Your Candidates Cheating?!
Here is a list of commonly asked phone screen questions designed to reveal your job candidates’ goals, strengths and potential fit for your organization. Why did you leave your last job? What are you...
View ArticleCheating College Applicants Trumped by Video!
Cheating and fraud is pervasive today and no culture or industry is off limits. Many individuals’ desire to get ahead or at least get even, overwhelms their moral compass and so little white lies are...
View ArticleVideo Interviewing Pricing for Companies Small & Large
In 2016 expect employers to continue researching the benefits of video interviewing as they seek to make their hiring process both more efficient and affordable. The many benefits of video...
View ArticleHiring: How Quickly Can You Identify Success? How Quickly Can You Demonstrate...
As a hiring manager how quickly can you determine the potential success of your job candidates during an interview? As a job candidate how fast can you demonstrate your potential for success? The...
View Article4 Benefits of Recruiting Via Online Platforms
The possibility of hiring people online has changed the recruitment market immensely. Almost every bigger company uses online recruiting methods in one way or another. There are just so many...
View ArticleShocking! Research Reveals We Aren’t Happy At Work.
Well I can’t really say “We” since this study focused on Brits and I’m a Yank but in terms of work attitudes we really aren’t so different from our neighbors across the pond. A five plus year study of...
View ArticleHow Google Plans To Conquer Its Unconscious Biases
Google’s diversity numbers in 2014 were less than impressive. Overall 70% of the company was male and 61% was white. Asians made up 30% with African-Americans pulling up the rear in a tiny 2%...
View ArticleWe Determine A Person’s Trustworthiness Pretty Darn Quickly!
New research out of Columbia Business School suggests that you can predict someone’s trustworthiness just by looking at their face. This may seem shocking to some while to others they have read...
View ArticleJob Seeker: 7 Annoying Things To Expect From Your Job Search
Looking for a new job can be a daunting, draining, soul crushing experience. However if you establish realistic expectations you can approach the rejection and struggle philosophically rather than...
View ArticleEmotional Intelligence: Why It Trumps All Other Traits
Emotional intelligence (EQ) is a person’s ability to be aware of and monitor their own behaviors and emotions. Individuals with high EQs better understand their strengths and weaknesses, have more...
View ArticleProductivity is on life support: Blame the Millennials and the Baby Boomers
As we likely all know, U.S. workers have not been enjoying much in the way of rising wages for some time. The economy’s health as far as bringing workers ever increasing prosperity is a function of...
View ArticleWill You Be Replaced By A Robot? Here Are the Predictions.
More and more I see articles and posts adorned with pictures of the Terminator, sans flesh, with titles half-jokingly warning us of the day that robots will take our jobs away, as though robots are...
View ArticleRaise Your Employees Like You Should Raise Your Children.
I recently read through two lists regarding how to raise children. “Science say parents of successful kids have these 11 things in common” and “How to Raise Happy Kids: 10 Steps Backed by Science.”...
View ArticleCan You Hire Top Talent in Only 10 Days?
Last year the national average for filling an open position reached 29 days which was a record. Believing that recruiters are simply dragging their feet and waiting for a purple squirrel is a common...
View Article11 Things You Didn’t Know That Affect Your Job Chances
Job seekers will get rejected for many things. Their lack of skills, their lack of experience, their height, weight, gender, race and so on. I have blogged on these items extensively but here are a...
View ArticleMillionaires: What Do They All Have in Common?
Undoubtedly you recall the show, “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” but in our society or really any, the more appropriate question might be, “Who Doesn’t Want to Be a Millionaire?” Below are several...
View ArticleSuccess: What Achieves It? Hard Work or Talent?
I won’t cop out and say that you need a little bit of both. Certainly you require talent to achieve success, and few people succeed long term without hard work, but which contributes the most? A...
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