Knowing enough about candidates is an important issue before hiring. How much is enough? Is a resume enough? Might a 15 minute interview be enough? Or is a 1 hour interview enough? Your goal is to work over 1800 hours in the next year with this person, and they will be responsible for important work […]
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Leave a Comment (0) →It is a sad story when companies place the wrong people and best people leave. Yet, it happens all too often. When we first started this business, a US MNC needed a great plant manager with a niche qualification that made it an exceedingly hard search. Our rigorous recruiting was thus put to the test […]
Continue Reading →Experience is important and hiring managers seek that as do we. However, digging deeper for who a person is is a higher priority. Who is critical in hiring. By digging deeper and asking who what how and where or certain events, we learn a lot of facts that will be useful to piece together who […]
Continue Reading →Companies hiring in China often make one bad hire, and their whole team starts to crash. Note this funny video with no commentary on this very issue. Now, we all know replacing the team leader is risky. We have seen companies best efforts to improve there team destroy all their previous efforts. The new team […]
Continue Reading →Many people talk about fit like it is some mysterious substance. Actually, fit is an infinitely more important topic. Fit begs an important question. Are the candidates expectations and yours a match? If so, and you both are willing, the hire is likely to be long term. Fit is what you expect and what he […]
Continue Reading →Saving money on recruiting or salaries? Which do you do? Let’s look at the options. Let’s Look At Saving Money on Recruiting You might do it in house, or you might want to get the cheapest recruiter. For many smaller companies, in house recruiting is a sign that they are over staffed as do not […]
Continue Reading →Among tools for raising productivity are automation, training, and lean implementation. When SHI Group starts recruiting, companies find recruiting can be their key to improve productivity. Why would that be? The quality of recruiting is the key ingredient to how much value you get out of your work force. What contributing factors go down to […]
Continue Reading →Those of us who have placed many many people know the feeling when the right hire walks in the door that first day. They ask all the right questions and have a positive attitude, They get things done and move forward with purpose. As these are great hires, we all want to do more best […]
Continue Reading →Internal frustration on the team makes everyone feel bad and even not want to come to work. Many times the boss is favoring a lower level leader who then defies his direct leader or otherwise causes frustration. So, sometimes, it just takes a realization from the boss to get everyone in the right chair and […]
Continue Reading →The world is filled with bad hiring. Here, I write how to really have better hiring practices. Need is the first issue. Whether you need better bench strength or have growth or want to replace someone, need is the first step. Job descriptions are next and people often go too far on these. Some people […]
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