The hiring process can be daunting. Resumes and interviews reveal only so much, and many employers want to dig deeper. A background check can be a useful tool that reveals information the applicant might want to keep secret. Before you jump to get a background check on that recent applicant, here are a few things you need to know to protect your business: 1. Get Written … [Read more...]
4 Ways to Deal With Bad Hiring Decisions
Hiring the right team determines the success of a business. No matter how thorough your hiring process is, some employees might not fit in your organization at all. You may think of firing the employee because of his or her poor performance or unfavorable behavior in office; but it isn’t as easy as it seems. In fact, any bad hiring decision affects the company. From bearing … [Read more...]
Sometimes You Just Have to Write that Check!
I am all for saving on costs – particularly during the heady days during the business start-up phase. In fact to be fair, this phase often drags on a bit depending on the scalability of your business. I’m really talking about smaller indigenous businesses here, such as retail businesses---maybe you’re opening a café or a hair salon, or maybe you’re offering a service such as … [Read more...]
Common Recruiting Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Successful recruitment is an important part of helping your business thrive, but it’s not an exact science. Even some hiring managers with the best of intentions make costly and frustrating recruiting mistakes. Keep reading to learn about some of the most common recruiting mistakes and how to make sure you don’t make the same blunders. 1. Making Judgments Too Quickly Based on … [Read more...]
6 Proven Ways to Reduce Costly Employee Turnover
Brands targeting the teen market have a business model to produce and price goods inexpensively, anticipating the mentality of “disposability” that exists within their target audience. Sadly, many businesses work from that same mentality in their approach in hiring employees. And, unlike a pair of shorts from Forever 21, replacing employees is very costly. Billions of … [Read more...]
How to Find and Hire the Greatest Talent for Your Startup
If the time has come to add more talented bodies to your startup, you know this added responsibility comes with many new areas of uncertainty. Where do you go to find the best talent? How much should you pay? The hiring process comes with many questions and gray areas. Consider the following 6 tips for finding and hiring the best talent for your startup. Create a Company … [Read more...]
What Marissa Mayer should bring to Yahoo
Marissa Mayer is a 37 year old executive of a technology firm that alone should create energy and excitement around leadership potential. She is joining Yahoo from Google and to be frank some rigidity is needed at Yahoo. So as we wait with bated breath to dissect her every move as CEO, here are things that I would like to see her bring to the troubled company. Well rounded … [Read more...]
The Myth of Talented Applicants
Yesterday I had the wonderful experience of attending a STEM collaboration workshop and the one question that kept running through my mind was, is it really a lack of talented applicants or are small businesses just inept at using technology to help us recruit the right people? Here are the three things that stuck. Talent is a Myth Talent is subjective at best and if … [Read more...]
How to Find the Right Employee for the Job
Businesswoman blogger Darlene McDaniel wrote a great post on Interview Chatter this week that cites five things managers should look for when trying to find skilled people to help run their companies. Of course, Darlene notes there are more than five things you should look for from prospective employees during the interview process, but she does a great job of highlighting … [Read more...]