5 tips to fight counter-offers
There is nothing as frustrating as getting a call from the candidate, who recently signed your employment contract, that he has accepted a counter-offer to stay with his current employer.…
Recruitment fraud is a serious problem for anyone hiring staff
Have you ever been cheated, exploited, manipulated and jerked around by a candidate or applicant who wanted a job in your organization? You may have, but perhaps you don’t know?…
Why should someone come work for you?
If you cannot give at least 10 great reasons, why someone should come and work for you, then you could be in trouble. I asked a client that question recently…
40% of executive searches fail; clients to blame for most of them
Are you surprised? The research from ESIX says that 40% of executive searches fail and that the clients (hiring companies) are to blame for 70% of these failures. What is…
Are you fed up, as a candidate, with slow recruitment process?
Topping the list of reasons why you and other candidates exit a recruitment process is that your time was disrespected by the hiring company. Next, that the recruiting process taking…
Use this crystal ball when hiring staff and get to the truth
In fact, some hiring managers would be better off flipping a coin to decide if it’s hire or not-hire. At least there is a 50% chance of getting it right.…
3 most successful profiles for Head of HR – go hire!
Would it be fair to suggest that your company should learn from this research when thousands of company executives agree and seek these 3 particular personality profiles for the Head…
Stop being rude and silly when interviewing candidates
Examples of questions that in many countries cannot be used in a job interview: Are you married, do you want to have children, how old are you, are you disabled,…
Who is fooling who in this case?
We also call it Shooting Yourself in the Foot. Who’s fooling who when HR is overselling the job at the interview, just to see the newly hired resign months later?…
Why do CEOs not pay more attention to what HR is “not” doing?
Really depressing to keep bashing my friends in the HR community. Why are so many continuing to ignore and mistreat job candidates? HR is not only causing harm to individuals…