Has this ever happened to you? You interview dozens of candidates for a position. After serious thought and consideration, you hire a person who you believe will be a great fit with hopes they will turn out to be a superstar. Then 90 days, later you are terminating that person. Or worse yet, you hang …
DALLAS, May 22, 2013 – Delta Rigging & Tools, a Houston-based provider of rigging and lifting products, has standardized its sales hiring across multiple offices with a powerful job candidate assessment tool from Rise Performance Group. As a leader in lifting and rigging products and solutions targeted toward industrial segments such as oil and gas, …
Author: Sherry Perkins As a management/leadership consultant, I’m often asked that question. There are perhaps as many answers to this question as there are individuals who claim to be consultants. This can be daunting to a leader or an organization who is considering hiring consultative expertise. They’re probably asking themselves, “what can a consultant do …
Author: Steve Deighton Unfortunately, many job descriptions are simply dysfunctional. Too often, what they describe has little to no bearing on an individual’s actual abilities, knowledge, skills, or the fit needed for successful performance of the job. Why is this? Two reasons come immediately to mind. First, the organization is using the same description for …
Guest post by John Kenney Turnover is a fierce headwind for leaders of Sales and HR. It is impossible to outrun the drag of vacant territories. Recently, I spoke with two Steves who faced this challenge and developed a sustainable solution. Here is their success story and an invitation to learn more best practices from …
By Diamond Richardson HR professionals will see major changes in their job functions in 2013, even if their job title remains the same. In an article for Forbes.com, Ron Ashkenas wrote about how the HR profession is in the middle of a major transition that will change the direction of HR goals and the work …
By Diamond Richardson You have an open position at your company. Following your usual method of searching for candidates, you post the job opening on Monster and LinkedIn. You also attend a few career fairs. Now you are swimming in resumes that need to be reviewed. These standard methods of searching for a job candidate …
By Sally Ann Moyer If you feel like your human resources department is falling behind, then it’s time to make some changes for the new year. You could be guilty of following HR strategies that are only bringing your company down. Here’s seven of the worst and what you should be doing instead: 1. Hiring …
By Diamond Richardson HR metrics are the foundation of HR data analysis. They are also the only concrete way to measure the effectiveness of your HR efforts. Popular metrics that have been around forever include: Cost per hire Absenteeism Benefit cost per employee Turnover rate These are useful metrics, but one common problem among them …
By Aoife Gorey In celebration of Veterans’ Day, we honor current and past members of our Armed Forces for the sacrifices they make and thank them for their commitment to keeping our country and the freedoms we enjoy safe. While serving in the military, they also perform jobs not unlike civilians. So the next time you …
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