Hiring Tips
In this collection we'll dive into the expert and evidence-backed hiring tips that will drastically improve your talent acquisition efforts, so you can build a high performing team.
Demystifying the Pymetrics assessment: What it is & how to prepare
What does pumping a balloon full of air or hitting a key on your keyboard as fast as you can have to do with being an investment banker? According to the makers of the Pymetrics assessment, a lot. This series of neuroscience-based online games have taken the hiring world by storm, and it could be what stands between a candidate and their dream job.
How top companies attract and retain talent in the Great Resignation
How can you attract and retain talent in a world where much of the workforce is eager to quit?
This career test actually predicts job fit (says a 20-year study)
Have you ever really considered the science behind careers tests and how accurate they are when used as a screening tool? According to SHL’s Global Assessment Trends Report, over 76% of companies with more than 100 employees rely on some kind of assessment tool to make hiring decisions.
Unconscious bias in the hiring process : I help scale hyper-growth tech teams from 10 to 400+ people — this is how to fight it
Did you know that our brains make hundreds of decisions without us even noticing? Those micro-decisions are a key part of the erratic estimation that trap our mindset into unconscious bias.
Hire for attitude: what this means and why it works so well
You may have heard the phrase “hire for attitude, train for skill” but what does that actually look like in reality?
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How to build a successful team: Six core approaches
While a good portion of work does get done in teams these days, there has been academic research that a lot of managers simply fall back on the superstars of a team, give them the work of other people, and essentially burn them out.
The 12 pillars of an effective recruitment process (and 3 mistakes to avoid)
Whether you are overseeing the recruitment process for your entire company or starting a new job as a recruiter, finding the right candidates for your team can be stressful, especially in a world facing unprecedented public health and economic challenges.
How your talent acquisition needs will change in the future of work
Digital economy, digital future, digital everything. Let’s stop a minute. Fast-forward twenty years and all the talk about the digital future will have well and truly evaporated; digital will be a given. And using the term may even get you laughed out of your sensory-driven working pod. In this future, we’d have resolved our relationship with the robots, namely: who does what jobs. Everyone knows their role, and everyone’s happy (so we hope).
Diversity and inclusion: Best practices to be a trailblazer
There's no denying that diversity and inclusion (D&I) have become buzzwords in today’s employment space, with companies everywhere waxing lyrical in their job descriptions about welcoming candidates of all backgrounds.
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The ultimate onboarding process — here's what 7 teams have in common
A good onboarding process isn't just 'nice to have' — it can boost new hire retention by 82%.Being a new hire can feel a lot like being the new kid in school. You’re thrown into a fresh group of peers, without knowing anyone, and you often find yourself in that dreaded mid-day moment of, “Oh gosh, who will I eat lunch with?!”
Is the Myers-Briggs Test Accurate? You'd be Surprised.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality types have been used by organizations for 70 years. So why are we still using it?
5 essential things to remember when building your dream team
The key to building a thriving startup? Building a thriving team.
Get your team fired up with cognitive diversity
Cognitive diversity matters more now than ever before.
The true cost of a toxic hire (and how to avoid them)
In any successful business (and especially in an early-stage startup!) hiring great people who thrive in their role and the workplace culture is absolutely critical. A toxic hire (you know, those whose behavior has a majorly negative effect on team morale and productivity, thoroughly poisoning the atmosphere) can have disastrous consequences.