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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.


This career test actually predicts job fit (says a 20-year study)
Hiring Tips

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.

Bev Campling
Unconscious bias in the hiring process : I help scale hyper-growth tech teams from 10 to 400+ people — this is how to fight it
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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. 

Luciano Marucco
Hire for attitude: what this means and why it works so well
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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? 

Kat Boogaard
How to build a successful team: Six core approaches
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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. 

Ted Bauer
The 12 pillars of an effective recruitment process (and 3 mistakes to avoid)
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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.

Tiffany Franklin
How your talent acquisition needs will change in the future of work
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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).

Katrina Ganin
Diversity and inclusion: Best practices to be a trailblazer
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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.

Emma Norris
The ultimate onboarding process — here's what 7 teams have in common
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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?!”

Amy Rigby
Is the Myers-Briggs Test Accurate? You'd be Surprised.
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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?

Bev Campling
5 essential things to remember when building your dream team
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5 essential things to remember when building your dream team

The key to building a thriving startup? Building a thriving team.

Jo Foster
Get your team fired up with cognitive diversity
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Get your team fired up with cognitive diversity

Cognitive diversity matters more now than ever before.

Bev Campling
The true cost of a toxic hire (and how to avoid them)
Hiring Tips

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.

Catie McHugh

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