Retaining Your Top Employees Means More Than A Paycheck

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As a leading San Diego recruitment and talent management consulting firm, we welcome the evolving trends in the recruiting and hiring process ? but we have found one thing is consistent ?keeping top talent should be a company’s #1 priority! According to Globoforce.com, the number-one reason most Americans leave their jobs is that they don’t feel appreciated. In fact, 65% of people surveyed said they got no recognition for good work last year. Here is one strategy that will help retain top employees.

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Why Your Job Ad Sucks and You Aren’t Attracting Qualified Talent (FINAL ? Part 3)

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The final part of finding the right-fit candidate is all about screening for culture fit. It’s a critical step – and the great news is – it can be done early in the hiring process – starting with the job description/ad! As a company, knowing WHY you’re in business, and not just what you do is the best way to identify your company culture.

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Why Your Job Ad Sucks and You Aren’t Attracting Qualified Talent (part 2 of 3)

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How can the job description/ad sound LESS like a job and MORE like an opportunity? SIMPLE: Shift your focus from the HAVES to the DOS. Instead of having a checklist of what someone needs to HAVE for a job, focus on what someone has to DO to be successful in a job. Top talent will only leave their current roles for an opportunity ? not just a job . Those employees want to be challenged ? they desire to learn something new. A successful job description/ad outlines the opportunity throughout the entire ad.

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Why Your Job Ad Sucks and You Aren’t Attracting Qualified Talent (part 1 of 3)

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The best practices in the hiring process start with creating an effective job description. A simple shift in your job description/job ad can dramatically alter the results you’re seeing, from 5%-10% of your applicant pool being quality to 50% or more! Here is part 1 of our 3 part series where we’re going to teach you how to attract top talent starting from the job description.

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5 Ways to Improve the Hiring and Recruiting Process

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As executive sales and marketing recruiters, we understand the challenges companies, and candidates, face. Interviewing and hiring is tedious, time consuming and repetitive ? and candidates can spend a lot of time interviewing ? with little to no follow up. With a few changes to the hiring process, both candidates and companies can have a more pleasant and effective experience. We’ve picked the top 5 changes that can improve the hiring and interviewing process.

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What Type of Detail Oriented Person Are You Hiring?

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As one of the leading San Diego recruitment firms, our clients are asking us this question, and others like: How do I interview for soft skills? How can I tell they are truly a hard worker? To assess for soft skills, like detail oriented, there are three things to focus on.

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Hiring Practices: The Costly Truth About Bad Hires

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As a leading talent management consulting firm, we’ve seen first hand the common hiring mistakes organizations make. Often times our clients don’t even realize the cost of time and money. But we know the money lost, as a result of bad hiring practices, should be a huge wake up call for businesses to do a better, SMARTER job of hiring the right people, the first time. We’ve provided a breakdown to calculate the actual costs of a bad hire.

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Hiring a Woman Could Be Your Best Talent Strategy

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Gender biases are unfortunately common in many organizations. Understanding the value that women leaders bring to an organization is the first step to overcoming any gender biases that an organization or individual may have. Creating a successful talent strategy includes eliminating unconscious biases during the hiring process ? whether its gender ? or something else and shifting the focus to creating a more inclusive, diverse and balanced workforce.

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You Can Make a Lifelong Customer From Your Recruiting Process

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The recruiting and hiring process should be a seamless, positive experience for both the organization and candidate ? regardless of the hiring outcome. If a candidate’s interview experience is negative, the affects on the organization can be grave. Here are 5 tips to make your candidate a lifelong customer simply through the recruiting process experience.

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8 Qualities Found in High-Performers in the Hiring and Interviewing Process

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As a talent management consulting firm, we often witness during hiring and interviewing processes, hiring managers are too focused on qualifications like how many years experience a candidate has OR where their degree is from and often overlook 8 must-have qualities.

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