Nature or Nurture: The Effect of Workplace Culture on Employee Personality Traits
Businesses today understand personality – including soft skills like empathy, attention to detail, and conscientiousness – vastly impact an individual’s performance, productivity, and ability to work well in teams. Many organizations spend vast sums on assessing those personality traits, organizing them, and utilizing them in recruitment, leadership, and development programs. But, for many, establishing desirable traits is difficult, if not impossible, thanks to the many large variables in how and why people act the way [...]
How to use social media to recruit candidates
For the majority of people, social media implies Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram – several most popular platforms these days. And, because they are mostly intended for entertainment purposes, many people do not understand how it is possible to find a perfect candidate somewhere in the Twitter thread about dogs. However, there are other platforms that are used by a specific audience and this is where recruiters should be present if they want to increase the [...]
4 Essential Personality Tests for Strategic Recruitment
It’s likely your company will already have screening measures in place when hiring new candidates. Screening for factors such as work history, educational background, drug use and criminal background are routine recruitment practice across many organizations. But what about personality? How does your company ensure the candidate your hiring is the best fit the role, your business and the wider company team? By using personality tests during recruitment, you can strategically ensure that you are [...]