How to Market a Job Opening
Crafting the perfect job description is just the first step. Once you know exactly what kind of candidate you need, their responsibilities, and the ideal skill set for the job, you still need to get the right person to apply. That's where knowing how to market a job opening comes in. Below are a few tips for getting your job posting in front of the right people. Write about the team's culture Capable young professionals [...]
You’re wasting your time in meetings
Do you know how many hours your scheduled meetings are costing the company? We spend 31 unproductive hours in meetings every month, resulting in $37 billion wasted in time every year. This post outlines some common culprits for wasted meetings, and ways to minimize meeting cost while maximizing efficiency. Reasons for failed meetings Multitasking When people aren't paying attention to the content of the meeting, there's no point in having that meeting in the first place. Some [...]
What you love vs. what you’re good at
Should you do what you love, or what you're good at? If you're lucky, the two overlap. However, if they don't, you should ask yourself where you can add the most value. This article by Brianna West states that we aren't meant to do what we love, we're meant to do what we're good at. It holds a lot of truth, the most piercing being "People usually can’t differentiate what they really love and what [...]
How does personality play a role in competence?
Would you rather hire someone who is incredibly good at what they do, but difficult to work with, or someone with average skills but the right attitude? Your team's personality plays a large role in how they will interact with one another, how they'll treat their responsibilities, and how they'll take care of your clients. In the article Hire for Attitude, Mark Murphy states that in his research, "when new hires failed, 89% of the time [...]
Malcolm Pick on Hiring and Talent
Josiah Go featured our CEO, Malcolm Pick's advice on client retention rate, hiring decisions, and finding the right talent. Below are a few key notes from Q&A with Profiles Asia Pacific President Malcolm Pick on Finding The Right Talent. Many small businesses aren't making use of assessments. Pick recently asked a group of HR professionals and discovered 70 percent weren't using online testing, and a little under half weren't using any testing at all. HR professions have [...]