How to Reduce Hiring Costs for Your Business
What are hiring costs? How to calculate hiring costs What is the cost of a bad hire? 5 proven ways to reduce hiring costs for your business How to measure...
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Boosting Sales Talent Recruitment: Effective Strategies
Insight #1: Many corporate hiring teams undervalue retail sales experience because they have a limited (and sometimes biased) perception of it Insight #2...
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How to Hire During the Great Resignation
A more streamlined process vs. more candidate insights The state of hiring interviews The clear-cut value of assessments Who's optimistic about hiring about...
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Inside the Tech Recruiter Mindset: Post-Pandemic Talent Market
Right now, there's a flood of new talent entering the market, but simultaneously, many employers are struggling to find quality talent. Are you dealing with...
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The Talent Delusion: What HR Pros Need to Know
Big Idea #1: Leaning on the science of human behavior is the way to measure talent Big Idea #2: Confidence doesn't breed competence Big Idea #3: Hiring...
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9 Hiring Strategies for Today's Job Market
#1 - Take a fresh look at your job descriptions #2 - Update your brand messaging to reflect changes to policies and benefits #3 - Reimagine your sourcing...
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13 Ways to Assess the Best Nontraditional Candidates
If your company only seeks out,and seriously considers,candidates who have conventionally impressive resumes, you’re doing yourself a huge disservice. As...
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HR Lessons from The Invisible Gorilla
Big Idea #1: We're all susceptible to "in-attentional blindness" Big Idea #2: Our memories are worse than we think Big Idea #3: We often mistake confidence...
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The Recruiter’s Guide to Unbiased Hiring Practices
It’s no secret that diversity, equity, and inclusion standards are becoming increasingly important to companies. In fact, a recent Fortune 500 survey shows...
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7 Common Talent Acquisition Mistakes
Sticking to your tried and true hiring methods could be hurting you more than you think. Even the most conscientious talent pros sometimes lean on outdated...
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Seven myths about the “Perfect Applicant”
You’ve got a stack of resumes piled on your desk, but you’re ready to discard nearly all of them. Not out of frustration mind you, but because (based on your...
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7 employee engagement mistakes managers make
To engage employees is essential to maintaining productivity, fostering a thriving company culture, and reducing turnover. According to a recent Gallup poll...
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An Onboarding Tool is Your New Hire's First Step to Success
But when the sitter arrives, you're so eager to get to your dinner and a movie date that you neglected to provide any relevant details about your baby -...
Read more →How to Hire: 4 Must-Dos Before Hiring an Employee
Ask yourself, where does your business need the most help? Assess immediate and long-term goals for your business, and identify the required roles and...
Read more →10 Reasons Why Your SMB Should Outsource Recruitment
Now that there's a viable option for SMBs, how do you know when it's time to outsource your recruitment process? Check out these top 10 reasons to outsource...
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The Perfect Onboarding Process for Small Businesses in 5 Steps
As a small business, it is vital that you have an organized, efficient onboarding process. A seamless onboarding process can lead to:
Read more →What Steps Should Be Taken Before You Can Start Testing Candidates
There aren't too many people who enjoy taking tests, especially in high-pressure situations, but the fact is that they are extremely useful for the purpose...
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The creative field and preemployment testing
However, if you're basing your hiring decisions solely on previous work, a resume, and an interview, you're taking a huge risk. There are many other factors...
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Innovation in HR: Go Beyond the Status Quo
When I ask small business owners why they aren't as focused on improving HR processes, they tell me it's because they don't feel they can impact HR in a...
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Talent Acquisition – Five Actionable Ideas for Small Businesses
In the 28 years I've been at the helm of Wonderlic, I've had the opportunity to talk with hundreds of successful small business leaders and owners. No matter...
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Integrity testing and the EEOC
Since their initial development, integrity tests have been the focus of very few legal challenges. This largely stems from the fact that these tests have...
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Re-Engaging Your Disengaged Employees
In an effort to investigate ways to counteract disengaged employees, Software Advice, a resource for comparing talent management, interviewed Ruth Ross, the...
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Hiring Motivated Employees
In fact, study after study validates your gut feeling and shows that employee motivation has a direct impact on an organization's bottom line: Highly...
Read more →Leadership: Directions for Employee Motivation
We know that highly skilled and motivated employees will do more, do it better, and be around to do it longer. But have you given as much attention on how to...
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Company Culture: Retaining employees in the new economy
Surveys reveal that 60% of employees plan to leave their current employer within a year, and another 21% are actively preparing to leave. Regardless of the...
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Performance management is the new performance review
The practice of giving performance reviews is often labor-intensive, time-consuming and stressful. To further complicate matters, traditional performance...
Read more →Familiarity Breeds Success – Why and How to use Internal Hiring
Whether replacing an employee or creating a new position, the costs mount quickly… and not just in money, but time as well. With advertising for the...
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Why Some Companies Don’t Use Pre-Employment Testing
In fact, even 85% of those who work at companies that don't use testing said "making better hire decisions" is an actual, realized benefit of using them...
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2 Employee Competencies All of Your Organization Should Have
Performance reviews are a vitally important tool that all companies should be using. Today I am going to talk to you about some employee competencies that I...
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The cost of having disengaged employees
We know employee disengagement is bad-but exactly how bad? Let's look at some statistics that should put the issue at the top of your priority list…
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The Goldilocks Effect: Which Leadership Style Engages Employees the Most?
She finds that each bear has its own preference for porridge, chairs, and beds. After testing each of these, she determines that two of them are always too...
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Understanding the Wonderlic Automated Reference Check
Traditionally, the reference check involves asking about dates of employment, attendance, and salary. We recognize that while this type of information can be...
Read more →Employee Assessments: Tactical or Strategic?
You hired a great employee and they are proving to be a great fit. But what happened to their assessment results? I'm willing to bet you used the results to...
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Successful, Dynamic Performance Strategy
Performance appraisal is an event that focuses primarily on two parties-the employee and the supervisor-and is structured to provide feedback regarding the...
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Social Media Screening - Beware!
Social media is now a resource for businesses to market and promote themselves. This newer technology is also becoming a tool for recruitment and selection...
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Debunking 4 Personality Testing Myths
In reality, these issues come into play with ALL selection tools. Interviews, job simulations, application blanks, reference checks and background checks are...
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6 Tips for Optimizing Employee Performance Reviews
Contrary to how many managers approach it, the employee performance review should not be so much an event as an ongoing process. Having a "performance...
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What You Can Ask During a Job Interview
Improper or inadvisable questions can lead to costly lawsuits. In short, you must know what you can't (and shouldn't) ask during a job interview.
Read more →Synergy in Testing: Combining Personnel Assessments for Optimal Results
When many businesses do testing before a hire, they choose to focus on one area, such as basic skills or personality. While this practice can provide...
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How to Conduct the Employee Engagement Survey
In fact, even here at Wonderlic, we are going through our annual employee engagement survey. In this process, employees can reflect on all that has happened...
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How to Get More from an Employment Reference Check
However, employee reference checks have the potential to provide you with some of the most critical, timely, and valuable information you could ask for...
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What to Look for in a Resume
Although social media is often part of a job-seeker's marketing plan these days, resumes and cover letters are still the primary elements that recruiters and...
Read more →What Is a Job Analysis And Why Do You Need One?
What is a job analysis and what does it entail? Well, a job analysis is a systematic study of a job or job family. The information gathered summarizes the...
Read more →Adding Assessments to the Hiring Process
In the hiring process, resumes don't reveal struggles an employee might have faced in past jobs, and reference checks are only as good as the people you talk...
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The Difference Between Employee Engagement and Satisfaction
According to recent survey data, about 81% of U.S. employees report being satisfied with their jobs, but only about 64% consider themselves to be engaged...
Read more →Why Cut Scores Are Not Based on Your Top Performers
Hopefully, you test job applicants early in the screening process in order to choose only the most qualified candidates to put through your interviewing...
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Non-proctored assessments vs proctored
Now more than ever, efficiency is at a premium for employers and educational institutions, as both are trying to find ways to do more with less time and...
Read more →Understanding Cut Scores: They’re Not Just Random Numbers!
The answer lies in identifying an appropriate cut score for the assessment based on the competencies, skills, and/or personality traits required for the job...
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Keyword optimized resumes: To scan or not to scan
You're excited about the prospect of improving your automotive situation, but before you can, you need to decide how you're going to go about looking for...
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What is Employee Engagement?
The Business Dictionary defines employee engagement as the emotional connection an employee feels toward his or her employment organization, which tends to...
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The 10-Step Guide to Hiring in Today's market
There are a lot of companies out there, especially small ones, that don't have a blueprint for hiring. That's like building a house without… well, a...
Read more →Candidate Selection: Comparing Apples to Apples
As a hiring manager, you want candidates who are comparable on the same level, making it easier to identify the differences. Selecting job candidates may be...
Read more →Working From Home: How to Stay Connected to Your Employees
The structure of today's workforce is shifting away from the traditional nine to five, Monday through Friday workweek. More and more companies are allowing...
Read more →Traits That Drive Great Leaders
When we see leaders fail, however, we wonder what got in the way of success. Did they not have the right stuff? Are there traits that contribute to greatness...
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Knowing What You Need in a Candidate
With 3.8 million unfilled jobs in the U.S., where's the disconnect? When you have an abundance of candidates to choose from, you still need to make sure you...
Read more →What is an Effective Leader?
In it he says, "I think it's very difficult to lead today when people are not really truly participating in the decision. You won't be able to attract and...
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The value of HR as we know it today
The value of HR is shown through the increase of a company's economic performance and improvement of overall employee satisfaction.
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How to Keep a Bad Hire from Getting Worse
There is a job opening, you do your due diligence in the hiring process, and you find the perfect candidate. You put them through the process, every step of...
Read more →How to Conduct a Structured Interview
Why is using a structured interview important when hiring? You invest a lot in an individual when you make the decision to hire them, and you need to make...
Read more →Criminal Background Checks vs. Integrity Testing
Employers commonly use criminal background checks based on two reasons. First, the employer is interested in screening out individuals who have a criminal...
Read more →Using Personality Testing to Build Strong Teams
Ken shares a team-building exercise you can use right away to strengthen your employee's awareness of communication styles. The video will talk about why and...
Read more →Reasonable Employment Testing Accommodations
Additionally, it is legally mandated under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). While the ADA does not define reasonable accommodation, it provides a...
Read more →The Top 5 Ways to Improve Employee Retention
Today we're going talk to you about five techniques that can help your company increase its employee retention rate.
Read more →Structured Interviews: What, Why, and How
Most companies don't use a structured interview. They don't know how, they're under a time crunch, or they don't consider them to be as revealing.
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