CVs or no CVs? That’s a good question…
If I had to take a guess I'd say that you use CVs as an integral part of your recruitment process, because that's the way everybody does it. But just because it's always been done that way, doesn’t mean it’s…
Take a lesson from Saracens rugby club to cut staff turnover
Steve Borthwick was double booked. Due to travel to Cardiff to pose for photos and answer questions at a Heineken Cup press launch, Saracens told him he had to be at an “important squad meeting” in Munich the same day.…
Why Employees Make Silly Mistakes
Are you tired of employees whose seemingly careless mistakes cost you time and money? Before you fire them, read on... How many times have you asked yourself why no one else in your company has common sense? Poor decisions, lack…
Five Common Recruitment Mistakes
1. Hire for skills, fire for attitude Despite all the research to show that employees can learn new skills but rarely change their attitude, companies continue to rely on the CV and an interview to recruit new employees. But repeated…
Are you “Hiring for Skills” but “Firing for Attitude”?
That’s the conundrum in a nutshell. The last time you dismissed anyone, it’s highly likely that it was for discipline, attitude or behaviour, not their ability to do the job. Which begs the question: why do companies keep recruiting people…
Hiring Mistakes: Hiring the Resume, not the Person
Hiring someone because they have an impressive resume is like buying a car because you love the brochure. If you fail to look under the hood, buyer beware. Your new hire may end up like the Fisker Karma: the coveted…
Top 10 Job Search Mistakes
What are the worst job search mistakes you can make? Some major mistakes can halt your job search before it even gets going. Others are small mistakes that, given a competitive job market, can be enough to knock you out…
Minimising costly recruitment mistakes with personality tests
With on-line recruitment rapidly becoming the norm, the use of pre-employment personality tests as part of the screening process is becoming an essential element in recruiting new staff. But why is pre-employment testing so popular and why is it such…
What’s the difference between DISC and other Personality Tests?
Without exaggeration, we hear clients, prospects, and even consultants lump DISC and personality tests together every day when discussing pre-employment tests. In some respects, that is like comparing apples to oranges, peaches to bananas and so on. In other words,…
Recruitment – why sifting CVs is a waste of time and rarely finds the best candidates
In a sales meeting recently, I met a very capable and professional HR manager of a local further education college, let's call him Mr Smith. My intention was to promote our e-talent recruitment screening system which helps companies select the…
