The cost of recruitment – are you maximizing your ROI?
Recruitment is costly. Companies spend on average USD$4,000 on attracting and hiring a new employee - $4,000 that could be better spent elsewhere - especially if that new hire turns out to be a new disaster. Join us, as we take a look at the hidden costs of recruitment, and how you can maximize your return on investment by securing the best talent for your business. The trust costs of recruitment No matter whether a [...]
5 Fatal flaws of attracting talent
The global talent shortage is at a record high, with 45% of employers across the world finding it difficult to fill roles with the right people - but is the talent shortage really the problem? Millions of businesses are so busy trying to find talent, that they’ve neglected to attract it - adopting practices that, instead, are driving candidates away. If you’re struggling to fill positions, take a look at these six fatal flaws of [...]
How and Why to Assess Core Values in Candidates
Value-based assessments have always been popular in organizations, but today, they’re more popular than ever. With even large-scale organizations like Southwest Airlines and Aegon adopting core-value based hiring, many businesses are wondering why and how they can do the same. Core values represent a candidate’s core beliefs relating to moral questions and answers. Most organizations benefit from learning about these values before making a hire but it’s important not to rely too heavily on value-based [...]
Recruitment Strategy: How to Capture Passive Candidates
In an ideal situation, any candidate for a role will be engaged, motivated, and looking for a job. Unfortunately, LinkedIn’s Global Talent Trends shows that 75% of candidates for non-crucial roles and 95% of candidates for crucial roles will be passive. These candidates are already employed, often not expressly interested in moving on to another role and can be difficult to engage and to move into the recruitment funnel. However, they will make up an [...]
How to Effectively Match Employee’s Skill Sets With Job Roles
The success of your company relies on the skills of your employees. Putting the right person in the right job can be the difference between success and failure, not just for the employee but also for the project. Part of effective management is identifying your employee’s strengths, and weaknesses, and then assigning jobs and projects accordingly. Everyone has different skills. They excel at some things and fail at others. That is perfectly natural. The key [...]