ExactHire Recruiting

DECEMBER 22, 2011

A thought occurred to me last week after a meeting with one of our clients — why don’t more organizations use employee assessments ? Here at ExactHire, we use and promote the use of assessment tools for many employee issues. Among those uses are hiring, team building, succession planning and 360 degree feedback for performance reviews. Then it hit me…most people (and therefore organizations) see these tools as “tests”, not assessments.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 21, 2011

When you are interviewing someone for a job, either for a “permanent” position or temporary one, do you monitor how – and how many times – the candidate uses the words “I” “we” and “they?” Do you have a metric for it? Place much significance in it? Pay attention or care at all? Professor James W.

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Forum One

DECEMBER 22, 2011

No doubt you’ve experienced the web’s evolution toward a more social and mobile space. We share and consume content in more ways and across a greater variety of devices than ever before. You may have heard less about localization – another way the web is evolving. This trend is about making the web more targeted and meaningful to local audiences, primarily in terms of language and culture.

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ExactHire Recruiting

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Now for the review of the employer group I had referenced at the end of my last blog. This particular group is a small, non-profit organization that employs a number of high-powered people. They move at a fast pace and raise unbelievable amounts of cash. They have been very successful over the years. So, why were they interested in using employee assessments ?

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Speaker: Dr. Craig Ellis, Head of I-O Psychology, HighMatch

Join Dr. Craig Ellis, an I-O Psychologist, for this live webinar as he guides you through an objective interview process that will help your team assess candidate's alignment with your organizational culture. Space is limited, register today!

Interviews

ExactHire Recruiting

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Over the span of each of your careers, I’m sure you can pinpoint at least one time in which you had a very unfortunate, if not comical, recruitment experience with an organization. That is, the company made some major blunder while recruiting you…for example, during an interview or a follow-up communication. If so, I invite you to comment and share your experiences, though please keep the organization anonymous to protect the innocent.

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ExactHire Recruiting

DECEMBER 22, 2011

We’re excited to be working with the folks at the Governor Bob Orr Indiana Entrepreneurial Fellowship , or Orr Fellowship for short! For those of you who are not yet familiar with this exciting initiative, the mission of the Orr Fellowship is to “retain and inspire Indiana’s brightest minds. It serves as an applied training vehicle for the State’s future entrepreneurs and organizational leaders.” Participants in the Fellowship program serve two year stints at some of the state&

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Finding a new job may be at the top of your employees’ New Years’ Resolutions list. A recent Right Management Survey highlights that most employees want to leave their current position. Even more alarming: the percentage was just as high last year. Here’s the key question from the study: ???. That people are dissatisfied at their jobs isn’t surprising given the general distrust workers have of employers after record layoffs during the recession.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 20, 2011

The Jacobson Group , a provider of insurance talent, announced the addition of a standalone recruitment process outsourcing service line to assist the insurance industry with enterprise hiring needs. [Insurance News Net]. Snelling Staffing in Summit , New Jersey are collecting for Dress for Success through December 30. [The Alternative Press]. Your Assets Exposed !

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Christmas time is in the air again. Happy Holidays from the Bennett-Hall Company, who gives back to its community all year long. Adecco North America CEO Tig Gilliam details the December 2011 Workplace Economy Report, which shows the economy is continuing to gain momentum in jobs recovery. Fox 2’s Job Shop opens with Robin Ankton, regional manager from Robert Half International, shares her thoughts on today’s job market.

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Speaker: Ann Meyers Piccirillo

HR Compliance is like a giant game of whack-a-mole. Once you think your company is compliant with all policies and procedures documented and in place, there’s a new or amended law, regulation, or final rule that pops up landing you back at ‘start.’ There are shifts, interpretations, and balancing acts to understanding compliance changes. Keeping up is not easy and it’s very time consuming.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 21, 2011

CBIZ acquires the actuarial and retirement plan consulting practice of PSA Insurance and Financial Services. [Market Watch]. Genuent acquires Segula Technologies’ North American operations. [Green Technology World]. Barton Associates announces a strong close to 2011 with a 70% increase in temporary nurse practitioner staffing volume between Q1 and Q4.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Prosecutors say that after David Nosal left the executive recruiting firm Korn/Ferry International , his work password still worked and he logged into work computers to obtain proprietary company information. Then he and his accomplices allegedly used that data to start a competing business. [Courthouse News]. The company Christmas card lives! How one Houston firm’s ( The Alexander Group ) holiday greetings changed with the times.

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Okay, I got the memo. We are in the midst of a busy holiday season. Our time is precious. We can count the days – and the hours – until the Christmas/Hanukkah break. And if I wasn’t on your radar/agenda/to-do list for a while, it’s hard to add me now. But we’ve been friends and/or professional acquaintances for how long?

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Staffing Talk

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Yes, it is that time of year. Not only to count the days hours that you have to finish your work and your Christmas shopping (and not necessarily in that order!), but also to count, or recount as it were, the Top 10 Staffing Talk stories of 2011. It’s also a good time to thank you for your readership and support of this site. We continue to trend up in every measure (hey, storytellers can spout this stuff like real businesspeople, too) and we couldn’t do it without you.

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