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What is Your Most Valuable Asset?

February 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Is your answer: “Our People”
We have asked this question of hundreds of CEO’s, key executives and hiring managers. Another question that goes along with that is; “How important to your career is having the very best working for you?” Most answer “”Very important.”
Given that, one would think that as a hiring manager the time you spend searching […]

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Tags: Finding Top Talent · Recruiting Top Talent · Retaining Top Talent

Tribal Hiring leads to the Definition of Insanity

February 4th, 2008 · No Comments

Why do organizations talk about the need to hire top talent, but do nothing revolutionary to improve the process? 
We are continually amazed at the number of companies which give lip service to the concept of hiring talent - yet when you look at the specific strategies, tactics, processes, and methods they employ to do this - it’s the same […]

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Tags: Finding Top Talent · Hiring Process · Hiring Top Talent

Finding Top Talent

February 3rd, 2008 · No Comments

Top talent accept positions for three basic reasons:
1) they want a compelling opportunity
2) they want to work for a great company with a strong vision
3) they want a boss they can respect and learn from
Companies that attract and the hire top talent know this and understand how to demonstrate this during the advertising and the hiring process. We encourage […]

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Tags: Finding Top Talent · Recruiting Top Talent · Top Talent Motivation

What are the major mistakes that cause hiring failure?

February 2nd, 2008 · No Comments

Why do most companies suffer from poor hiring success?
Studies demonstrate that in most companies, executive and managerial hiring is not much more accurate than 50%. Now imagine the failure rate increased substantially below the managerial level since the rate of sophistication regarding hiring declines quickly below the executive and senior management level.
Why do companies accept what is […]

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Tags: Finding Top Talent · Hiring Top Talent · Interviewing Top Talent