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Recruiting Advice

November 20th, 2008

Self Assessment and Reality Checks

Self Assessment and Reality Checks

Most of the contemporary literature on hiring and gaining corporate advantage stresses the importance of recruiting top performers to drive companies forward. In the upcoming “war for talent”, so the story goes, successful companies will be the ones who are staffed with “thoroughbreds” who can quite simply out-perform other employees and competitors.

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November 20th, 2008

Employment assessment test tools catching on

Employment assessment test tools catching on

Employment assessment test tools help employers select top performers – from entry-level workers to high-flying executives. With an employment assessment test, it’s possible to screen for knowledge, personalities, past behaviours, and job fit.

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November 20th, 2008

Hiring people with disabilities: a large group of workers with special creative skills

Hiring people with disabilities: a large group of workers with special creative skills

Hiring people with disabilities can help you overcome the challenge of finding skilled workers. By hiring people with disabilities, you can tap a unique group of non-traditional employees who are often unrecognized.

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May 28th, 2007

Hire Smart: Staffing Strategically for Cost Effectiveness

Hire Smart: Staffing Strategically for Cost Effectiveness

Effective management of human resources is one of the most important elements of a competitive business. In lean times and periods of economic uncertainty, it’s especially critical to carefully monitor and manage your biggest expense: labour.

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May 28th, 2007

Hiring – What not to do

Hiring - What not to do

A person who is able to the job, and willing to do the work. Someone with team spirit, and who is manageable. Someone who fits within the organization’s culture, and is personally compatible with the organization and our current employees. An emotionally mature adult with sound and rational judgment. That’s all.

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