What’s the most critical aspect of consistently hiring great people? It happens before the offer. Before the interview. Before the job posting. Even before the job description. The most critical aspect to hiring well is building a profile of the exact type of person you are looking for before ever beginning the hiring process. If you and your team do that before every hire, you’ll hire great people time and time again. What’s the key to building that profile? The process is two-fold: understanding your company and understanding the need facing your company. Understanding Your Company The first step to …Read more »

Companies have a problem today, particularly well-known ones: because the Internet keeps everyone connected and a lot of people want to work at these prestigious organizations, their HR teams are being overloaded with job applications. So, many large corporations today rely on resume scanners (most of which come as part of Applicant Tracking Systems, or ATSs), which scan resumes for certain keywords and then ranks candidates based off the results. Which works really well unless…. The person has their resume in PDF form. Or they put their work dates in the wrong place. Or they call their experience anything other …Read more »