As a business owner, there will be times when you must decide whether to hire an employee or utilize an independent contractor.
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Leverage the efficiency of systems while keeping human interaction integrated in the hiring process
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Attracting and retaining talent in a competitive job market
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Recruiting is highly competitive and LinkedIn has become a valuable tool for recruiters. Check out some basics of building your company’s presence on LinkedIn.
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Navigating Your Way Through the Options for Hiring New Employees The information and digital age has brought us a plethora of new tools and tactics that we can now use to streamline our processes to hire new employees. If your goal is to create systems by which you can most quickly, efficiently and effectively bring
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No one can argue the importance of making the right hire in your organization. Statistics on workplace productivity prove out time and again that one top performer has the productivity level of three average employees and yet, only 50 percent of the employees hired are considered to be “good hires.” Whether it is you or
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The costs of a bad hire can be devastating. It’s not just the wasted time, money and energy, but a bad hire can have a demoralizing effect on both your current employees and the new “bad” hire when you have to let them go. Bad hire = bad fire, virtually every time. So, how can
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Wouldn’t it be just perfect if we could hire employees that had the same passion and drive to move your business forward that you as an entrepreneur have? You may be surprised to discover that this can be easier than you think; especially if you consider inspiring an “ownership attitude” right from the first interview
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Learn About Accounting Staff Qualifications Just as with any role in your company, you always want to make sure you are hiring qualified people to serve in your accounting department. As you begin to build your accounting department, this article will clearly define the specific educational and training requirements for each of the primary roles
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We advocate using a behavioral interview to determine whether a candidate is a good fit. With a behavioral interview, the objective is to assess knowledge, skills, and abilities; the competencies that are reflected from past experience. The idea is that past performance is a good predictor of future performance. Here is a list of sample behavioral interview questions.
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We find DISC and values a useful combination because it defines responses to various situations, including behavioral communications models, which tend to highlight trends that promote team effectiveness
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Cultural fit can cover a variety of characteristics, but ultimately, the question hiring managers should be looking to answer is, does this candidate’s values align with those of the company?
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