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Want to Be a “Success”? Learn to Be an Outlaster
Pat Kelley, MS, SPHR:Wonderful blog from Kristen Lamb. Great way to start 2015 whether you’re a writer, business owner, manager, leader, human resources pro, or a wannabe any of the above. Read and...
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Feedback is the Breakfast of Champions
Pat Kelley, MS, SPHR:Excellent post from the Ken Blanchard leadership blog. Originally posted on How We Lead: Many of you are finishing up year-end performance reviews and working with your team...
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10 Awesome Interview Questions to Really Get to Know Job Candidates
Pat Kelley, MS, SPHR:Here’s a terrific post from Randy Conley with interview questions you may want to consider using, especially for your management candidates. I recommend you choose two or three to...
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Let’s Get Right Down to Basics
We can talk all day about leadership and leadership skills, but at the end of the day, it doesn’t matter a bit what your leadership skills are, or are not, if you’ve not hired the right employees to...
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Get the most out of your interviews
You’ve reviewed dozens or even hundreds of resumes, pulled a few you think have promise, and invited them in for an interview. And your hiring process falls apart because you don’t know how to get the...
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Disparate Impact Affects All Employers
Sunday’s newspaper brought an article by columnist Thomas Sowell about the Justice Department’s repeated use of the term “disparate impact” in their report about the Ferguson, MO., police department....
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Survey shows best sources for hires
Internet based CareerXroads.com recently published their Source of Hire Report 2014, and there were some surprising findings. According to the report, companies continue to find their best candidates...
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It’s time to stop short-changing education
We’ve all heard, and in some cases experienced the horror stories. College graduates (often star athletes) who are unable to read and write at the eighth grade level. High school graduates who cannot...
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Develop your own pre-hire assessments
One of the things I strongly emphasize when coaching recruiters and hiring managers, is the use of pre-hire testing in the hiring process. There is often a big difference between what applicants...
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Meet employees at their level of knowledge
At one company where I was Human Resources Manager, concern about worker literacy prompted me to begin testing job applicants through the state job service, which used standardized literacy tests. That...
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