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Why I Love Video Interviews

If you found a genie tomorrow, I bet two things you might wish for would be time and money. They are easily something everyone could use more of. I have been diligently working on a time

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What You’re Doing Wrong in Your Hiring Process

For building product manufacturers and distributors, the quality of your hiring process can mean the difference between employing high performers and having to settle for mediocrity. Here are some hiring process mistakes you should avoid if

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Is Your Recruiting Process a Joke?
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Is Your Recruiting Process a Joke?

Let’s start by asking a hard question, do you even have a recruiting process? Or are you rather, are you just trusting that in this digital world, that it should be easy to find and engage qualified people?

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The Full Cost of a Bad Hire, It's More Than You Might Think
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The Full Cost of a Bad Hire, It’s More Than You Might Think

Understanding the true cost of a bad hire can be a very complicated prospect. In most cases even veteran HR professionals and hiring managers drastically underestimate the financial cost, they estimate it is in the thousands. Some studies show that the price of a new hire can be as much as 30% of their first year’s salary. Other estimates can get as high as $240,000 in the first 18 months with a “bad” new hire. This really shows just how detrimental a bad hire can be in any company, and it takes most hiring professional by complete surprise, blowing their assumed “thousands” out of the water.

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The Ugly Truth of the Cost of a Bad Sales Hire
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The Ugly Truth of the Cost of a Bad Sales Hire

When you ask a CEO or sales manager about the cost of a bad sales hire the first thing they are likely to bring up is the actual cost of hiring. I.E. on-boarding, training and benefits, and while this may be very expensive most companies seem to leave it at that.

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5 Signs Your Recruiter Sucks

How happy are you with your recruiter? Do you suspect that the money you spend is being wasted? Take a good look at how the recruiting effort is going. If you see any of these five signs, take that as reason enough to make a change.

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