How to decide the Criteria for the Role you need to Fill

How to decide the Criteria for the Role you need to Fill

For small businesses, it can be a tremendous challenge to identify the exact traits and characteristics that are needed from new employees. The best small business professionals are often those who can take care of multiple tasks and have skills in several areas. The ability to decide the criteria for the role you need to…

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Questions that will test whether a candidate is right for you

Questions that will test whether a candidate is right for you

Hiring the right team members is of paramount importance if you want your business to be successful. When trying to determine if a candidate is right for your business, asking the right questions can be critical to understanding their true character and whether or not they will fit in with the rest of the team. Here…

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‘If you think hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs’

‘If you think hiring professionals is expensive, try hiring amateurs’

This quote popular with recruitment agencies sums up the value of recruitment strategies to hire the right person for the right job in one short, snappy line.  BRW’s Fast 100 Survey cited the biggest frustration for business was staff recruitment and specifically finding the right people. And people are complicated. Hiring the wrong person is time…

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What’s involved in effective workforce planning?

What’s involved in effective workforce planning?

Workforce planning is far more complex and strategic than back-filling roles when an employee leaves or as the need arises. Ideally, the HR and Recruitment teams need to be involved in strategic business growth initiatives in order to align workforce planning to long-term business goals, according to Hudson RPO. Moreover, the process needs to be…

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How to hire more productive employees

How to hire more productive employees

Hiring productive employees is really the ‘silver bullet’ of recruitment. If you can solve this issue and then replicate it, your business will be on track for success. So how exactly do you hire more productive employees for your business? Hire for ownership Barbara Fanfan, in her article: ‘Finding and Keeping Employees with Ownership’ states…

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5 Hiring Best Practices Made Easy

5 Hiring Best Practices Made Easy

Hiring the right employees for your business can be one of the most challenging aspects of running a small business. Certainly, there are plenty of ways to get it wrong. So what do businesses need to consider when developing their recruitment approach to improve their chances of hiring the right employees? Go slowly If you’re…

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Changing your career direction

Changing your career direction

The New Year is often a time when people look inward – reflecting on their career, health and fitness and re-evaluate their goals. While it’s commonplace for people to change employers, the process of navigating a career change can be challenging, particularly in terms of how such a change is perceived by recruiters and employers….

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The impact of employee health on business performance

The impact of employee health on business performance

Most businesses have a health and wellbeing policy, but understanding how employee wellbeing supports business goals is another thing entirely. Amanda McMillan, co-founder of Wellineux, says that it’s essential to link business strategy to the employee wellbeing strategy. Without this, argues McMillan, employees won’t see how these strategies support the business overall. Iain Hopkins, says…

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Developing high potential employees

Developing high potential employees

Developing high potential employees in your business is one of the key strategies that will assist the company in achieving it’s goals. Not only does it help improve employee engagement and retention but it enables your business to challenge high performing employees with growing your business. So what is the recommended strategy for developing your…

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