Realizing Potential

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Most companies, when they look at developing workers for leadership or management positions, focus on the top 15 percent of the workforce. These are the so-called high-potential employees. At the other end, there are about 15 percent who are underperformers, with a large group of 70 percent in the middle. Since this middle sector makes… Read more »

Helping Workers Become True Team Members

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Teamwork. It is one of the most important factors in the success of a business. But often, when people talk about productivity, they focus on how individuals can be productive, rather than the dynamics of how a team works that make it productive or not. Keeping a team working at peak efficiency can be tough… Read more »

Personality Types and the Tests that Measure Them

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Surveys have shown that about 20 percent of all companies use personality tests for job applicants, and the number of companies doing this is increasing at roughly 10 to 15 percent each year. Used in the right way, these tests can be a big help in finding the right person. The problem is that many… Read more »

Do Your Hiring Managers Measure Up?

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To improve your company’s hiring process, you might want to take a more active role in assessing the performance of hiring managers. In order to do this, however, you first have to come up with criteria in order to measure performance. These metrics need to be simple to use and effective. One of the most… Read more »

Employers — How to Get the Most from a Job Fair

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With the right preparation and follow through, career fairs can be good places to find new employees. But if businesses are not ready for the stream of job seekers and piles of resumes they will get, fairs can also quickly become boondoggles. To get the most out of a job fair, companies need to be… Read more »

Putting Telecommuting Under Contract

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These days, many companies are offering employees the opportunity to telecommute. According to business analysts, telecommuting increases productivity. It allows employees greater flexibility and an atmosphere that is more conducive to concentration, without having to deal with frequent interruptions. But there are other factors that need to be taken into consideration when an employee works… Read more »

Essential Interview Questions

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During an interview, to get a more well-rounded look at a job candidate, hiring managers often use what are called behavioral questions. As the name implies, these kinds of questions attempt to assess what a candidate’s behavior or performance is likely to be for certain skill areas. They are an attempt to get past the… Read more »

Listening to Your Employees

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According to a recent survey, many companies are not doing enough to get feedback from their employees, and so are depriving themselves of significant insights about their business, workplace morale and productivity. Almost half of the companies responding to the survey indicated that they did no routine surveying of their employees for their input. But,… Read more »

Sizing Someone Up

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One of the activities we are constantly involved in is sizing up people. Whether at work or outside of work, whenever we meet someone, we are judging them, trying to take their measure. It is not an easy task, since people are complex, and there are often many different signals we get from them. When… Read more »

Recruiting with Social Media

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Social media has become part of the culture at many companies. It is an effective way to market the company, to build name recognition. Companies are already using social media to recruit as well. If your company does not, it is something it should consider because there are many advantages. With the rise of social… Read more »