Every month, Talent Terrace tracks publicly offered webinars and other events that may appeal to the professional development interests of HR, internal communications, and business owners aspiring to improve their business outcomes through better HR practices and strategies. Below is the list of 26 webinars for August 2011 which includes 24 free offerings [...]
Lots of things are fine solo but when they are paired up with something else, they are a much better product or offer a much greater result. For example…
Peanut butter AND chocolate ala Reeses in the 80s …
Michael Jackson’s Thriller mega hit AND the COOLEST baseball-loving kid ever at Safeco Park…
Referring to Sebastian Wernickie’s Lies, Damn [...]
So, your company has identified a finalist candidate or two for a position that has proven to be very difficult to fill. When your candidate started the recruiting process with you, she was a passive candidate but over the weeks that its taken to reach the final on-site interview, she’s had conversations with several competitors. This [...]
Hiring leaders naturally identify with post-interview debriefs with HR / recruiting as a time when finalist candidates are evaluated simply for the purpose of determining which, if any, candidate will receive a go or no-go decision regarding an offer.
Go or no-go hiring decisions aren't always as clear as a green light.
Indeed, that’s a driving purpose [...]
Innovation in the workplace generates business benefits through the exploration, testing and application of new ideas and practices. It can improve current practices and remove process roadblocks. It can be radically game changing or introduce small incremental improvements. While there is no one way to innovate, to be sure, without talent acquisition innovation, businesses will stick with current [...]
Have you ever presented an absolutely on-target candidate to your hiring manager who was thrilled about the candidate only to have the process stall after second round interviews because the hiring stakeholders couldn’t agree on next steps for the candidate?
Before pinning the indecisive outcome on the candidate, consider whether all the hiring stakeholders were on the same page [...]
Remember new hires and candidates when designing benefit plan communications.
When developing employee benefit communication tools for employees, remembering to include an audience of candidates, recruiters and new hires into the mix can give your organization an advantage when competing for selective talent.
Amanda Lannert shared a great employee benefits enrollment communication post this week at www.tlnt.com. [...]
While visiting a sail plane (aka glider) facility in Southern California recently, I watched seasoned sail plane pilots training new pilots on equipment and acrobatic maneuvers. After the pilot pairs landed, they huddled to review their flight experience, identify errors and talk about what went right. Essentially, they debriefed the flight to prepare for a better experience the next [...]
(If you’ve landed here and are wondering about Mistakes #1 – 3, click here. This is the fifth and final post in a series on how to avoid losing finalist candidates.)
Mistake # 4 – Skipping the logistics
For candidates who are traveling to interview with your company, overlooking their logistical details can be particularly damaging. Here are some ideas [...]
Mistake # 3 – Neglecting to prepare your candidate.
(If you’ve landed here and are wondering about Mistakes #1 and #2, click here. This is the fourth in a series of posts on how to avoid losing finalist candidates.)
Would you expect a sales professional to perform to their full potential if they showed up to a customer [...]