When hiring a new employee, there’s always the risk that they aren’t as good of a fit as you thought. Someone confident and charming who seems great on paper might not actually have applicable skills they need for the position.
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Category: Recruitment Best Practices
4 Easy Ways to Determine If a Candidate Will Be the Right Fit
Hiring the right candidate for a position is an incredibly important decision for any company. Candidates are potential employees, employees mean productivity, and productivity means money and success for the company. Therefore, time and diligence should be invested in the
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Why Generalists Will Be Better for Your Organization in The Future
There has recently been hard debate surrounding generalists vs. specialists and who’s a better fit for your workplace. The well-rounded truth is: both. Our society has generally placed “the master” on a pedestal over “the jack of all trades”. We
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Stop Hiring for Fit If You Want to Have a Diverse Team
Yes, it’s important to hire workers who fit in well with your team from a cultural standpoint. However, it is possible to overdo it in a sense. Trying to only hire “clones” of your current workforce isn’t the best idea,
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The Hidden Costs of Hiring
Hiring skilled employees results in the company making more money, right? Perhaps in the long run, but throughout the hiring process you’ll need to be prepared for some hidden costs that can really add up. Let’s go over some recruitment
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Nexxt Announces Enhanced Text2Hire Conversation Product
We at Nexxt are excited to announce a software upgrade to our Text2Hire Conversation product! According to a survey, only 14% of the workforce is actively looking for a job, but 73% are open to receiving new job opportunities via
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5 Things Interviewers Do That Candidates Can’t Stand
Finding the best possible candidates for a role in your company is incredibly important, and of course, interviews are crucial for this. And while understanding who to hire lies heavily on the head of the person being interviewed, there are
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Why Are Job Seekers Not Seeking Me?
A few tweaks to your job posting and you could be flooded with viable candidates.
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A Tale of One City – What Employers Can Learn from NYC and Amazon’s Squandered Deal
By now, almost everyone has heard that Amazon has backed out of moving one of its two new headquarters to Long Island City, NY. The reason? NYC and Amazon just couldn’t agree on things, and negotiations came to a standstill.
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Tight Labor Market Got You Down? We Can Help.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, national unemployment is the lowest it’s been in half a century, with the jobless rate dropping to just 3.7 percent. That’s fantastic news for job seekers looking to make their next big
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