We always had a hiring philosophy at Nexxt, look for fit, then for skills. We were looking for people who would thrive in our fast paced, sometimes silly, high energy work environment. We wanted (and still want) people who wanted
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Job Descriptions in The Digital Era Should Be Based on Skills Not Tasks
job Employers are scaling back or even eliminating the need for employees and potential employees to have college degrees. Their reasoning for this? Employers now prefer to hear and see a candidate’s skills and competencies. A Harvard Business Review study
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Hire More Failures to Have an Innovative Team
Innovation and failure are often bedfellows. Many of the great intentions and inventors of our times left behind a trail of failures in the path to their victory. One of the reasons for this is that you can only fail
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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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Nexxt HR Survey Says…2014 Employer Outlook Still Foggy.
As 2013 comes to a close and we look towards 2014, overall signs of changes to the employment marketplace indicate that there may be a better picture for workers in 2014. But, upon closer inspection, the results appear to be
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