Obsolete Recruiting Processes Contributes to High Employee Turnover at Auto Dealerships
How High is Auto Dealership Employee Turnover? All too often, we hear dealership managers lament the costs of turnover from bad hires that should have never made it through the hiring process. Hiring without an effective selection process in place can feel like buying a car without test-driving it first, and, unfortunately, there is no […]
Hiring: A Team Effort
Excellent candidate communication is a key indicator of a successful hiring process. However, all that can be for naught if there is a communication breakdown internally. As a hiring manager, what can you do to keep everyone in the loop and bring on a great team member? Utilize Your Team: Who will be working with […]
The Power in Going Paperless
Today’s workforce operates at the speed of light, every minute of the workday is strategically planned. The wireless industry strives for a continuous mindset of progressiveness. In a field that constantly looks to the future, why should hiring be any different? Switching operations centered around stacks of paper to an online administrative system is the […]
Employee Referrals: Your Greatest Recruiting Source
You know that your employees are just as valuable as your customers, if not moreso. Your team is the front-line of your business: executors of strategy, builders of customer relationships, and keepers of your employment brand. The latter also means your employees are an amazing source for recruiting new talent. Think of your personal […]
Making the Right Hiring Decision
Retaining the best employees can be a challenge for today’s business owners. According to the Harvard Business Review, 80% of employee turnover is due to bad hiring decisions. This means that the retention problem starts at the very beginning of the hiring process. Who you hire makes a difference … sometimes the difference of needing […]
Start Building Your Talent Magnet
Earlier this month we launched our first (free) ebook on Building a Talent Magnet! It’s all about what we’ve learned helping our clients attract talent and build successful hiring processes, and how growing businesses can start to build their own Talent Magnet. Here’s a quick preview of the material in the ebook: Understanding Your Applicants Old vs […]
The Social Advantage
I like you, you retweet me, we tell our network about what we’re doing this weekend. Whether your personal life is scattered over Facebook dashboards or you diligently share relevant articles with your LinkedIn network, social media is an important pillar in today’s communications. It’s no surprise that it plays an important role in recruiting […]
The Big Deal About Easy Applications (and Why Easy Job Application Forms Win)
Have you ever applied to a job and an hour into the thirty-question form wondered if it was worth it? An easy application is the fix, because every extra field is a candidate you just lost. Easy job applications get more applicants, and more applicants get you the right hire faster. To employers, detailed applications […]
Optimizing Your Job Description
Optimizing Your Job Description In the past few years, many employers have followed the ‘more is better’ concept when it comes to job descriptions. This is partly because today’s postings are not limited by character counts in a newspaper ad; there is no real limit to what you post online. However, a job seeker typically […]