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Measuring Quality of Hire: How to Handle Common Challenges
By Tom McGuire | February 06, 2025
No one would argue that the talent a company employs play in a crucial role in achieving organizational success. Given this fact then, why don’t more companies measure the quality of their talent?
Five Reasons Why Candidates Aren’t Applying to Your Jobs
By Linda Brenner | February 06, 2025
There are many reasons why candidates aren't applying to jobs the way they did before the pandemic. A recent survey identified five key reasons for this (hint: 'being lazy and on unemployment' didn't make the list.)
Recruiting Process Outsourcing (RPO) Can Improve Hiring Results: Four Ways to Do It right
By Tom McGuire | February 02, 2025
Recruiting Process Outsourcing firms (RPOs) often have a reputation for overpromising and under-delivering, but does it have to be that way?
RPO Lessons Learned: When RPO is Not Working Well
By Tom McGuire | January 29, 2025
So your organization is using an RPO (Recruitment Process Outsourcing) firm and you suspect things aren't going as planned? Or perhaps you are considering an RPO? Read on to learn about these common pitfalls. And check out other articles in our series to find solutions.
Now is the Time to Measure Quality of Hire
By Linda Brenner | January 28, 2025
Many leaders are concerned with quality of hire these days and for good reason: we've seen spikes in candidate ghosting, no shows on day one, early attrition, and poor candidate fit in the last few years. But "quality of hire" can be an annoying...
5 Reasons Assessment-Based Programs Are the Best Training and Development
By Linda Brenner | January 28, 2025
Traditional training isn't the way to rapidly improve HR effectiveness, development and credibility. Simulation-based assessment and 360° feedback is a fast, better way to improving recruiters' and HR business partners' skills.
Hot Tip: That ChatBot on Your Apply Process Isn’t AI
By Linda Brenner | January 28, 2025
In almost every case, your ChatBot is actually repelling - rather than attracting - talent. Prove me wrong.
In-Box Dash: AI-Powered Simulation for TA Training and Selection
By Linda Brenner | January 28, 2025
A one-of-a-kind, AI-powered simulated exercise to help HR and TA leaders select, assess and develop their team.
A High Volume Hiring Case Study: Improving Hiring Speed, Quality, Cost
By Linda Brenner | January 28, 2025
The Challenge: Improve the quality of hiring high volume, customer service-oriented front line employees. In turn, increase speed to hire and reduce overall hiring costs.
How Do You Measure Quality of Hire in this Talent Marketplace?
By Tom McGuire | January 28, 2025
In this full employment economy, finding and winning top talent for critical roles is a key business success factor. But if you’re still thinking about quality of hire in the old way (hiring manager surveys to assess ‘happiness’ with the recruiting team or managers' assessment of a new hire 30 days in), then you’re missing the chance to prove the value of Talent Acquisition in 2019 and beyond.
The Most Effective Recruitment Process in the Toughest Talent Marketplace
By Linda Brenner | January 28, 2025
It’s a trick: the most effective recruitment process isn’t one - it's multiple processes, differentiated and highly engineered. Because in the most challenging talent marketplace that most of us have ever worked in, we can't wing it anymore - nor can we build our processes based on what we've always done, or what hiring managers demand.
Talent Acquisition Audit: Six Signs You Need One
By Linda Brenner | January 28, 2025
Six circumstances where it makes sense to bring in outside, unbiased resources to conduct a talent acquisition audit.
How to Improve Recruiting: Begin with a SWOT Analysis
By Tom McGuire | January 28, 2025
Need to figure out how to improve hiring speed, quality and diversity? Begin with one of the most tried-and-true methods to assessing strengths and weaknesses: a SWOT framework for recruiting. Learn how this method can help you get started the right way.
Valuing Employees: Are People Your Most Important Asset? The Answer Might Surprise You.
By Linda Brenner | January 28, 2025
Well, if you’re an accountant, then the answer is probably a resounding “yes.” From an accounting standpoint, an asset is an economic resource that can be owned or controlled to produce value that can ultimately be converted into cash. For example,...
How to Use a Req Load Calculator for Recruiters
By Linda Brenner | January 28, 2025
The number of reqs a recruiter works has a direct impact on the speed, cost and quality of their hiring outcomes. Too many hiring reqs results in poor quality - skipped intake meetings, little or no sourcing of candidates, short-shrifting the...
HR Strategy = Talent Strategy: It’s All About Build, Buy, Borrow
By Linda Brenner | January 28, 2025
The creation of value in companies is primarily linked to intellectual capital driving cash flow, constituting over 80% of average market value. Companies like Apple, Visa, and Microsoft derive nearly all their value from intellectual assets rather...
Where the Talent Went and What To Do About It
By Linda Brenner | January 28, 2025
Despite the waning of the COVID-19 pandemic, hiring and retention remain a significant challenge for businesses. Factors contributing to this shortage include demographic shifts, declining birthrates, and lower labor force participation rates. Here are four strategies to address this issue. And do it now, because it's not going to get easier anytime soon.
Building a New Partnership Between CHROs and CEOs
By Tom McGuire | January 28, 2025
It's time for CHROs to build a better, more collaborative and business-based relationship with their CEOs. Read more about it in our latest book, "Building Business Value Through Talent: The CEO and CHRO Partnership Guide" available on Amazon: bit.ly/TGAbook
5 Ways to Turn Your Desire to Hire Diverse Talent into Actual Diversity Hiring
By Linda Brenner | January 28, 2025
The demand for greater representation within companies requires HR to successfully find, attract and win high-performing diverse talent. Here are five tips for doing it right.
Connecting Talent Investments to Business Outcomes (Infographic)
By Tom McGuire | January 28, 2025
All roles are not of equal importance. In fact, 20% of roles drive 90% of your growth. The following infographic explores the key differences between the old school industrial economy and our new knowledge based economy as it relates to an...

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