There’s an enormous amount of research suggesting that emotional intelligence (EQ) is critical to your performance at work. TalentSmart has tested the EQ of more than a million people and found that it explains 58% of success in all types of jobs. People with high EQs make $29,000 more annually than people with low EQs. Ninety percent of top performers …

If you find yourself feeling queasy at the thought of negotiating your salary, you aren’t alone. Research from Salary.com reveals that around one-fifth of candidates don’t counter the first number on the table after they receive a job offer. In fact, a poll by the Society of Human Resource Management found that nearly 80 percent of those surveyed expressed that …

If you ask most CEOs who don’t work for a non-profit what is most important to them, they will reply, “whatever makes the company money (revenue) or whatever saves the company money (margin/profit).” The primary marching orders from most CHROs for HR and recruiting functions will be about continuous improvement to reduce cost. I know most recruiting leaders are nodding …

[1]Demand for recruiters is rising as employers emboldened by improving economic signals in the U.S. and globally add new jobs, only to find it ever more difficult to hire the workers they want. Wanted Analytics says the number of online job listings for recruiters rose 4.5 percent in August from the same 30-day period a year before. In the HR …

Some recruiting tactics are actually doing more harm than good, reducing the organization’s candidate pool and tarnishing its reputation in the process. Check if your organization’s recruitment department follows any of these pervasive behaviors setting the wrong standards: Leaving Out the Unemployed Most hiring managers would be more willing to hire or call a currently employed candidate for interview, rather …

Recruiters and hiring managers’ shared goal is to fill positions with top talent. So why do they often end up frustrated with each other? Most often, it’s because hiring managers and recruiters have different perspectives and approaches when it comes to hiring. The only person you can change is you. Take on the responsibility to be a guide, to provide …

The relentless talent attraction (and now retention) war, has begun taking its toll with 63 percent of CEOs now concerned about availability of skills in their organization, according to the 17th CEO Survey by PwC. And only 34 percent feel that HR is ready for the talent management challenges ahead. This has led to tarnished HR team reputations and left …

Most good hiring teams make use of appropriate hiring metrics to help them manage team performance and service levels. Cost to hire and time to hire have been popular metrics in this time-pressurized, talent-starved climate we are operating in. However, a study from Future Step last year revealed that hiring metrics are now becoming more sophisticated and focused on factors, …

Best Practices for Hiring The use of structured interviews combined with valid assessments and well-defined job descriptions can increase your hiring quality significantly. Follow these guidelines to gain the best workforce for your company. Before the Interview: Prepare for the Selection Process First, outline the job responsibilities and skills needed for the position and decide if any skill tests are …

Many employers resist using an outside party to locate qualified candidates. Most think that, for less money, they can post a job listing ad on one of the big career websites and/or their own website and achieve the same result a third-party recruiter will. In our clients’ experience, that is not necessarily the case, and trying to perform everything in-house, …