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Managing Technological Change
The Collingridge Dilemma This dilemma was originally formulated by David Collingridge of the Technology Policy Unit within the University of Aston, UK and described in his book entitled, “The Social...
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Drowning in Résumés?
Character and Values are Vital Ask any recruiter whether character and values are important, and they will all vigorously confirm that this in indeed the case. Yet, in spite of this, recruiters still...
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How to Recruit People with the “Right” Motivations
Do we know ourselves? It’s not too big a leap to appreciate that the priority we each place on motivational factors such as money, status, home life, and competiveness, to name but a few, will have a...
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Recognizing Talent
The Résumé Avalanche In a recent article first published on LinkedIn, Laszlo Bock, Senior Vice President of People Operation at Google wrote a paper entitled “Five errors that immediately get your...
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Too Many Résumés
The Search for Trivia, not Talent In a recent article first published on LinkedIn, Laszlo Bock Senior Vice President of People Operation at Google wrote a paper entitled “Five errors that immediately...
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Employee Retention Strategies: Why Employee Turnover Rates Matter
Employee retention is all about developing a strategy that enables an organization to retain the services of high performing employees for as long as it is mutually beneficial to both the employer and...
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Employee Turnover Rates: How To Calculate
In a world where high employee turnover rates have become pervasive, more and more managers are regularly monitoring their employee turnover. On the face of it, the calculation of employee turnover...
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Are Personality Tests A Successful Employee Selection Technique?
Companies worldwide have used personality tests (otherwise known as either psychological or psychometric tests) as an employee selection technique for a long time, with limited success. Any successful...
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Why Is a Performance Appraisal Like a Tree?
We all appreciate a beautiful healthy tree. Tall with leaves and branches stretching up to the sky to take advantage of the sun, wind, and rain. But that is only part of the picture. The hidden aspect...
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Employee Retention Strategies: What is Performance Profiling?
In a previous blog post, I introduced you to Performance Profiling and described it as the alternative to using a personality test (otherwise known as either a psychological or psychometric test). In...
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