HR’s Winning Team: Use These NFL Tips to Hire the Best Fit What if your organization repeatedly hired and developed the right people, eliminating performance failures and employee/role mismatches? NFL teams pursuing a championship realize that no game plan can succeed without the right players in the right positions. It’s the same for businesses and industries. Bill MacPherson, Managing Director of Mercer Celgar, a global leader in the pulp industry, explains how to transform your organization into a play-off caliber team. [read more] Category: Connecting the Dots Bill MacPherson Tags: Selecting a Winning Team, rigorous selection, Selection Process, Job Fit
How to Recruit Top Talent in a Candidate-Driven Market Recruiters help organizations stand out in a sea of help-wanted ads. Cheryl Jackson, a business consultant with over 15 years of experience working with Fortune 500 companies, explains how smart recruitment wins the war for talent. [read more] Category: Connecting the Dots Cheryl Jackson Tags: Candidate Searching, Applicant Pool Development, Employee Recruitment, Strengthening Recruitment Power
Still Ranking Education Over Ability? Why You Should Change How You Hire What if I told you a job applicant’s education is THE LOWEST of 11 predictors of job performance. Should HR stop requiring college degrees for applicants? Get the answer in my blog that explains why education isn't the best predictor of job performance. [read more] Category: Connecting the Dots Michael Quinn Tags: Job Performance Predictors, Employee Selection Practices
Little Bobby’s Story: How I Became a Better Soccer Coach Anyone who coaches youth sports knows it takes an inordinate amount of patience. Kids have the attention span of a goldfish, and they have so many fundamentals to learn. Years ago, as a soccer coach for his sons, Mike Quinn was the one doing the learning. Mike tells about the lesson he learned that made him feel worthy of being called “Coach” and how this revelation applies to the workplace. [read more] Category: Connecting the Dots Michael Quinn Tags: Coaching Lessons, Inclusion, Power of Positive Reinforcement, Employee Engagement
3-Way Balancing Act: How to Avoid Discrimination in Hiring Hiring? Don’t leave the door open to discrimination claims! Professor Joe “Doc” Nowlin of the 15dots team talks about Affirmative Action amid a labor shortage. If you’re an HR leader, business leader, or CEO, here’s what you need to know about anti-discrimination hiring strategies. [read more] Category: Connecting the Dots Joe Nowlin Tags: Inclusion, Diversity, Equal Employment Opportunity, Bias Prevention in Employee Selection, Affirmative Action
How to Navigate Onboarding to Counter the Great Resignation Job hopping is an epidemic, especially among younger workers. To retain employees, savvy HR leaders treat new hires like flight risks. What makes new employees stick beyond their 90-day probation? Phenomenal onboarding. Scott Valitchka explains what HR leaders need to know to get new hires to Day 91. [read more] Category: Connecting the Dots Scott Valitchka Tags: Onboarding, Employee Engagement, Retention
What HR leaders need to know about Elon Musk's leaked emails Did Elon Musk’s return-to-work-or-else ultimatum grab your attention? It certainly grabbed mine! The ultimatum highlights a common workplace conflict:· Employers are asking workers to return to work for better accountability· Employees are bristling at the insinuation they’re not doing enough by working remoteHow do the 15dots’ tools bridge this employer/employee gap? If you’re a CEO or HR leader, here’s what you need to know about Elon Musk’s ultimatum. [read more] Category: Connecting the Dots Joe Nowlin Tags: Working at Home, Human Resources, Candidate Searching, Employee Engagement
Onboarding Practices -- Five Proven Ways to Ensure New Hire Retention The first 90 days can make it or break it for a new hire. With today’s talent shortage, onboarding is more critical than ever. When I became a pulp and paper mill Human Resources manager in 2015, I made it my mission to revamp the mill’s onboarding process. What happened next was powerful stuff – truly an organizational change event. [read more] Category: Connecting the Dots Michael Quinn Tags: Onboarding, Employee Engagement
HR Expert Tip: 5 Ways to Avoid Bias in the Hiring Process The job interview process is the foundation of an organization. If organizations want a diversity of thought and ideas, it starts in the interview process. Thus, we need to consciously find ways to minimize employee selection bias in job interviews. [read more] Category: Connecting the Dots Cheryl Jackson Tags: Bias Prevention in Employee Selection, Inclusion
Hiring Hazards that Jeopardize a Job Interview Hiring? Be careful what you ask in a job interview! Illegal interview questions and other miscues can jeopardize the outcome of an interview – and lead to formal complaints and other hairballs. There’s a right way and a wrong way to interview job applicants. Become a savvier interviewer by abiding by these Dos and Don’ts. [read more] Category: Connecting the Dots Joe Nowlin Tags: Interview Dos & Don'ts, Employee Selection