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The Evolution of Reference-Checking into a Strategic Hiring Solution

May 24, 2012 by

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Jack Kramer,
Vice President, SkillSurvey
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Original Air Date: August 15th, 2012

Description:
Research from SHRM shows that 96% of human resources professionals check references, yet less than 25% of those checks are able to produce adequate information beyond employment verification. What happened to reference-checking? This session will examine where the reference-checking function has come from in the past – when it was a hiring formality that was checked-off and completed over the phone – to its evolution now as an opportunity to collect 360-degree feedback that predicts performance and retention. Learn how technology has introduced a way for talent management professionals to capture behavioral feedback from five references in two days for each job candidate, and how to avoid the 10-15% of candidates who will pause a hiring decision. Also, see an overview of how this technology infuses consistency, reliability and validity into each reference-check and obtains scores that identify developmental needs of candidates.

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Jack Kramer has helped human resources leaders at hundreds of organizations improve their quality-of-hire, increase their recruiting efficiency and implement best-practices for hiring.  His work includes helping Fortune 500 companies like CH2M HILL, Kohl’s and Raytheon, and leading hospitals like Brigham & Women’s, Penn Medicine and Yale-New Haven Health.  He is an expert at leveraging technology to drive behavioral reference-checking programs that scientifically predict performance and retention.

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The 3 Ways Candidates Get Beheaded Expecting Counter Offers

September 7, 2011 by

Article Summary
RJ’s basic premise is that counter offers come across as fake and forced when provided by a boss or employer who’s been ignoring the employee in question for months if not years. RJ’s on the money with his take on the issue, but there’s an important qualifier that the candidate side needs to understand:

You never take an offer to your employer as a conditional resignation expecting that they’re going to counter. As soon as you do that, you’re screwed. You’ve overplayed your hand.

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Source: The HR Capitalist

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Here We Are. Now What?

August 31, 2011 by

Article Summary
Can you think of an organization that does not want its people, especially its managers, to develop into leaders? I can’t think of one. All of my clients ask me for help with this goal.

What does it mean though? What is a leader exactly? Many smart people have studied and pondered this question. And many organizations have spent millions on the quest to develop leaders via readings, courses, competency models, feedback, 360 assessments, executive coaches, and more.

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Source: Learning Voyager

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Do You Have the Proper Perspective in Recruiting?

August 29, 2011 by

Article Summary
It is all too easy for sourcers, recruiters, HR professionals, and hiring managers/teams to develop a skewed, distorted, and decidedly one-way view of the world. Perhaps spending 99% of the time on only one side of the recruiting process is to blame.

Regardless of the cause, it is absolutely critical to regularly take the time and think about, understand, and appreciate the recruiting life cycle from the candidate’s side – the job seeker, the passive candidate, the non-job seeker, and the elusive “A+ player.”

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Source: Boolean Black Belt-Sourcing/Recruiting

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Why Can’t I Finish?

August 4, 2011 by

Illustration: Oscar Ramos Orozco

Article Summary
They can only hide it from me for so long: Sometimes it takes a day, a week, or maybe a month—but eventually it comes out. The Fear of Finishing.

As a time management life coach, I’ve found that many of my clients have a dread of finishing that they keep hidden away—hoping that no one will ever notice that they get a lot of little things done while never quite completing the really important stuff.

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Source: the 99%

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10 Tips on Hiring for Creativity

August 2, 2011 by

Article Summary
Every company wants innovation in one form or another, and innovation comes from creativity. But where does creativity come from? Finding the right kind of inspired individual to bring into your office is sometimes as much a talent as the artistic qualities you’re looking for in the first place. Creatives are often a different breed: less worried about profit, less tied into the world of MBAs and bottom lines, and more adept at populating clouds of big ideas and grandiose designs.

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Source: Inc.

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What I’ve Learned About Collaboration From My Daughters

August 2, 2011 by

Article Summary
There was no pride of ownership. Instead, our practice was to throw our ideas out into the space between us. Then we’d have at them — turning them over, rearranging them, even attacking them in favor of better ideas. The only thing that mattered was creating something richer, deeper, simpler and smarter. We both believed we could produce something better collaboratively than either of us could working alone. The joy when we nailed it felt magical. It never occurred to us to parse who contributed to what. Until, one day, it did.

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Source: Harvard Business Review

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How to Stay Focused on the Important Things

August 1, 2011 by

Article Summary
So the question is: Have you structured your environment — your life — so that you are more likely to accomplish your most important priorities?

For many of us, the answer is no. We start a day with great intentions. But then people start calling and emailing, asking and directing, and soon we can hardly remember what we wanted to focus on in the first place — if we ever knew. Our days begin to look like frenzied, attempts to get traction while making little headway. By the end of a week, we’ve forgotten what it was we were hoping to accomplish at the beginning of the week. And by the end the year, we’re frustrated that we haven’t moved forward in our most important priorities.

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Take Time to Think Offline

July 21, 2011 by

Article Summary
Working professionals today all seem to want wider and faster internet access on their mobile phones. We expect our smart phones to do everything our laptops can do. The result is we’re rarely unconnected anymore. Employers are coming to expect this too. But being connected all the time may mean we are losing the benefits of being offline.

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Source: seattlepi

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How to Deliver more Results by Coaching Others

July 14, 2011 by
Article Summary

Management’s greatest challenge is delivering results through others. Average managers manage processes; great managers manage people. You’ll go further if you spend less time focused on what you want and more time focusing on how to get there. Cultivating your coaching skills enables you to deliver more results through others by focusing on execution.

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Source: Leadership Freak

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