Posted by Greg Moran on Thu, Jul 15, 2010
Found a great article that is a really quick read on the importance of employee screening in the QSR/casual dining/restaurant industry. Chequed.com has been doing a great deal of work in this area. During the last week in July, look for a new white paper that we are producing called "The Five Most Common QSR/Casual Dining Hiring Mistakes" and then a webinar (soon to be promoted) on August 19 covering the same type of content.
Read the article here ... http://smartblogs.com/restaurants/2010/07/14/q-and-a-tips-for-restaurant-recruiting/
Posted by Greg Moran on Mon, Jul 12, 2010
Here is a link to the formal release.
Here is the gist ... Chequed.com announced today the formal release of our new HR Thought Leader Interview Series. These are a series of interviews with the world's best thinkers on HR, recruiting, employee screening, workforce development, performance management, etc. The interviews are released in either podcast or video (depending on the specific guest). The interviews are strategic in nature and focused on ideas that you can put to work today. The first interview with Dave Ulrich is available immediately.
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Posted by Greg Moran on Mon, Jun 21, 2010
Recently Greg Moran, Chequed.com CEO did a quick interview with Chief Science Officer Dr. Kevin Williams on current assessment tools and how Chequed.com's candidate selection platform (personality testing and automated reference checking) is different. Apologies for the video quality (dark, fuzzy, zoom problems, the works) but the content is spot on.
Posted by Greg Moran on Thu, Jun 10, 2010
Who knows the direction of the labor market over the coming months or years? It is anyone’s guess.
Regardless of the quantity of available jobs, a company’s competitive edge increasingly will be tied to the quality of its talent. Poor and even average hires will reduce profitability, stunt growth and lead to a vulnerable position relative to competitors.
The good news is that companies can learn from the science around pre-employment assessment and reference checking to avoid the mistakes that lead to sub-par hires.
Below are the top five mistakes that, in our experience, make companies most vulnerable, and our thoughts on how to avoid them.
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Posted by Greg Moran on Tue, Jun 01, 2010
As in most industries, the Web is creating big opportunities for HR to be more effective. The rise of online selection tools is changing the way companies hire and is improving the quality of those hires. Below are five trends that show the impact these scientifically-validated, Web-based instruments are having on HR.
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Posted by Greg Moran on Thu, May 13, 2010
HR technology vendors have developed amazing tools, but they require significant investment and, without careful planning and implementation, can be fraught with peril for your company.
Click here to read our new article, Five Reasons HR Investments Fail to learn about the key areas where things can go wrong—so you can avoid problems before they crop up.
Posted by Greg Moran on Thu, Mar 25, 2010
You know pre-employment assessments used during the hiring process can help zero in on the best talent for your company, but how do you know which assessment to choose?
The number of options can be overwhelming—there are thousands of possible solutions, including those offered by I/O psychologists, SaaS vendors and HR consultants.
But there are key questions that can help you focus in on what’s important as you go through your selection process. Below are five to consider about each vendor’s offering.
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5 Things to Consider About Assessments
Posted by Greg Moran on Mon, Mar 08, 2010
The conventional wisdom in HR is that reference checking doesn’t work, that it’s next to impossible to get a call-back—much less get past a reference’s legal concerns.
But automated reference checking (ARC) works. It combines what we have learned from research in psychology with advances in online assessment technology.
It brings the reference check back to life in a form that provides much better candidate data—and provides it much more easily than the old phone-based model.
Let’s look at the three primary reasons ARC works better than antiquated reference checking practices.
Read the full article here ...