When small businesses staff up, they don’t always know what or who they’re looking for. They may have titles in mind, but not clear agreement on the traits and motivation that are needed to do the job. This is not being slack. It’s the norm. Written job descriptions...
Agile intern, Susan Miller is a student at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. When a student can visualize and pitch their own internship, we like to hear about it. After all, we’re in the business of helping companies select the best matched talent based on...
Let’s look at extroverts. There’s a lot more to personality profiles than whether someone is an “I” or an “E,” as Myers-Briggs might suggest to the casual user. Talent professionals get this and know it’s vital to drill down with MBTI and other assessments....
Mike Warrick’s motivation was to sit down with Alison Nolan, formerly an HR partner at Volvo Group and now with the human development NGO (non-governmental organization), fhi360 to get insights from the field on the topic of motivational assessments. “Hiring...
Ever made a wrong hire in your business? Whether you are a large or small organization, have low or high turnover, you probably think you understand the cost of hiring someone new into your company. There’s the cost of advertising, interviewing, drug testing,...
What is motivation and why does it matter? To learn more, we had insightful conversations with a psychologist who develops assessments and an HR expert who uses them. Dr. Brett Wells and Alison Nolan, respectively. When you use assessments to dive deeper than...
