Hiring
Why HR shouldn’t freeze career paths
Career paths are a long-term investment in human capital. They engage and motivate your employees. Here’s what happens when they’re frozen.
Is it legal for employers to give applicants pre-employment assessments?
Not sure about the use of pre-employment assessments in the hiring process? Get the ins and outs from one of our scientists.
How to hire & retain web developers: solving the talent gap
As more companies embrace the rise of technology and data mining, there aren’t enough qualified developers and analysts to go around. The BLS projected that the rate of employment for web developers will jump 15 percent by 2026. For analysts, job outlook varies on niche; on the high end, the rate of employment for information…
Benefits of talent communities for smaller companies
Phil Strazzulla is a software entrepreneur and investor. He got into the tech space while working as a venture investor at Bessemer Venture Partners. After getting his MBA from Harvard Business School, Phil taught himself to program and started NextWave Hire to help busy HR teams build and execute their recruitment marketing efforts. Phil also shares…
20 management skills for talent optimizers
As a talent optimizer, you need to master diverse leadership and management skills. You might be naturally adept at some of the following skills—but developing competency in others will force you to stretch beyond your comfort level to close gaps. While it won’t be easy, doing that important work will set you up to be…
8 hiring process steps we recommend (and model at PI)
At The Predictive Index, we pride ourselves on modeling best hiring practices using the PI solution and talent optimization. As we work with clients in the implementation stage, they find it helpful to hear how we use PI in our own hiring process. Here’s an insider’s look at how we leverage behavioral and cognitive data to…
This is what makes a great accountant extra successful
There are certain behavioral traits that are common to all great accountants, whether the person is an individual tax professional or a CFO of a multibillion-dollar company. Great accountants are detail-oriented, of course, or “high D” in Predictive Index speak. They must be thorough and precise—and comfortable living within rules and guidelines, thank you AICPA. (If…
How to hire a top-performing project manager
Fulfilling the point-person role to see projects through to fruition, project managers must be up for the challenge of spearheading necessary tasks and taking the fall if something goes wrong. A good project manager can be the difference between meeting deadlines, budget and, scope requirements and failing to meet expectations. With so much at stake,…
HR as a strategic partner: collaborating for success
The best HR professionals aren’t the compliance officers of old: they’re strategic partners in planning, org design, and driving the business to success.
With labor shortages affecting the financial services sector, it pays to plan ahead.
As tempting as it may be to fill a position with a “good enough” candidate, in the long run, it pays to hold out for the right candidate. That’s especially true right now when a growing shortage of skilled labor is affecting the financial services sector. A 2018 study by Korn Ferry predicted a worldwide…
Hiring for cultural fit vs. hiring for inclusion
Business leaders can hire for cultural fit and still ensure the creation of a diverse talent pool to harvest innovative ideas. Here’s how.