Effective employee reviews aren’t something leaders do at employees; reviews are something that leaders do with employees. Use these questions to gauge and establish employee alignment with your organization, then follow up accordingly to solicit feedback from employees in regards to how they’re managed. Performance Management

Having an outstanding hiring process is a must for organizations trying to bring and keep great talent. Of candidates who have a bad experience with an organization, 42% would never apply for any other job opening at that company again, and 22% would convince their friends not to as well. How do you keep your process from turning into something of supernatural proportions, though? Check out these 5 tips: Quality of Hire

From ghouls and ghosts and long-leggedy crawlers , one of the scariest things that could go bump in the night is definitely your employer brand. Having a creepy or even invisible employer brand can affect everything from the candidates who apply to the engagement of your current employees. How can you shift your employer brand from trick to treat? Here are 5 ways to make it happen and turn your employer brand from frightening to an employer brand that attracts quality candidates. Recruiting & Sourcing

There are so many ways to start giving employees better feedback, but one of the best is to use starter phrases to align the employee’s role and goals immediately to set the tone of the conversation. Performance Managment

We write a lot about transforming your talent into A-Players, but that takes more than technology; it takes a commitment to doing the work day in and day out. To help you be the best talent management professional you can be, we’ve created a giant resource pack you can download and take with you. Talent Management

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Did you know employees are 7X more likely to be engaged when they report that their managers are aware of the tasks and projects that they are working on? Or that o nly 7% of employees today fully understand their company's business strategies and what's expected of them? With a Talent Alignment Platform, employees and leaders collaborate together, which increases business performance. Take a look at our 5 top ways to align talent in our newest video below! Talent Management

ClearCompany has always strived to help organizations achieve their own mission by hiring and managing top talent to drive success. When businesses actively engage their employees, they create an environment for A Players who bring a whole world of benefits to the organization. Organizations with high engagement have…. Talent Management

ClearCompany has always strived to help organizations achieve their own mission by hiring top talent and managing that talent to success. When businesses support employees, they get A-players and those A-players bring a whole world of benefits. Organizations with high engagement have…. Talent Management

“You will never get good work out of anyone if you hand over a brief and go, ‘We have no clue what we want, but why don’t you just do it for us.’". Talent Management

Businesses spend approximately $164.2 billion dollars on learning and development programs , and for good reason. Employee development programs have a bigger effect on business than you might think; learning programs affect employee retention (it's 25% higher for employees who have engaged in company sponsored mentoring ), active engagement, and productivity rates. Performance Management

We’ve already discussed the benefits of using competencies to evaluate candidates in the 5 Unique Benefits of Competency Based Recruitment and Selection , but what about using them internally to evaluate each other? Recruiting & Sourcing

The messaging in a job advertisement influences the type of candidate who will respond. Successful job ads that attract quality candidates should have enough information for the candidate to be able to determine if they’re a suitable applicant, but not too much information to keep the candidate intrigued and curious. Quality of Hire

“A referral culture must be established to acquire great talent.”. Gateway Engineers, a civil engineering firm based in Pittsburgh, has strong business relationships nailed down. But what they needed was the same foundational trust and long-term satisfaction within their employee network. Talent Management

We’ve recently discussed implementing competency based systems into the talent acquisition process, but competencies can be used throughout the entire talent lifecycle too! More specifically in onboarding, training, performance management and succession planning, a competency based approach provides transparency, consistency and the insight managers need to lead more effectively. Take a look at some key benefits employers reap when they build competencies into their entire talent management process. Performance Management

It’s tough to promote professional development when your company doesn’t have the funding to back growth, even if employees have the drive to improve. Obviously, you want your employees to grow professionally, but there are other areas of the company that need money as well and it’s not like you can take from the electric bill funds. Talent Management

The hiring decision assesses three components: knowledge, skills and competencies. Candidates must possess professional knowledge and institutional knowledge to perform on the job, and they must have the functional and technical skills required of the role. Recruiting & Sourcing

Candidates expect more. When looking for new jobs, candidates seek out quality employer brands, research benefits and explore company cultures. The attractive companies will be present on social media, have a mobile application portal and will have that reputation of being a great place to work. Recruiting & Sourcing

The goals of the HR team are many, but one overarching and never-ending goal of the department is to promote the engagement and performance of employees. It’s a lot of responsibility with a myriad of ways to reach desired results. Thankfully, there are some HR best practices that all HR teams can benefit from implementing regardless of their unique company culture and structure. Performance Management

Within any given day, you are probably confronted with a myriad of business decisions, and even more data culled to help you make the right choice. With new software options and data collection methods at an all time high, compiling and analyzing big data is incredibly simple. Performance Management

Research shows only about 1 in 10 people possess the traits needed to be a good manager. Couple that with the fact that one of the most important decisions a company can make is selecting its managers, and they get it wrong 82% of the time, and you have yourself a recipe for talent management disaster. Talent Management

There’s a lot of information out there that supports telecommuting for both employers and employees. Allowing employees to work remotely helps recruit and retain top talent, increases productivity and is also environmentally conscious. 86% of those surveyed said they preferred to work alone to “hit maximum productivity.”. Talent Management

A lot goes into interviewing, candidate sourcing, applicant screening, selecting candidates for interviews, coordinating schedules for the interview, preparing interview questions, conducting the interview, following up after the interview… it’s exhausting to say the least. Therefore, making the process more efficient and timely is something every recruiter or hiring professional strives for, but if left without the right system or resources, this goal may never be achieved. Applicant tracking systems with built-in interview scheduling tools are a need to have.

The guts, the glory, the gold. Olympics junkies everywhere will be keeping tabs on the Americans in Rio starting August 5th. The summer Olympics are dominated with major team events in sports such as soccer, basketball and beach volleyball as well as mixed individual-team sports like gymnastics, swimming and track & field. In events such as these, athletes compete for the team - as well as in individual events - trying to bring back as much hardware as available. Talent Management

Everyone talks about the candidate experience and how we should improve it, but actually taking the time to analyze, review and improve takes more than just writing a blog post about it. Nearly 60% of candidates have had a poor candidate experience when applying for jobs. Courting candidates is not easy, but it certainly becomes even more challenging if candidates are having poor experiences. Candidate Experience

As a recruiter, tight deadlines and open seats produce all the pressure you need in an 8-hour day. There is a lot to be done and a great amount of it falls on you and the unpredictable candidates you interact with. Because of this, it can easily slip your mind that on the other side of that phone, email, text, etc. is a 3-dimensional human. Check out how these 4 leaders are keeping their candidate experience in check. Candidate Experience

We’re over halfway through 2016 and as with every year, which means in the coming months the trends of 2017 will begin taking over our streams. We’ve been known to make a few of our own in the past. Though, it’s absolutely impossible to truly know what the workforce has in store for HR and recruiting teams around the country, we have a few ideas about the direction your candidates want you heading. Here are our 5 predictions about the hiring process we believe your applicants will expect you to consider. Candidate Experience

Creating an amazing work culture that clearly shows who you are as a company all starts with leadership. When leaders create a work culture that matches what they envision, it starts to become part of the company DNA. Most companies are working towards creating an engaged work environment to stand out and improve their culture which helps attract candidates and retain their current employees. By 2020, Millennials will form 50% of the global workforce. Performance Management

Feedback is such a crucial part of the work environment and so effective at improving performance culture when done right, that it seems downright crazy that people are so darned scared of it! Performance Management

So you’ve taken the time to tweak your recruitment, hiring and onboarding processes in the past few months, but have you stopped to think about the candidate experience as a whole? Only 26% of employers communicate to candidates what stage of the interviewing process they are in. If your organization resides in this percentage, it may be time to look over the experience you’re offering to candidates. We’ve put together some of the best advice we’ve ever had to kickstart your efforts! Candidate Experience

4 Things Philz Coffee Does to Create a Memorable Candidate Experience by Sid Lipsey ( @SidLipsey ). See how this San Francisco-based coffee house, frequented by Mark Zuckerberg, provides a one-of-a-kind candidate experience that makes applicants come running! One of their most notable differences is that they actually record the interviews to see how well the interviewer aligned with the Philz brand. Feedback is then sent to the interviewer and followed up with in a development plan to increase recruiting effectiveness. However, at Philz, they don’t call it feedback. They just call it helping!

HR Pros have heard for years that it’s their turn for a “seat at the table” and that they need to “get strategic” about people management. And while some might argue that HR Pros have been strategic and own people management already , there’s finally a study that makes it official. XpertHR’s latest research into HR roles and responsibilities has for the first time in the last 14 years of doing the survey, found that the role of HR data and HR software is a key priority, particularly for private sector organizations. Talent Management

As the web continues to dominate every waking second of our lives, the proliferation of job titles and entire departments under the umbrella of “user experience” has grown dramatically. After all, if we’re going to spend most of our time on a computer or a mobile phone, or engaging with some sort of device, it’s crucial to work with people who can make that experience, simpler, more effortless, and easier for the user. Candidate Experience

As the web continues to dominate every waking second of our lives, the proliferation of job titles and entire departments under the umbrella of “user experience” has grown dramatically. After all, if we’re going to spend most of our time on a computer or a mobile phone, or engaging with some sort of device, it’s crucial to work with people who can make that experience, simpler, more effortless, and easier for the user. Candidate Experience

We may be a little biased in this claim, but onboarding is important. Running a business and managing people come with a lot of responsibilities and the stress of ensuring all the pieces align at the end of the week is overwhelming. Of course, with all that to worry about, some pieces of the process are lost in the shuffle. That might be why approximately 35% of companies spend zero dollars on onboarding. If you are of the mindset that onboarding is…. Employee Onboarding

Improve Candidate Experience and ROI By Screening Applicants Faster. Show candidates you mean business with an innovative, tech-savvy hiring process. Video interviews can be used to screen applicants 10 times faster than a typical phone interview so you can identify the best candidates to invite to the interview. Plus, you’ll open the door to candidates outside of geographical boundaries which means more people to spread the good word on your brand. Think of all the money you’ll save on recruiting traveling costs! Video Interview

Employees are constantly looking to improve themselves and are looking for timely, specific and helpful feedback. Don’t use the annual performance review as your only opportunity to tell your employees what's working and what's not. Daniel Pink , the Washington D.C.-based based author says, "There's no way to get better at something you only hear about once a year.". Employee Engagement

Did you know. 51% of employees are considering a new job. 1 in 6 companies plan to increase staff by 30% or more. 53% of hiring managers say time to fill has increased due to the inability to find qualified professionals.

Building better job ads for mobile. When it comes to job boards, 31% of midsize businesses devote more than a third of their recruitment budget to job boards. That means, the companies with some of the greatest hiring challenges are turning to these avenues to find their next great hire. Midsize or not, chances are your company is allocating some of your hiring dollars to online job boards and career site postings. Job Ads

The idea that having a strong employer brand is something no one ignores anymore. 75% of job seekers consider an employer’s brand before applying and 56% of recruiters say it is a top priority. Those numbers have us pouring over job advertisements, career pages and social networks to show an authentic and accurate brand that appeals to our own definition of the dream employee. An A-Player. It might seem like an impossible feat to actually find such a creature, but we stand behind our well-thought out mission and values while hoping he or she is indeed out there. Or do we? Employer Branding

It’s a simple fact of life that HR Pros are sometimes tasked with recruiting and even sourcing. And while sometimes this additional responsibility can be overwhelming, sourcing incredible talent can be really fun. Sourcers get to do fun “detective” work that makes succession planning and compensation models look downright dull. And it’s not as hard or as geeky as you think. While you may not be able to become a sourcing ninja overnight, you can use a little ingenuity, some help from marketing or IT and your own creative mind to implement the best sourcing hacks.

Hiring is a two-way street. To begin a hiring journey, the candidate must woo the potential future employer. For the candidate to stay on the journey, the employer must woo the new hire. 33% of employees knew whether they would stay with their company long-term after their first week. This is where the onboarding process starts its work. New Hire Hiring Process

Oh, the job ad. Your very first impression on a candidate that can either pull them in or push them away. 80% of the respondents in a recent survey actively use career websites to find information about a potential employer. We’ve written about the best tips and tricks for job advertisements before but as the new graduating class gears up to hit the job market, it may be time for a little refresher. From job ads on mobile to caffeinating your descriptions, here are the tips you need to know now. Job Descriptions

As you have likely heard, the Department of Labor recently made a final ruling on the Fair Labor Standards Act regarding overtime standards. This ruling will affect about 4 million employees and in turn, the organizations they work for. So how might you be affected by this new standard? We’ve compiled a few articles and resources to help you get caught up on the news and learn what lies ahead: Employment Leadership

You’ve probably already heard it, but there’s a growing list of companies that are ending their annual performance reviews and ranking systems and switching to a better process. About 10% of Fortune 500 companies have already made the change because they recognize that annual performance reviews are often inefficient and that managers and employees alike dread this time of year. Performance Review Employee Feedback

5 Best Questions for Screening Candidates. Screening candidates will never go out of style, but doing it via the phone or in-person… will. With video interviewing, a series of predetermined questions can be asked of each applicant to help make better decisions of who to invite to the next round. If you’ve already adopted video interviewing into your candidate screening process, congrats! Make sure to check out one of our most popular articles on the ClearCompany blog to see the best questions to ask in a video interview…. Employee Review Management Hiring Cycle

Chances are you want to improve your talent management strategy. Some employees succeed with flying colors while others never quite get enough velocity for lift off and in between the rest of your duties, you need to make sure you’re communicating with them correctly. You probably have employees who meet their deadlines, give decent work and pretty much fly under the radar and these people also need development, coaching and recognition. Sound familiar? What’s a busy HR pro or manager to DO? Performance Review

From the time an applicant applies to the moment they receive the job or are not selected, the candidate experience should always be at top of mind for recruiters, interviewers and hiring managers. Ensure the interviewer is prepared so they can provide a seamless experience and represent the brand well. It’s also best practice to prepare applicants, as well. If you’ve done your job right, they will understand when and how they will be contacted and have a sense of what the interview will look like before they walk in the door. Candidate Experience

The statistic is nearly ten years old, yet so believable and supported by far newer surveys. That’s right, even in a world where we can accept our operating systems are outdated in less than a year, we somehow cannot seem to update our business or organizational processes successfully or unscathed. Chalk it up to human nature’s hatred of change or downright obliviousness, but don’t kid yourself: we needed to master change management and we needed to yesterday. Talent Management Project Collaboration

We are back with part three of our Talent Management University. In this series we are explaining how to properly train, manage and successfully move your talent within your organization. In part one, we discussed the new hire and the onboarding process , and in part two we focused on keeping employees engaged. Now, we are going to show you some of the best ways to retain and create a succession plan for your employees. Let’s get started! Talent Management

Class is back in session as we bring you part 2 of Talent Management University. In this series we are explaining how to properly train, manage and successfully move your talent within your organization. As part one focused on the new hire and the onboarding process , we’re moving on in part two to discuss keeping employees engaged. Talent Management

Welcome to Freshman Year of Talent Management University. In this series we are explaining how to properly train, manage and successfully move your talent within your organization. Stay tuned as this is part one of our 3 part series. The phrase may be considered cliché but the sentiment is not: your people are your greatest assets. No matter how tired we are of hearing the same reminder, it is one from which we can’t move away. Depending on the employee’s level, experience and tenure, the cost of turnover is high. Talent Management

“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you always got.”. Someone Wise. The quote’s origin is questionable. Attributed to multiple influential people like Twain and Einstein, it’s less about who said it, and more about what is being said: innovation and adaption are the only way to see growth. HR Tech

Often managers, executives and HR professionals feel anxious about conducting performance reviews. While a performance review may prove challenging for some managers, these discussions are valuable for strengthening bonds with A-players and getting underperforming employees back on track. This also presents a perfect time for leaders to check in on their employees and test their engagement levels as well as get an idea of how employees feel they are performing. 43% of highly engaged employees receive feedback at least once a week, so the need for a solid performance review process is evident.

In the whirlwind of bringing on a new hire, it’s easy for employers to skimp on the employee onboarding process in the hopes that this person will start being productive faster. As research shows, however, employees who experience longer, structured onboarding programs gain proficiency 4 months faster than employees who have been through shorter onboarding programs. Employee Onboarding

We are excited to announce that ClearCompany was recently named one of the Best Places to Work by Boston Business Journal , and we’re so honored. Just recently we won the Best HR Management Suite Software from G2 Crowd, which was amazing, and are now overwhelmingly amazed to be named and one of Boston’s Best Places to Work. We’ve worked hard to be the best. Our software has proven itself and now our team can have a well-deserved celebration, because it is their work that has helped us achieve this honor. Employee Engagement

Workplace productivity has increased 84% during the past 40 years because of advancements in digital technology. Of course, the increased level of panic when a new tool is announced is probably a direct correlation to that advancement. If there’s one thing leaders can all agree on, it’s that introducing new processes is one of the most stressful and controversial parts of the job. While the products are eventually adopted, productivity and performance can suffer. These 8 tips will help employees afraid of change stay on track while you introduce new, time-saving tech. Learning and Development

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Companies like Apple, Amazon and Netflix dominate today’s business headlines with stories of the next best tech gadget and indestructible business models, but more and more these companies are innovating the world of HR, too. If the topic isn’t about groundbreaking benefits like unlimited paid parental leave and on-site medical staff, it’s about the hiring processes that invite such talented candidates to their companies. resume can give you a skill set, but the interview is the time for managers to dig deep for cultural fit. Candidate Interviews

Is finding and attracting qualified applicants a problem for your company? Chances are this is something you are experiencing, since last year, 38% of HR professionals reported difficulties in recruiting employees at all levels of their organization and 55% struggled to find highly skilled employees. Add in the need for company culture alignment, and you have a real challenge to be met. There are educated job seekers out there, so what does a company have to do to get them through the door? Mobile Application

The wonderful part of cleaning the old means there is room to introduce the new. When it comes to business and team processes, creating the new can be just as daunting as it is exciting. Change can make employees a little uncertain or confused when approaching tasks they were confident doing before. Whether you are implementing an onboarding process or introducing a new performance management system, keeping your people motivated and upbeat throughout the change can be just as difficult as explaining the new approach. Goal-Setting Motivation

At ClearCompany, we take goals seriously. We understand just how pivotal they are to the entire infrastructure of a business and because of that, we have worked hard to provide a great deal of information around setting and attaining business goals so your team can tackle projects, large and small. Knowing the steps to creating a goal-oriented business model is great, but what are the facts under all those steps. Why do they approach work? Setting Goals

Managers are regularly faced with tough decisions. Deciding when to let someone go isn’t easy, especially if all the options haven’t been weighed and today’s growing skills gap puts every decision a manager makes under the microscope. The need for qualified talent is growing, but availability of the right candidates seems to be shrinking. Employee Performance Managing Talent

There is no one perfect way to lead. There are leaders that excel because of their impeccable communication skills, their charisma or even the respect their presence demands. But when your leadership techniques aren’t working time and time again, what are you supposed to do? Switch it up. Try new approaches. Fact: No one’s right 100% of the time and if you really truly think you are then working in leadership is likely not the place for you. How do you switch up the way you lead, though? Leadership Workplace Communication

Haven’t we discussed this before? This is a ClearCompany lookback article, where we build off learnings from years and trends past. Sometimes we’ll discover that our talent acquisition trends were right on the money; other times we may see that our musings around talent management and workforce predictions were a little off. Either way from recruiting statistics to management research , here’s a look back at some of our greatest content. Talent Alignment

Ah, onboarding: the breakfast of employment. No new hire should begin their position within a company without a balanced and well-planned onboarding program. Unfortunately, just like the most important meal of the day, onboarding is often overlooked, rushed or simply forgotten all together. Many HR administrators seem to agree as 56% feel their onboarding solutions are only “somewhat structured” to “not at all structured.”. Paperless Onboarding Employee Onboarding

It’s officially spring and you know what that means? Time to spring clean your talent management processes. From sourcing to onboarding to performance management, it’s the perfect time for lean, efficient processes to set your company up for success for the rest of the year. Take a look at our new infographic and motivate your company to jump start spring cleaning your talent management house now! Spring Cleaning Hiring Process

If you ’ve never had the pleasure (or discomfort) of watching the television show Hoarders , you may not know how unsettling clutter can be. Stacks of newspapers, shelves collapse under canned goods. Furniture, pets and even people can find themselves disoriented and hidden under piles of old items that are no longer useful. It’s impossible to find anything, enjoy anything or use the homes featured on the show for their intended purpose. Spring Cleaning Hiring Process

It costs a lot of money to replace an employee. In fact, depending on job level and industry it can cost over 30% of an employee’s annual salary to replace them. That number climbs exponentially for highly educated executive level positions and that’s just the monetary costs! Losing a new hire reflects poorly on a company’s Quality of Hire metrics and sends a ripple effect through the recruitment, hiring and management practices of the company. Let’s not forget the impact it has on employee engagement and morale. Employee Engagement Spring Cleaning

In the world of HR, one question comes up year after year: how can we leverage new technological advances and incorporate them into our hiring process ? Instead of presenting outcomes and metrics that are relevant only to HR, frame your requests in a different way, a way that benefits everyone. HR needs to partner with the business to assess activities that will add value to the company, and not just become another expense. If HR can’t convince leaders that technology will benefit the entire business, then the conversation will be a lost cause. Hiring Process

Despite the hectic job of a recruiter, which consists daily of answering phone calls and emails, completing ATS searches, social recruiting searches, mind-numbing data entry and let’s not forget interacting with live-action humans like co-workers and bosses, they have to constantly assess how efficient their own processes are. Recruitment Process

Gallup reports only. 32. 5 % of U.S. employees. are engaged in their work, which is a shame, because engagement lays the foundation for improving employee performance. Gallup also reports at least. 70% of variance. in employee engagement can be attributed to managers. So, while many companies are paying big bucks for employee wellness programs, handing out complimentary food to employees or organizing a company-wide day of volunteer service, their own engagement problems might actually lie in their performance management practices. Becoming a more successful manager. is just a few tweaks away.

Tis the season for spring cleaning and we’re not talking about the growing pile of junk currently residing in your garage. Let’s talk HR! More specifically, taking time out of the new season to tighten up your company’s hiring process. The new year isn’t so new anymore, making this a great time to get a head start on setting hiring goals, determining areas to. improve the hiring process. and strategizing a plan of action to put those wheels in motion. So, let’s make a pot of coffee, put on our spring cleaning clothes and get our hands dirty! Goals Series

Tis the season for spring cleaning and we’re not talking about the growing pile of junk currently residing in your garage. Let’s talk HR! More specifically, taking time out of the new season to tighten up your company’s hiring process. The new year isn’t so new anymore, making this a great time to get a head start on setting hiring goals, determining areas to. improve the hiring process. and strategizing a plan of action to put those wheels in motion. So, let’s make a pot of coffee, put on our spring cleaning clothes and get our hands dirty! Goals Series

The enormous, interlinked web that is the organizational goal alignment process can seem daunting at first glance. But as we’ve been discussing , successful goal alignment can be achieved with the right roadmap and technology. Setting up your own roadmap doesn’t have to be a headache if you do your homework (and we’ve got plenty of resources to help you get there). To give you a head start on learning how to align goals for success , here are 7 must-haves every manager should know for successfully aligning goals. Goal-Setting

Having goals is never a bad thing. The tough part, especially in managing employee goals and performance, is the battle may be up a long, steep hill and some goals will not be successful. Whatever the case may be, sometimes employees (and managers) need a little extra push to keep themselves engaged and working towards the performance goals they’ve taken so much time and energy to plan and pursue. Help your team keep the faith with these 11 inspirational quotes, hand-picked by yours truly. Goal-Setting

For many ClearCompany clients, the hiring process consistently unfolds on a predictable path: a recruiter selects resumes; screens applicants via phone ; schedules interviews; and extends offers. cursory Google search yields a plethora of results discussing how to craft the perfect resume. Similarly, dozens of hiring and recruiting blogs and websites (including ours ) have tips and strategies to help applicants during an in-person interview. Screening Candidates

We’ve been talking a lot about goals lately. If you missed our 4 part series for the month of February, you should definitely check those out! They’re full of juicy details and. tips on goals and performance management. But today, we’re more interested in how your company views goals. Equipped with answers and tips, take our quiz to see how goals focused your company is! Goal-Setting

Setting goals.it’s easier said than done, especially if managers want those goals to actually be achieved. When it comes to. setting employee performance goals. , the road to effectiveness is even more difficult to map out. Did you know that, according to a. 2014 Towers Watson study. only half of the participating organizations say they effectively work with employees to set individual performance goals? If you’re wondering why employees are only reaching 10-20% of their goals, now you know one reason. Goal Alignment

Hey, haven’t we discussed this before? This is a ClearCompany lookback article, where we build off learnings from years and trends past. Sometimes we’ll discover that our talent acquisition trends were right on the money; other times we may see that our musings around talent management and workforce predictions were a little off. Either way from recruiting statistics to management research , here’s a lookback at some of our greatest content. Today we tackle how to create. better engagement with your employees by using goals in your organization. Quality of Hire

We’re back with the final installment of the ClearCompany goals series. Hopefully, you’ve learned a great deal over the last few weeks and we’ve given you plenty to think about when it comes to aligning, setting and monitoring goals in your company. We’ve also addressed some of the reasons that goals can fail within the enterprise. If you haven’t had a chance to read the entire goal focused series, you can get all the posts here and learn more about building a goal-focused organization. Today, our goal (see what I did there?) is to discuss how to incorporate goals into performance management.

Welcome back to the ClearCompany Goals series! This month we’re talking all about goals and how to use them to drive your company and your employees to engaged and productive success. At ClearCompany, we believe that identifying goals, aligning goals and creating employee performance goal (link to previous goals article) (linked to business outcomes) is a core focus of Talent Management and HR. Setting Goals

“Clear organizational goals can drive employee efforts throughout the organization. But if employees do not know what the organization's goals are, those goals lose the ability they have to energize employees towards their achievement. Communicating organizational goals to employees is essential for achieving those desired outcomes.” - OPM.gov. Organizational goals must be communicated to employees before they’re even employees. Yes, we’re talking in the candidate stage. A. Harris Interactive survey. of 23,000 employees found that only 37% understood what their employer was trying to achieve.

We’re glad you joined us on our ClearCompany goals series. Last time, we discussed just how to align goals with your employees. If you haven’t read the goal alignment post: Why Goal Alignment is About More Than Just Software , we covered understanding employee goals through transparency, how to collect and track that information with a culture of transparency and how to communicate the organizational goals to employees to give their daily work meaning and increase productivity. Goals

Most of the time when we approach goals, we do it from a corporate angle. After all, that makes the most sense. The reason you hire people is to reach the organizational goals of the company. It’s why they get a paycheck, says traditional thinking. But we know today that engagement skyrockets and employees are more fulfilled (and productive) when they understand those organization goals. This means executives (and let’s be honest, HR executives and middle management) must be equipped to communicate goals to their employees to help with aligning corporate goals. This means three key things.

Congratulations! You’ve been plastering the town with your resume, printing out copies until the guy at Kinko’s knows your name, and finally, you got a nibble. recruiter has reached out to you and your interview is scheduled for Monday. The stakes are high and the rewards are material – so iron your shirt, take deep breaths, and read on. I’ll take you through some sure-fire interview tips to make sure you totally crush it. Candidate Interviews

Nobody has the perfect hiring process. The key to improvement on the matter, is constant reevaluation of the practices at hand. How does your company hire new employees? Is your recruiting process tired? Burned out ? Gasping for air? If so, consider incorporating a video interviewing process. Need some proof

Mastering. new employee onboarding. is far from easy. Managers have to craft job offers, organize employee documents, perform background checks, facilitate training, set up payroll and the list goes on and on. Keeping all those things organized, let alone making the process efficient, is enough to make managers want to pull their hair out! It’s not the most exciting part of the job, but it’s one of the most important. Employee Onboarding

Fourty-nine percent of Millennials agree they would like a better onboarding process for new employees. That's about half of the largest group in the workforce, so the beginning of the year is the perfect time to completely overhaul your onboarding process. Below we have curated a test (with answers don’t worry) specifically to help you get your new employee onboarded successfully in the first 90 days! Employee Onboarding

Hiring a new employee can be a rigorous task. Simply finding the right candidates , narrowing them down and then choosing the best from the bunch isn’t enough. Understanding whether or not you have hired a person of high caliber is absolutely essential to the quality of your workforce. Here’s how to tell if your new hire is unmotivated and how to handle each situation ethically. Quality of Hire Unmotivated Employees

You already use data in a number of ways and places throughout the company, but just one thing is missing. Employee referrals are no different than your traditional recruiting methods, but instead of recruiters you have eager employees, and instead of job descriptions you have relationships. So although it might make it a bit easier to find the best talent for the role, it’s often difficult for recruiters to measure because it’s much harder to control a referral program. Employee Referral Program

From the dot com era to the mobile boom, technology has always been of peak interest for companies looking to improve their practices. And, although the anxiety is understandable, the fear of change in the technology you keep around the office won’t help your team, it’ll hurt the company. Waiting too much longer to jump on the HR tech investment bandwagon will cost you. Are you willing to let your team perform under their true abilities? We’re betting the answer is no. HRTech

Employee engagement, the vital organ to the workplace. Without it companies face many roadblocks. Those roadblocks? Higher turnover rates, lower productivity and more dissatisfied employees. shocking 60% of employees lack the elements needed to be highly engaged in the workplace. How do we harness the power of employee engagement for the better good of our workforce (and company)? Professionals in the industry weighed in to tackle that very question, not from a software or platform perspective, but from the viewpoint of practical ideas that all of us can implement tomorrow. Employee Engagemen

Even though this is a true statement, you can manage what you can’t measure , it’s not easy. In today’s increasingly data-filled business world, there’s little room for managing what you don’t understand. Because technology is so vastly intertwined in organizational practices , including talent acquisition , although it’s possible to measure what you can’t see, it’s much more difficult (and quite frankly, less accurate). Despite the potential flaws in data calculation, it’s becoming a necessary facet of the talent acquisition field. Recruitment Measurements

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There is no shortage of metrics driving Quality of Hire today, which should be a good thing, but, like any other process, there are inefficiencies that waste time and resources. And, as data analytics becomes more advanced and prevalent in HR, Quality of Hire is increasingly more recognized as an all-encompassing metric rather than simply a recruiting metric or something that can be calculated by a single formula. Talent Analytics Quality of Hire

We’ve all seen those competition based television shows. right ? Shows like American Idol, Dancing With the Stars and, MTV’s Making the Band. All of which include a panel of judges (or just Sean Diddy Combs) sifting through contestant after contestant voting off the weaker links to find the eventual winner, the perfect fit. Finding the best candidate for the job is no easy feat, especially when the cost of hiring and training a new person is through the roof. The hiring process can be much like your favorite contestant laden TV programs. Luckily, we have compiled a list of tips to help.

Maintaining a competitive advantage in this marketplace can be challenging. Despite the booming HR tech industry and advances in HR management, bad hires, low performers and toxic employees somehow make their way onto the payroll and wreak havoc on company resources. That’s where. Quality of Hire. comes in, but defining the term and having the means to measure it don’t come easy. Quality of Hire

We’re just a few days away from the end of 2015! Recruiting experts have made their 2016 predictions , and it’s becoming clear that companies will be (or already have been) revamping their digital recruitment marketing efforts.The recruitment marketing landscape is changing so fast it’s going to be hard for companies to catch up if they haven’t already become adept to the trends of 2015. This is the perfect time to start preparing for the near future by examining your current strategies and planning for the big, inevitable changes that are coming. recruiting trends

As a recruiter, you get to see the most dreadful, surprising and sometimes hilarious candidate interview mistakes imaginable. The workforce might be evolving, but the mistakes of today pretty much line up with the interview mistakes people have been making for decades. Here’s what some of today’s recruiters have endured throughout their careers in recruiting. Interviews