Are you struggling to find and recruit top-tier talent for your organization? It's time to rethink your hiring process. Implementing pre-employment assessments like PXT Select can dramatically improve your recruitment strategy. Backed by over 30 years of research, PXT Select assessments are role-specific, scientifically validated, and designed to enhance the candidate experience. With PXT Select, you can streamline your hiring pipeline, reduce employee turnover, and cultivate high-performance teams.

Embrace the power of remote work with these expert tips drawn from 8 years of managing a virtual workforce. Discover how effective communication, regular check-ins, and the right tools can boost productivity. Learn to build a strong company culture and balance work-life integration in a remote setting. This guide also provides insight on setting clear expectations and the importance of pre-hire assessments for remote suitability.

If you’ve been in the hiring world for long enough, you probably have an ingrained belief that a phone call is far more personal and professional than a message. But that mentality is a bit, well, old fashioned these days.

Settling conflicts in a remote-work scenario takes extra skill. As @SHRM reports, communication is key.

Are you hiring people with the right qualities? If you want engaging leadership, these are some specific characteristics to look for.

Are you rewarding your employees to hit financial targets? There may be a better way to create engaged, committed, creative employees.

“So, Matthew, what is your superpower?” 🦸I am a big fan of oddball interview questions, and so is Glassdoor.

The Source and Recruit Company team has been impressed by the resilience of so many of the companies we’ve worked with over the past year. There’s a methodology to resilience, and we like the way @FutureForum poses it.

Wondering what candidates are looking for in 2021? A few specific things stand out:

1. Competitive salary

2. Job security

3. Work/life balance

In other words — the same things they’ve always wanted.

How are you keeping employees motivated this year? I hear about things like: 💡Offering new skills training in virtual environments 💡Hosting internal annual or semi-annual conferences 💡Setting up Slack/Teams channels unrelated to work that allow teams to share ideas. Other thoughts?

One major shift that’s happened over the last year in hiring — more and more people are looking for jobs without leaving the home. So: ✴️ Be mindful of social media. ✴️ Get going on that blog. ✴️ Share employee stories.

A recruiter can be your best ally in hiring. To make the most of the relationship, be prepared going into your first conversation or two. The relationship you have with a recruiter is somewhat customizable, so don’t be afraid to be vocal about your expectations and needs.

You hear so much noise in the business world about offering customers an elevated experience. But don’t forget, your employees are a kind of customers too. Recruiters act as an arm of your sales team, vetting potential hires and giving them star customer treatment along the way.

The Source and Recruit Company does the heavy lifting in terms of networking, sourcing, and vetting candidates. But that doesn’t mean you’re off the hook for hiring. Your website is a sales tool, and don’t forget about a very important customer: talent.

What do Elon Musk and law enforcement agencies have in common? They both use asymmetric information management (AIM) techniques to spot BS. AIM helps weed out candidates that are full of hot air.

Before you contact a recruiter, it’s a good idea to know ✴️Your big-picture needs as a business or team, and how your recruiting strategy will map to that ✴️Exactly what roles you will need to hire for in the next year ✴️What kind of pre-screening you’d expect a recruiter to do.

Most CEOs want to be change-makers within their industries. A recent Gartner poll showed that 78% of CEOs see their companies as pioneers. To get there, CEOs must surround themselves with people who possess an “enterprising mindset.” Learn how to identify this candidate interest in your interviewing process in today’s blog.

As a leader, bringing out the best in others starts, of course, with hiring people who have the potential to begin with. That’s our job. Your job is to cultivate your hires and bring out their best.

We’ve seen again and again how candidates with high emotional intelligence (EQ) tend to thrive and succeed. These are the kind of people you want on your team.