You can’t always find the perfect candidate. So sometimes, it’s tempting to hire one who seems “good enough.” But proceed with caution, because as we’ve all probably learned from experience by now, a bad hire affects a lot more than just one role.

The Source and Recruit Company uses valid and reliable tools to understand the DNA of top performers and look below the surface of job candidates to predict on-the-job success. Read on to learn more about using pre-hire assessments to make data driven informed hiring decisions and maximize your odds of making a great hire!

You want to move into a leadership role, but don’t quite have the experience. Read our latest blog post for a few strategies on how to advance your career.

This might seem to be a weird time to be looking for a job. A lot of industries and companies are in flux as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. Anxieties are running high, and uncertainty is rampant.

But as I can attest through my recruiter lens, there are certainly plenty of people looking for jobs, and lots of companies hiring. Read on for a few tips on moving forward with your job search.

It can be very tempting to vent on social media right now.

Whether you’re unhappy with civic leadership or disgruntled with your neighbor for being a bad quarantiner, there’s no better place to complain about it than to your vast online communities.

Except when you are looking for a job.

According to a famous Stanford study, working from home can boost productivity. But tell that to everyone suddenly working remotely amid the distractions of family, pets, homeschooling, a stocked fridge, and more.

A man on horseback comes upon a group of exhausted soldiers digging a trench. Their section leader stands to the side, barking orders.

Read our latest blog post for the short leadership story of the soldiers and trench.

If you’d like to improve your skills in high-pressure situations, take some notes from peak performance psychologist Dr. Don Greene. He works with professional dancers and musicians to nail competitive auditions, and has coached Olympic athletes to the Gold medal.

The biggest shift the last few months have brought the recruitment industry? Probably virtual interviews.

If you need help with virtual interviewing, we can get you set up on our preferred hiring-specific video interviewing platform. Read on for more information.

Suddenly experiencing a lot of downtime?

This is a great time to spruce up your virtual professional presence. It’s a step you can take right now to influence the future of your professional career. Read on for some ideas on where to start.

“What’s the difference between a furlough and a layoff?”

Does it feel like life is shoveling dirt on you right now?

Here’s a little story I love.

How will COVID-19 impact the future of telemedicine?

A recent piece from Wired goes over the pros and cons of telemedicine when it comes to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Is “lack of accountability” really a thing? Melissa Raffoni, CEO of The Raffoni Group, cautions leaders to use this phrase sparingly. While saying “we need more accountability,” is often intended to light a fire under people, it can have other consequences — like making people feel threatened. If you feel you have an accountability problem, reviewing this checklist is a great place to start.

Gender quotas are one tactic being tried out by companies and governing bodies. But, the talent pipeline is a big part of the problem.

The US House of Reps passed a law in January that prohibits employers from conducting credit reports as part of the hiring process, except for a few notable exceptions. So if you’ve always relied on credit reporting as a marker of candidate worthiness, you’ll have to recalibrate your hiring efforts.

When you think of the value a recruiter brings, what comes to mind?

Connections? Intuition? A knack for finding talent?

These are all true, with the right recruiter. But recruiters like myself and the others here at The Source and Recruit Company hold another essential skill you may not realize: process management.

How do you determine if your board is performing optimally?

The COVID-19 pandemic has turned the way we talk to each other on its head. Within the span of a few weeks, companies in every industry have reformulated their communication strategy out of necessity. A recent piece from the Harvard Business Review is an invaluable resource when it comes to making the most of your COVID-19 communication.

It’s a weird time to be in any business right now. Some industries are being brought to a near standstill by #covid19. Others are ramping up quickly to provide badly needed products, services and support. It’s a time of great uncertainty for a lot of companies, and they need all the resources they can get. One great resource I found: SHRM’s comprehensive list of printable memos and posters for employer communication with employees.