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Tips on proactive recruiting

Over the past years I have given dozens of seminars and speeches on the selection process. It doesn’t matter if I am in Invercargill, Auckland, Napier, Sydney, or Singapore, I always hear the same complaint: “Rob our area is different, there is a great shortage of talent here, we just can’t find good people”. Yes, [...]

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Literacy testing back-fires

A literacy test administered to job applicants by a US company was found to be discriminatory to African-American job applicants costing the company several thousand dollars in fines payable to those discriminated against.

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Beauty is only skin deep

Attractive people do not behave appreciably differently than unattractive people. Nonetheless, beauty and gender have significant effects on earnings. This happens because beauty and gender affect the way people are treated by others.

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Real jobs for real people

Disabled people have one of the largest unemployment rates of any group. Now, an innovative programme from a US company shows how to contribute to the welfare of this disadvantaged group while at the same time enhancing the company’s bottom line.

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Ability versus personality

Given the increasing difficulties in attracting quality employees, it is tempting to relax selection criteria to fill open positions. As one manager stated, “If a job candidate has a pulse, they’re hired!” It is hard to imagine how an operation can maintain its quality and efficiency using such a low standard. Instead, companies should use procedures that clearly differentiate those who will be successful (i.e., those with the requisite abilities, attitudes, and personalities) from those who will not succeed.

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