Level Up Leadership
Hiring assessments are one of the most effective tools at ensuring that the people you hire will be a good fit with your company, with their manager and team, and that they’ll actually be engaged in the work that they’re hired to do. While it can be tempting to rush the hiring process and skip…
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Some business leaders have a tendency to view hiring as an art; others view it as a science. But really, making better hiring decisions requires a combination of both art and science. If you’re making your decisions entirely on gut instinct – the art approach – you’ll end up hiring people who don’t have the…
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Hiring the wrong people is one of the biggest mistakes a business can make, and yet companies routinely rush the hiring process and simply deal with the high turnover rates that ensue. This vicious cycle leads to low morale, low productivity, and a poor workplace culture. Hiring assessments help break the cycle by reorienting the…
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When you have an important vacancy in your office, there can be the temptation to fill the position as quickly as possible, just getting someone in so that your business can keep moving forward. This approach is almost always a mistake, because it leads to people who are poor fits not just with the position…
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The costs of bad hires are well documented. Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh has famously estimated that better hiring decisions could have saved his company well over $100 million. In smaller companies, bad hires can threaten the entire business by scaring off customers or bungling deals. Here are five ways that bad hires can have a…
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Companies that use traditional hiring methods often end up regretting some of their hiring decisions within a matter of weeks. Bad hires can hurt a company’s workplace morale, its productivity, and its reputation with clients. It feels like bad hires should be easy to avoid with a bit of intuition, but hiring managers often let…
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DISCcompass assessments can be a powerful tool for improving workplace culture and making better hiring decisions. It is one of a few different assessments for hiring that gives managers a much stronger understanding of top candidates than interviews or resumes alone can. DISCcompass assesses a person’s behavioral style within work environments. It helps determine a…
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A JUDGEMENTcompass Screening is an assessment administered online in order to help your human resources department make better hiring decisions. Hiring assessments are important tools for evaluating candidates in a way that is fair, methodical, and much more effective than traditional screening processes. The JUDGMENTcompass Screening is usually used early in the hiring process to…
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Virtually every business has felt the effects of a bad hire. The wrong person for a job can have a detrimental effect on company morale, scare away potential clients, and even cause lawsuits. The real costs of hiring someone who isn’t right for your company can be staggering. In fact, 41% of surveyed businesses say…
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Hiring assessments are a powerful tool for determining a person’s strengths and weaknesses as they relate to job performance. But perhaps just as importantly, assessments for hiring can also be used to determine whether a person will be a good fit with company’s culture. More specifically, an assessment can help determine whether a person will…
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