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3 ways to hire the perfect candidate

August 27, 2008 by Iain · Leave a Comment 

Traditionally, organisations have taken on new staff by using a three-step method:

  1. Evaluate the CV
  2. Interview
  3. ‘Gut feel’ about the candidate

This can be right but more often than not, leads to taking on a new member of staff based on their appearance, hand shake and the ‘editied highlights of their career so far’, otherwise known as a CV.

So how can you reduce your risk and refine the interview process to find the ‘perfect candidate‘?

3 Levels of Appraisal

3 Levels of Appraisal

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Reduce the risk of employing the wrong person by understanding the 3 Levels of Appraisal: Read more

Successful leaders require a few skills…

August 27, 2008 by Ian · Leave a Comment 

Cognisco surveyed 400 companies in the UK and US and on this basis estimated that employee misunderstandings cost companies at least £18.7 billion.

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Risky Business

August 7, 2008 by Ian · Leave a Comment 

According to research by Common Purpose 50% of adults consider themselves to be risk takers and 43% of this group believing the downturn will demand more risk–taking behaviour in organisations.

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