The integration of psychometric testing in a recruitment context has had mixed reviews in the past, mostly due to the misuse of testing and its context. However, today it is a widely utilised tool in many recruitment processes, integrated in the process as a supplementary selection tool.

Often considered mythical and existing solely in fairy tales, unicorns are very much real in the magical world of recruitment! In fact, it is one of the primary reasons why companies partner with us – our ability to find talent that no one else can…

Staff attrition is costly – at senior leader level, for each employee lost, the cost to the company could be 50%–250% of his/her annual salary. Continued border closures, talent scarcity and an active labour market are intensifying employer efforts to retain their senior leaders. So why are your people thinking about quitting and when will it happen?

In a talent scarce market, finding candidates to fill roles is challenging and for highly specialised and technical roles it is not an exaggeration to say that talent pools are running dry. Furthermore, it is highly likely that the person you are looking for, the “ideal” candidate, is already happily employed and not actively in the job market.

As said by Winston Churchill, never waste a good crisis…

When it comes to a robust recruitment process, technical skills and relevant experience are important variables in assessing a candidate’s ability to do the job well. However, what we are increasingly looking for are soft skills as a predictor of performance.

Last week’s ‘top four must reads’ post which included a link to an article in HBR titled “Is CEO a Two-Person Job”, has created a lot of chatter in our business. So, we thought we’d dig a little deeper…

Labour quality and capability continues to be a major concern for business leaders. According to the Institute of Directors annual director sentiment survey, this was the second highest rated risk facing organisations.

With Millennials firmly established in the workplace its now time to focus attention on Generation Z - don’t make the mistake of thinking the two generations are one and the same.