by Bill Bliss | Aug 7, 2017 | Employee Hiring & Retention
Last week, I read an article from Inc.com discussing the four specific job interview questions a CEO asked potential job candidates. For the hundred or so people he has hired, he said these four interview questions provided the most reliable predictor of success at...
by Bill Bliss | Jan 31, 2017 | Employee Hiring & Retention
As this New Year gets underway, hopefully you and your company are planning to hire people to help you grow. To those who don’t spend the majority of their time interviewing and selecting employees, the prospect of hiring people can be challenging. If you are in the...
by Bill Bliss | Dec 20, 2016 | Employee Hiring & Retention
I don’t know about you, but I’ve been hearing some pretty upbeat news about projected hiring since Donald Trump was elected POTUS. Spoiler alert – this post is not about the election, Trump or anyone else. Consider some recent anecdotal information I’ve heard: The...
by Bill Bliss | Dec 13, 2016 | Coaching, Employee Hiring & Retention
Recently I began working with Mike, CEO of a growing start-up with outside funding and about 100 employees. Mike is an engineering genius who is new to the CEO role for a. He really desires to grow his skillset and excel as a leader. (By the way, he came to the right...
by Bill Bliss | Nov 1, 2016 | Employee Hiring & Retention
Think back to when you were hired into a new company. Can you recall what the first few days or weeks were like? For many, this recollection brings back feelings of excitement, new opportunity, and new learning. Yet for some, feelings of anxiety, fear, uncertainly,...
by Bill Bliss | Jun 6, 2016 | Employee Hiring & Retention, Leadership, Talent Retention
As leaders, we all value high performers who work with us, right? Of course we do. Why then, are we surprised when they inform us they are leaving for another opportunity? It is likely because of the way we have treated them, or not treated them. And news flash…it’s...