4 Proven Methods to Assess Soft Skills in Job Candidates How important are soft skills in the workplace? Don’t they take second place to technical talent and experience? That’s not what 92 percent of talent pros, who took part in LinkedIn’s latest annual Global Talent Trends research, said. Instead, they considered soft skills in a…
Read MoreWhy Feeling Valued Keeps Great Employees Longer Than Raises Do Employees who don’t feel valued don’t stay. When the American Psychological Association studied the workplace back in 2012, half of respondents who said they did not feel valued at work also said they were actively looking for a different job. Conversely, 93 percent of those…
Read MoreHigh-Performing Toxic Employees: Interview Red Flags, Culture Strategies and When to Fire What do you do when you have an employee who is a dream come true at his or her specialty, but a nightmare to coworkers and customers (a.k.a. a high-performing jerk)? Is it wise to tolerate bad behavior because the metrics are great?…
Read MoreWomen in the Workplace: 5 Ways to Create an Inclusive Culture Women in the workplace want and need the same treatment and opportunities as men. Yet even with laws in place to protect the rights of women at work, the playing field is still far from level, no matter what we would like to believe….
Read MoreRecruiting and onboarding: They are two halves of the hiring whole. When they are both working well, your business is highly likely to end up with a talented, committed team in sync with each other. Miss the mark on one, and hiring effectiveness suffers. It can be additionally challenging to do both remotely, such as…
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