During the current climate, you may have felt the urge to build a stockpile. It could be toilet paper or hand sanitizer or chocolate chip cookie dough. But have you thought about stockpiling job candidates?  It may seem strange to think about looking for your next great hire especially in these tumultuous times. However, now is an excellent time to shift your approach from a reactive hiring mindset to a proactive one.

Hiring the right candidate to fill in a position for a job is essential, but it can be very challenging. After all, the hiring process is more than just choosing the right person. It’s also about attracting and securing the best candidate, someone whose values align with your company’s mission, vision, and principles. On today’s show, Andrea Hoffer highlights the biggest mistakes we often see employers make, and shares some tips to help you get better results in your next recruitment and hiring effort.

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Sometimes, people are only great at interviews. Who they are during the hiring process do not live up to their performance on the actual job. Where did it all go wrong? Andrea Hoffer points that to your interview questions. In this episode, she shares with us how we can create interview questions that work, that can actually help us assess whether someone is perfect for the job or not.

With everything that has been said about culture, businesses by now should have laid down what it means and looks like for them. However, having a culture is not all that there is for it to do wonders for your business. You also need the right people that fit the culture you want. In this episode, Andrea Hoffer talks about hiring for culture fit. Starting with the basics, she shares the advantages of having a culture in place and the disadvantages of not having one.

Do you cringe when you hear the word “recruiter?” Both employers and job seekers are eager to share their horror stories about working with a recruiter. But is everything that you know about working with a recruiter wrong?

There ARE recruiters out there that don’t do their due diligence and send clients tons of resumes that are clearly not a match or never follow-up with candidates. It’s SO frustrating and we completely understand why employers and candidates are hesitant to work with a recruiter. 

People show up to work differently. As such, studies on human behavior are very ripe of answers when it comes to identifying what makes a workplace succeed. In this episode, host, Andrea Hoffer, digs deep into one of the greatest and most common tool organizations and companies use to understand human behavior, workplace assessments. She probes into how useful these assessments really are, how they are measured, and whether they are worth using. As it is popular just as it is varied, Andrea then breaks down the different types of assessments out there and the best way to use them.

Often, your customers interact with your employees long before they ever see you. As such, your company’s reputation rests heavily on your workers’ shoulders. It’s important to support them in their work because it has a direct effect on your bottom line. Here are some ways you can encourage your employees to support you with your business goals.

When it comes to creating a healthy environment for your employees where healthy habits are the norm, it doesn’t have to be expensive nor complicated. In fact, recent data has shown that promoting a healthy environment within the Workplace can save the company money over the long run. So, how can you accomplish this within your own place of work? Here are a few good habits your employees should practice in the workplace.