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How to hire a top-performing controller

You can’t afford to take any chances when hiring a controller. Here are tips to make sure you hire a top-performing controller.

Shannon Howard · 10 min read

Employee Engagement

5 financial industry HR challenges and how to solve them

Attracting and retaining top financial services talent is a lot more challenging than it was in the past. Here’s how to solve for it.

Lin Grensing-Pophal · 6 min read

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Company Culture

6 key points to address in your pets in the workplace policy

Bring your pet to work day? If your business would like to welcome animals, here are six key points your pets in the workplace policy should address.

June Bell · 4 min read

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Hiring

The Employee Onboarding Experience: Best and Worst Stories from Real Employees

Onboarding plays an essential role in employee engagement—yet many organizations continue to get it wrong. Learn from these employees’ experiences.

Shannon Howard · 13 min read

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Hiring

How to design your employee onboarding process (step-by-step)

Every new employee needs to know how to be successful at your organization. A stellar employee onboarding process sets them up for success.

Kristen Robertson · 9 min read

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Hiring

How we developed recruitment metrics at PI

This is the story of how we started using recruitment metrics to inform our hiring process and make data-driven decisions. Find out what lessons we learned.

Kevin Stevens · 6 min read

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Hiring

Pre-hire assessments saved my resume from the trash

“I would have thrown her resume in the trash,” my former boss said to our new sales trainees.  I was standing right there. I had been a top performer on her team for a year—yet I was not offended in the least. Why would I be? She was right.  Let me give you the back…

Nancy Dabu · 6 min read

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Company Culture

How to create a gender-inclusive workplace

Creating a gender-inclusive workplace benefits everyone. Here are four steps you can take to promote the growth of a gender-inclusive culture.

Catherine Ferland · 6 min read

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Company Culture

5 diversity and inclusion quotes for the workplace

A diverse workforce leads to better business outcomes. Here are five diversity and inclusion quotes to spark ideas and drive your DEI efforts.

Shannon Howard · 4 min read

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Hiring

Why you should hire a Rhonda

When most organizations hire, they look for someone with experience. But what happens when you have someone with the passion and drive—just no experience?

Shannon Howard · 3 min read

Company Culture

Culture fit vs. culture add

Hiring for culture fit is an important aspect of organizational culture. But culture fit alone won’t create diverse teams that drive performance.

Will Otto · 5 min read

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Hiring

8 recruiting tips for successful hiring

The most important thing you can do as a hiring manager is to hire the right people. These 8 recruiting tips will ensure you do that.

Thad Peterson · 18 min read

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Company Culture

How to motivate employees with talent optimization

Too many business leaders don’t know how to motivate employees. But if you follow the talent optimization discipline, motivating people is simple.

Erin Balsa · 11 min read

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Hiring

The key to hiring top talent: empowered hiring managers

While human resources plays an integral role in talent optimization in any organization, the key to hiring top talent lies with hiring managers.

Alexandra LeBlanc · 3 min read