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What millennials want from work: flexibility, not salary

Younger generations are prioritizing work-life balance and employer benefits on an equal—or even higher—level to compensation. How is your company adjusting?

Sophia Bernazzani · 5 min read

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How to hire a top-performing construction manager

A good construction manager is the key to a successful build. Learn how to hire top-performing construction managers in this blog.

Vickiana Rodriguez · 7 min read

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How top CEOs hire talent

High-performing CEOs have a secret when it comes to hiring the right talent. Learn what they’re doing differently and how to apply it to your own business.

Thad Peterson · 3 min read

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The real problem with the Business Insider “thank you note” article

If you follow Tech Twitter, you might have seen this post, which blew up over the weekend. Written by Jessica Liebman, the executive managing editor of Insider Inc., the post generated lots of reader outrage. What was all the fuss about? Thank you emails. Her tweet (below) has almost 4,000 comments as of this writing….

Anuj Adhiya · 4 min read

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No experience, no problem: How PI helps individuals change career paths

Science is finding that experience is less relevant to job success and behavior plays a key role in predicting future performance. Read more on our blog.

Dani Dawkins · 6 min read

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How to hire a top-performing hospitality general manager

Hiring a top-performing general manager is key to success at your hotel. But what makes a high-performing GM, and where do you find them? Read on to find out.

Clayton Courtney · 7 min read

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Why HR shouldn’t freeze career paths

Career paths are a long-term investment in human capital. They engage and motivate your employees. Here’s what happens when they’re frozen.

Victor Lipman · 3 min read

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Is it legal for employers to give applicants pre-employment assessments?

Not sure about the use of pre-employment assessments in the hiring process? Get the ins and outs from one of our scientists.

Allison Siminovsky PhD · 8 min read

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20 management skills for talent optimizers

As a talent optimizer, you need to master diverse leadership and management skills. You might be naturally adept at some of the following skills—but developing competency in others will force you to stretch beyond your comfort level to close gaps. While it won’t be easy, doing that important work will set you up to be…

Erin Balsa · 12 min read

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8 hiring process steps we recommend (and model at PI)

At The Predictive Index, we pride ourselves on modeling best hiring practices using the PI solution and talent optimization.  As we work with clients in the implementation stage, they find it helpful to hear how we use PI in our own hiring process. Here’s an insider’s look at how we leverage behavioral and cognitive data to…

Liz Palmieri · 7 min read

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This is what makes a great accountant extra successful

There are certain behavioral traits that are common to all great accountants, whether the person is an individual tax professional or a CFO of a multibillion-dollar company.  Great accountants are detail-oriented, of course, or “high D” in Predictive Index speak. They must be thorough and precise—and comfortable living within rules and guidelines, thank you AICPA. (If…

Ashley Driscoll · 5 min read

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How to hire a top-performing project manager

Fulfilling the point-person role to see projects through to fruition, project managers must be up for the challenge of spearheading necessary tasks and taking the fall if something goes wrong. A good project manager can be the difference between meeting deadlines, budget and, scope requirements and failing to meet expectations. With so much at stake,…

Erin Balsa · 11 min read

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HR as a strategic partner: collaborating for success

The best HR professionals aren’t the compliance officers of old: they’re strategic partners in planning, org design, and driving the business to success.

Riia O'Donnell · 4 min read

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With labor shortages affecting the financial services sector, it pays to plan ahead.

As tempting as it may be to fill a position with a “good enough” candidate, in the long run, it pays to hold out for the right candidate. That’s especially true right now when a growing shortage of skilled labor is affecting the financial services sector. A 2018 study by Korn Ferry predicted a worldwide…

Erin Balsa · 4 min read

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Smart hiring: Don’t make a hasty decision to fill an empty seat.

When you’re building a team, you don’t just want to fill a seat—you want to find the right person, and you want to do it fast. But rushing into hiring can be a huge mistake. Because while finding the right person takes time and can be costly, filling the position with the wrong candidate costs…

Erin Balsa · 5 min read