Newsletters 2017 | Les Gore | Executive Search International

ARE YOU TAKING TOO LONG TO HIRE PEOPLE?

DECEMBER 2017 NO. 136

In case you didn’t know it, it’s a buyers’ market out there.

Talented candidates are in high demand and short supply. They hold the advantage, and they don’t like to wait.

There are more jobs to fill than there are candidates to fill them. And many companies are looking for the very same people that you are.

So why does it take so long to make those critical hiring decisions?

6 WAYS SMALL BUSINESSES CAN COMPETE AGAINST LARGE FIRMS FOR TALENT

NOVEMBER 2017 NO. 135

Great people make great companies. They’re critical to the success of any organization.

But snagging those rock stars is often a difficult goal for small businesses to achieve. Especially when competing against larger companies with deeper pockets and perhaps more attractive benefits.

Still, it’s possible to entice star employees away from the larger companies. In many ways, smaller firms may have a lot to offer that larger firms cannot.

6 WORKPLACE PERSONALITIES AND HOW TO MANAGE THEM

OCTOBER 2017 NO. 134

In last month’s newsletter, I talked about why hiring for personality matters. And why for most companies it’s all about personality, chemistry, and cultural fit.

I received a lot of interesting and positive feed back; so much so that I’d like to expand on the personality topic a bit more — and the importance and challenges faced after the hiring.

Like how do you manage those different workplace personalities?

WHY RECRUITING FOR PERSONALITY MATTERS

SEPTEMBER 2017 NO. 133

“It’s all about personality and chemistry.”

For the 30 years that I’ve been in the search and recruiting business, that’s what nearly all of our many clients have told me. That it’s all about personality, chemistry, and cultural fit when it comes to selecting and hiring people.

But that doesn’t mean relevant technical skills and experience don’t count. Finding the right fit for your organization is paramount because while (some) skills can be taught, basic personality traits are inherent and don’t really change.