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Employee Selection

August 20, 2025 by Greg

Why Startups Succeed: Smart Foundations for Entrepreneurial Growth

In the dynamic world of startups, success isn’t just about having a groundbreaking idea. It’s about building a strong foundation—combining the right team, technology, operations, and mindset to scale sustainably. Many entrepreneurs dive headfirst into their ventures without setting up the structures necessary for long-term growth. But the most successful startups are those that treat […]

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June 9, 2025 by Greg

PERSONALITY AND PERFORMANCE: Key Attributes of Great Employees

What are the characteristics of a great employee? How can you identify those qualities as you go through the hiring process? And how do you track employees’ performance after you hire them? The first quality you should look for is personality. If the position you are looking for requires that the employee interact with your […]

Filed Under: Customer Service, Employee Retention, Employee Selection, Finding top talent, Generations at Work, Job interviewing, Training and Development Tagged With: best way to interview, customer service

September 18, 2020 by Greg

Six Things Each Employee Wants from Their Employer

You might think you know what your employees want from you. Perhaps you’re sure that a fun team building weekend will be a nice way for your employees to bond as a team, or that on-site gym membership would be a great perk to help them be healthier. But what employees really want and what […]

Filed Under: Employee appreciation, Employee Engagement, Employee engagement speaker, Employee Motivation Articles, Employee Recognition, Employee Retention, Employee Selection, Human Resource Management, Job Satisfaction, management skills, small business articles, Supervisory Skills, Surveys and Statistics, Working Women, Workplace Productivity Tagged With: Drivers of Employee Engagement, employee appreciation ideas, employee engagement, employee engagement articles, employee job satisfaction, employee motivation tips, employee retention ideas, job satisfaction, leadership training, managing employee retention

August 18, 2020 by Greg

Can you cheat on a DISC test?

Contributed by TTI If you’re here, you’re likely preparing for a job interview and want to make sure that you nail the DISC exam you’ll be taking as a part of the interview process. I have good and bad news for you: the bad news is that you can’t cheat on a DISC exam, but the […]

Filed Under: Behavior Assessments, DISC Profile, DISC Training, Employee Selection, Employee Turnover, Finding top talent, Hiring, hiring tips, Human Resource Management, Job interviewing, small business articles, Talent Management Tagged With: behavior assessments, DISC, disc assessments, disc certification training, disc training, emotional intelligence, hiring assessments

November 18, 2019 by Greg

10 Careers For Introverts

Finding a career that we love is an important step in our lives. If we don’t find a career we’re happy with, we might end up being stressed out or unsatisfied most of the time. As an introvert, you don’t like to spend too much time in direct contact with many people. You prefer creating […]

Filed Under: Employee engagement speaker, Employee Selection, Generations at Work, Growing a Business, Human Resource Management, Job Satisfaction, Work Life balance Tagged With: gig jobs

October 19, 2018 by Greg

How to Conduct a Behavioral Interview

By Jennifer C. Zamecki Have you ever wondered, while interviewing a candidate, how will you suspend your own personal biases during the interview?  Well, if you have, you might want to read on and learn how to do just that. Behavioral interviewing is a relatively new mode of job interviewing.  Employers such as AT&T and […]

Filed Under: Employee Selection, Finding top talent, Hiring, hiring tips, Human Resource Management, Job interviewing, Recruitment Tagged With: behavior interviewing, hiring assessments, interviewing, job interviews, selection

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