Capitalizing on employees’ strengths can help make them a better employee. Bringing skilled employees into your business is a critical step in putting together a successful work team. However, it’s certainly not the last step. At the end of the day, your employees will only excel to the extent that their roles allow them. After […]
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8 Must-Ask Questions for Your Next Tech Candidate
The below 8 must-ask questions highlight candidate skills that help identify the correct candidate. Technical skills evaluation is the primary focus of recruiting and hiring for IT jobs. Interviews provide a valuable opportunity to contextualize those skills with more personal knowledge about your candidates—if you ask the right questions. Here are some of the most […]
Why You Should Hire the Candidate with Soft Skills
When you’re hiring for a position, you’ll probably be looking for two kinds of skills: hard skills and soft skills. If you work in information technology hiring, most applicants already have hard skills. They’re the technical capabilities related to your position requirements, such as coding. Soft skills describe abilities to relate and work with others. […]
Should I Create Social Media Guidelines for My Employees?
In the workforce, social media is often a loaded topic. The question of whether to address its use by employees—and if so, how—is a difficult one for many employers. Anxiety over social media use runs both ways. One study found that 51% of employees are concerned that their online activity will be held against them […]