Personality is strongly aligned to success in the workplace and as such should always be assessed during the selection process. Assessing a candidate's personality will tells us who that person is and not just what they know...

Hiring turkeys is easy when you rely on gut feel and emotional judgement. Using a structured, scientific approach will give you better odds of hiring the right person first time.

It’s a legal requirement to have a job description for every position in your organisation (NZ/Aust readers). This must be provided to the employee as part of their employment contract. Apart from this legal requirement, it makes good business sense for all parties to have a clear, written picture, of what is required to be successful within the role and the organisation in total.

This article describes how several well known companies attract and recruit young knowledge workers. Their strategies are in line with their corporate cultures and are all different.

The hiring interview is the most expensive and poorest predictor of job performance, yet it is the most common selection tool. The use of a validated psychometric profile will greatly add to your chances of employing the right person first time. We call it getting "job fit".