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From the Desk of Brad Smart: Topgrading Saves Lives
Cass Wheeler, retired CEO of American Heart Association has, sadly, passed away. He completely transformed a struggling organization with 56 offices into a centralized force ...
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From the Desk of Brad Smart: Hiring Mistakes: The Silent Killer of Business Strategy
I've spent five decades helping companies avoid costly hiring mistakes and let me tell you – bad hires are like termites. You don't always see the damage right away, but ...
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From the Desk of Brad Smart: Inside the AI Hiring Revolution
Topgrading’s VP, Andy Williams, recently hosted a thought leadership session titled Inside the AI Hiring Revolution - and trust me, if you care about hiring the right people, ...
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From the Desk of Brad Smart: The Agony of a Hiring Mistake, and The Solutions
Study after study (Google, Harvard Business Review, Gallup, LinkedIn) show hiring mistakes are a top concern of CEOs, HR leaders, and hiring managers. Leaders everywhere ...
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From the Desk of Brad Smart: How to Prevent Job Seekers From Conning You
One of the biggest drains on individual career success, and company success, is the mis-hiring of low performers. It’s a quiet epidemic undermining careers, company ...
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From the Desk of Brad Smart: Economic Volatility Doesn’t Kill Companies – Hiring Mistakes Do
When the economy wobbles, most leaders get nervous and pause hiring. If the “pause” is as serious as a pandemic, millions of companies are forced to let people go.
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From the Desk of Brad Smart: HireVue vs. Topgrading to Limit Cheating: Topgrading Wins
The attached (click here), rather long article by HireVue goes into great depth on how ChatGPT is used by cheaters … and how HireVue interview questions can identify and ...
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From the Desk of Brad Smart: Managerial Jobs Are Being Slashed - Topgrading Can Save You
Wall Street Journal's recent article, Where Have All The Managers Gone?, thoroughly documents the decline of managerial jobs. Huge and small companies alike are boosting ...
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From the Desk of Brad Smart: #1 Question to Ask Job Seekers
Experienced interviewer, Elizabeth Gore, CEO of Hello Alice, wrote a blog (click here) advising interviewers, when interviewing job seekers, to ask: “What do you think we’re ...
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From the Desk of Brad Smart:When Hiring HR Professionals, Combine “Soft Skills” and “Hard Skills”
SHRM recently published an article by a staffing company executive entitled “ Rethinking Soft Skills in HR.” The title is interesting because the rap on HR historically has ...
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Common Interview Practices Result in Too Many Bad Hires
You know that vacant positions can cause a sense of urgency to fill jobs quickly. Work piles up. Deadlines are approaching. There isn’t enough time in a day or enough hands ...
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