Brooks - A Payroll Specialist, Since 1999

According to a report published in Harvard Business Review, out of 20,000 hires during a three year research period, 46 percent had failed in the first 18 months and only 19 percent achieved success. The primary reason given for failure was “poor interpersonal skills” which 82 percent of managers admitted to having overlooked in the recruitment process. If people are hired and subsequently fail down the track, then the first thing to review is the recruitment process. How you interview candidates   and their referees  is crucial to ensuring you get the “right people on the bus” as Jim Collins put it in his article “Good to Great”. Global research continually confirms that the most effective approach when employing someone is to conduct a behavioural interview with all candidates. Yet, more than half of the managers we surveyed were not able to describe what a behavioural interview is, let alone conduct one. So what is a behavioural interview? Put simply, it is a styl...

When you recruit people, the main goal of your organization is to select best employee. The main disadvantage is that you cannot read minds, you have to depend upon the resumes, degrees and on the information provided by the candidate in the interview process. Half candidates lie during their interview. It may affect the productivity and revenues of your organization. In worst scenario, you may need to pay penalties. Here we discuss some common lies told by candidates during interview.   1.”I got X Grade at Y University ” In this field, a candidate can deceive you easily. It is rare that a company check the background of documents. They can represent fake degree during interview. It may result in the selection of the unqualified candidates. 2.”I am employed from past X Years”  There may be some time gap between two employments but candidates feel that it may hurt their chances of getting good job. So, they extends dates to cover gap. In this case,...