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Change, like death and taxes, is inevitable. Businesses with the agility to react to change quickly and appropriately are better positioned to adapt and thrive in the long term. Organisational agility may start at the top, but it is driven by carefully chosen employees, steeped in organisational culture, able to thrive in response to intensely competitive and rapidly shifting markets, products, services, delivery systems, and customers. When you hire for agility, you look beyond skills measures such as resumes, certifications, education, and experience. Those things are important, of course, but even more important to your company’s ability to be nimble… Read More
When Forbes magazine reported on hiring practices at the American Central Intelligence Agency, the team at Expr3ss! was intrigued to discover that the CIA’s multi-step recruitment process looks at a candidate as a whole person, according to Ron Patrick, Head of Recruitment for the agency. This approach, known as ‘cultural fit,’ is gaining tremendous traction in the HR industry because of its importance to business success. What Is Cultural Fit? Cultural fit describes a circumstance where employees’ beliefs and behaviours align with their employer’s core values and company ethos. A 2005 meta-analysis by Kristof-Brown found that employees who fit well… Read More
Revolutionary software and hardware advancements have given birth to a galaxy of technology ‘stars’ that perform human tasks with greater efficiency than even humans themselves. Predictive hiring technology is a great example. It has many professionals in HR and elsewhere asking: Is automation going to put me out of work? The answer is no. A recent article published in McKinsey Quarterly examined the topic of automation technologies with some comforting results for workers in every sector: “Even when machines do take over some human activities in an occupation, this does not necessarily spell the end of the jobs in that… Read More
When you hear the phrase “full service,” what sort of business comes to mind? Do you think of a petrol station, a bank, a print shop? You probably didn’t think of your HR technology vendor, and that’s a mistake. “At Expr3ss!, we take pride in being a full-service business, going above and beyond what’s expected of a provider of predictive hiring technology,” says our founder Carolyne Burns. We do, of course, provide proven recruitment solution software that quickly and cost-effectively pinpoints applicants who possess… The right skills The right attitudes The right cultural fit That’s just the beginning. 4 Unexpected… Read More
When business owners and hiring managers sleep, they dream of talking to intelligent, skilled candidates who have talent and drive and who understand their company’s corporate culture. Then they wake up to the reality: in today’s marketplace the best candidates have their pick of which organisation to work for. This begs the question, “How can I target great applicants in my recruiting efforts and not get swallowed up by the process?” It’s a good question, and one Team Expr3ss! wants to help answer. Predictive Hiring Technology Repairs Recruitment’s Image & Success Recruitment is not a popular topic in most… Read More
According to an article in Inc. Magazine, open positions in companies, thanks to the ease of electronic applications, can draw as many as 250 resumes. As a result, HR professionals are drowning in candidates. Predictive hiring technology (PHT) can be their life preserver. PHT lets software take over the heavy lifting in HR. It reviews job applications quickly and efficiently, saving both time and money. 3 Ways Predictive Analytics Front-Loads Hiring Expr3ss! counsels clients to rely on predictive analytics in the pre-employment hiring process. It offers three key benefits: Improves the quality of hires – Predictive analytics assess a candidate’s… Read More
Everyone remembers what happened when the internet job boards disrupted classified print job ads. It got cheaper and easier to advertise. And do you remember what else happened? A trickle of job applicants that used to come in by post turned into an online flood. Many employers are still trying to keep their heads above water. But now the Job Aggregators are disrupting the Job Boards. In case you’re not up-to-speed with that story, you can look here … the executive summary is that Job Aggregators are like Google for jobs…. they’re job search engines that trawl the internet locating… Read More
In yet another blow to outmoded, dare one say 19th Century, recruitment practices, giant accounting firm Ernst & Young has abandoned resumes in its graduate recruitment process. In a research finding that should come as absolutely no surprise to readers of this blog, Ernst & Young discovered there was… “…no evidence to show previous success in higher education translated to success at the firm.” The new Daily – Will this move mean the end of resumes? More than two years ago, using Expr3ss! Beaumont Tiles proved the same result for themselves… Employer sees “massive” staff turnover reduction after eliminating early resume checks… Read More
Expr3ss! is a finalist in the 2015 Telstra Business Awards At Expr3ss! we are thrilled to be selected as finalists in the prestigious Telstra Business Awards, which have been celebrating brilliant businesses across Australia for more than 20 years. The judges put us through a rigorous and thorough selection process and we could not be happier. We have made the grade and are up there with the best of them. It’s a credit to the hardworking Expr3ss! team – a small group of great people whose goal is to help businesses find efficiencies, recruit awesome people, and grow. At Expr3ss! our… Read More
We are in business to make a difference and figures prove that we have for our long-term client, Michelle Adey, the HR Administrator at Radio Rentals and RT Edwards. The difference in just three years is massive. At Radio Rentals, staff retention rates in 2012 were down around 32%. With the use of Expr3ss! software, the retention rate has doubled and is now up above 64%. Michelle also shared the results from RT Edwards, the Queensland-based electrical retailer. Staff retention of 20% in 2012 at RT Edwards, has more than tripled to be tracking at 66% in just three years…. Read More