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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
“What in earth has “Fundamental Attribution Error” got to do with hiring the wrong people?”, I hear you ask. Well, I didn’t actually hear you but I’m glad you asked anyway. Oh!… you didn’t ask? Never mind, you must be curious about it by now: you’re quite a curious person aren’t you! And there it is!… that’s it! … fundamental attribution error… I just did it… and you helped. Well done! You obviously have a lively and enquiring mind. Oh! shoot, there it is again! It’s said that if you claim to remember the 60’s then you weren’t there. But… Read More
In the game of business – apply sporting lessons to better manage your talent! At Expr3ss! we are absolutely committed to helping our customers with tools to select the right talent, for the right role, who are keen to and can do the job. More than ever before, the key to business success depends on how well you manage your talent. Mobility in the digital age means more competition for talent, so your people can choose to move on to other challenges, anywhere and any time. How do you make them the best that they can be, while you have them? Managing… Read More
What differentiates high from low performance, and what are the benefits? This recent article (The Australian – Business Review) offers some insights. According to research by Insync Surveys, of more than 100,000 employees from 200 companies, the differentiator between the high and the low performers is to “live an inspiring vision”. At Expr3ss! we are all about high performance delivery of our services to all our customers, from employers through to applicants. We all want better outcomes, for the business we’re in. We say it takes more than vision! Communication is the key. You must be able to communicate your vision to everyone… Read More
It is an unavoidable fact that technology has placed itself firmly in the business of recruitment and is forcing HR leaders and recruitment professionals to adapt and adjust. Leaders in the field are adapting now – using technology to enhance the recruitment and HR processes and creating new opportunities and efficiencies in the sector. Those who embrace change and drive it look to trim organisational costs, particularly in their own departments. They constantly look for innovation to help deliver the best applicants most efficiently and effectively. Across the world the ground has shifted for recruitment. We have built the foundations… Read More
Just about everyone knows the old business adage that a dissatisfied customer will tell ten people, whereas a satisfied customer will tell only one. And it’s pretty easy to imagine why that happens. But a recent Expr3ss! survey of job applicants reveals that it is very, very much worse to create a dissatisfied applicant. And it’s so easy to do… all you have to do is do nothing! Yes, simply doing nothing will alienate your job applicants nicely. When they don’t hear anything from you, our study shows that they think about their application and your company negatively every day… Read More
Let me tell you a story please. A while ago all of us at Expr3ss! were bemused when a professional resume writer criticised Expr3ss! in less than flattering terms. In fact he was downright nasty about us. This is perhaps not quite so surprising given that our Expr3ss! process disintermediates the need for resume writers, as resumes progressively become less important. But the more we analysed it the more we realised he obviously has no clue about what we do or the care we take to help applicants gain jobs they will love and flourish in. Of course, what he said was ill-informed opinion that… Read More
The superficially attractive proposals from the Abbott Government around work-for-the-dole provisions have come in for some serious criticisms in the past few days since their release. In case you’ve been in suspended animation and missed it, one of the key proposals whose intention is to get job seekers busy, busy, busy making applications, is that unemployment benefit should be contingent upon recipients making no less than 40 job applications per month. That’s about two a day for each working day. Abbott’s forced job applications hurt the unemployed … let’s do some sums… 40 applications per month x 728,500 unemployed persons… Read More
Do you remember a time when the boss asked you for a report and your heart sank? You knew you had the information but to collate it, total it and display it in any meaningful way was going to take you hours. If this is still the case you need to look at 3 key factors. 1. How do you collect the information now? 2. How do you check it’s valid and correct? 3. How do you need to display it? If you are not collecting correct and valid information then it will take you many hours first… Read More
One of our favourite customers says, “Cost is the enemy”. But I beg to differ … but by only a single word. I’d prefer to say, “Unnecessary cost is the enemy”. Whilst cost-avoidance is guaranteed to get the attention of business owners, the CEO and the CFO, the company that spends nothing accomplishes nothing. I’m thinking omelettes and eggs here. All this got me thinking. So, since we are specialists in staff selection systems, I did a little analysis of the costs for a couple of representative customers. And, I confess, I was also very interested in… Read More