KeenAlignment Blog | Recruiting

Webinar: Using Analytics to Humanize Hiring

by KeenAlignment | Sep 16, 2019 | Best Hiring Practices, Best Hiring Tools, Hiring, conscious hiring, Hiring Process, HR Today, Human Resources, Recruiting, Recruiting Brief, analytics, "Hiring Selection"

Join us tomorrow for our webinar on "Using Analytics to Humanize Hiring" at 7am PDT/10am EDT.

Podcast: Transform Your Career from Recruiting to Organizational Effectiveness Consulting

by KeenAlignment | May 10, 2019 | Best Hiring Tools, Conscious Hiring Process, Consciously Hiring, Strategic Human Resources, Human Resources Management Consulting, MargaretGraziano, Organizational Alignment, Organizational Effectiveness, Podcast, Recruiting, Recruitment Consultant, Webcast

Empower Employees To Play to Their Strengths

by Margaret Graziano | Apr 28, 2017 | Employee Engagement, Hiring, Conscious Hiring, conscious hiring, Employee Retention, Employment Selection, Hiring Process, KeenAlignment, Performance Management, play to your strengths, Recruiting, recruiting strategy, Talent Management, team building, 21st century leadership, Keen Alignment, Organizational Development

Successful businesses give employees the power to play to their strengths, rather than forcing specific behaviors and skill sets on them. Each person in the workforce has something to contribute, and those talents need to be utilized and valued.

Be A Change Agent: Disrupt Traditional HR Approaches

Today’s workforce is unfortunately more disengaged than ever. Perhaps it is because of the generational shift from boomers to millennials, or maybe because people are generally disenchanted with our changing society — whether it’s the effect of politics,...

Hiring: Sins of Omission - Part 2

by Margaret Graziano | Dec 11, 2015 | Employee Selection, Hiring Process, Recruiting, Unwanted turnover

When candidates are faced with such strict hiring guidelines, often out of insecurity and desperation they take some bad advice that typically sounds something like, “It’s only a white lie, saying you have done that will only get you a better offer, and...

Hiring: Sins of Omission - Part 1

by Margaret Graziano | Dec 10, 2015 | conscious hiring, Employee Selection, Hiring Process, Recruiting

In today’s volatile world, paying the price to live and work in the land of the free and the home of the brave means full disclosure. Full disclosure you ask? In the hiring process it means for a candidate to let it all hang out, tell the truth, not lie...

How Do Your Employees Perceive their Worth At Work?

by Margaret Graziano | Dec 07, 2015 | Employee Empowerment, optimized workforce, Recruiting, onboarding

Progressive companies with a talent mindset are implementing customized people-centric on boarding programs, tailoring their employee development models to the individual needs of their people and realigning how they think about performance management....

Sales Recruiting

Sales are the life blood of any business. The profitability and effectiveness of your company depends on hiring the right people for the right job, and in sales this can mean the difference between success and failure. KeenHire provides a proven sales...

3rd Party Recruiting- You Don’t Want to Do The Heavy Lifting, Let Us Do it For You!

by Margaret Graziano | Oct 21, 2011 | 3rd party recruiter, Conscious Hiring, Employee Retention, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, Keenhire, Recruiting

Some say the great thing about being a third-party recruiter is that there are no firm rules on how to recruit. Well, this is just not true. If there wasn’t a right and wrong way to recruit it would simply fall apart. Every client differs, every position...

The 6th Annual NHRC Forum May 5th in Schaumburg

by Margaret Graziano | Apr 20, 2011 | Hiring, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, Human Resources, Leadership Development, staffing, NHRC Forum, Recruiting, Talent Management, War for Talent, HR

The 6th Annual NHRC Forum is just two weeks away! Where else can you see top-notch presenters deliver credit-worthy material at such an affordable rate? Members: $150 Non-Members: $200 What are you waiting for?! Register Now! More Forum...

Recruitment: Why Change is Good

by Margaret Graziano | Feb 15, 2011 | behavioral interviewing, Behavioral Interviews, Hiring, better workforce, Conscious Hiring, Executive Coaching, Executive Recruitment, Hire better, Employee Retention, Employment Selection, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, how to hire, HR Best Practices, Human Resources, Keenhire, Leadership Development, Managing Change, margaret graziano, On-Boarding, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, staffing, Strategic HR Professionals, Turnkey HR Solutions, War For Talent, workforce planning, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, recruiter training, Personality Assessments, Recruiting, recruiting strategy, Recruiting Training, recruitment process, Recruitment Strategy, Recruitment Training, Return on Hiring Investment, Succession Planning, Talent Management, War for Talent, Workforce Performance Management, Assessments, Hiring Top Sales People, HR Strategy, Human Capital Management, Human Resources Management Consulting, keen tools, Management Training, Organizational Development, Recruitment Process Improvement

Global employment is changing rapidly. Within the last 20 years, we've witnessed highs and lows that have redefined the way talent is acquired, assessed, and implemented into the various business environments of the modern world. This change has been a...

If the Job Could Talk...

by Margaret Graziano | Feb 03, 2011 | behavioral interview, Behavioral Interviews, Better Hiring, Employee Engagement, get hired, Hiring, Conscious Hiring, Executive Coaching, Executive Recruitment, Hire better, employee performance, Employee Performance Reviews, Employee Retention, Employment Selection, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, HR Best Practices, Human Resources, job performance, Keenhire, leadership, Leadership Development, Managing Change, margaret graziano, On-Boarding, Performance Management, staffing, TTI, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, performance reviews, return on investment, ROI, Personality Assessments, Recruiting, Recruitment Strategy, Recruitment Training, Return on Hiring Investment, RPI, RPO, Succession Planning, Talent Management, War for Talent, Workforce Performance Management, Assessments, HR, HR Strategy, Human Capital Management, Human Resources Management Consulting, Management Training, Organizational Development, Recruitment Process Improvement

By Bill J. Bonnstetter JOB TALK If a job could talk, it would explain precisely what was necessary to achieve superior performance. We could ask it to tell us about the: Knowledge a person needs, Personal attributes required to drive success, Rewards...

Choosing To Win During A War For Talent

by Margaret Graziano | Jan 25, 2011 | Human Capital, Behavioral Interviews, Better Hiring, Emerging Leaders, Hiring, Conscious Hiring, Executive Coaching, Executive Recruitment, Hire better, Employee Retention, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, how to hire, HR Best Practices, Human Resources, Keenhire, leadership, Leadership Development, margaret graziano, On-Boarding, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Strategic HR Professionals, Turnkey HR Solutions, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, recruiters, Recruiting, recruiting strategy, Recruiting Training, Recruitment Strategy, Recruitment Training, Return on Hiring Investment, Succession Planning, Talent Management, Talent Shortage, Talent Strategy, War for Talent, workforce, HR, HR Strategy, Human Capital Management, Human Resources Management Consulting, Organizational Development, Recruitment Process Improvement

By: John Kurzatkowski. I currently work with Margaret at KeenHire as a Sr. Recruitment Consultant, and wanted to share with you a bit more about how to win in the midst of a war for talent. As the business-news media competes for our attention by...

Employee Retention Links To Stock Price And Corporate Profitabiltiy

Staying Power The keys to maximizing the value of your company are the people inside.

Cost Savings In Recruitment

by Margaret Graziano | Mar 22, 2010 | Employment Selection On-Boarding Performance Manag, Behavioral Interviews, contract recruiters, Hiring, Contract Insourcing, Employment Selection, Hiring Contract, Hiring Process, HR Best Practices, On-Boarding, recruiters, Recruiting, Spike hiring, Start Up, Recruitment Programming

Is Your Company Maximizing Your Recruitment Effectiveness?

The Upside of the Downturn: 10 Management Strategies to Prevail

In the News from Staffing Industry Executive Forum Last week I spent 3 days in Las Vegas, at the Red Rock Resort and Casino. Although Vegas is the place for it, I was not there to drink, gamble or party. I was there to get connected on what is happening...

Hiring Great Recruiters Is No Accident

by Margaret Graziano | Feb 22, 2008 | Hiring, Human Resources, Recruiting, recruiting strategy

I've had the pleasure of following Michael Homula's series on hiring great talent. Michael is a recruiting guru just across Lake Michigan who works with companies on building world-class recruiting teams.

Recruiter's Number One Skill: Discernment

by Margaret Graziano | Feb 13, 2008 | discernment, Hiring Process, Training, Recruiting, recruiting strategy

A good recruiter follows established procedures to filter candidates down to a few top choices. This is the essential role we play in the employment process. The candidate ultimately has to perform in the interview, and make the decision to accept or...

Recruiting Trends Webinar March 6th and 7th

by Margaret Graziano | Jan 28, 2008 | benchmarks, Trends, Personality Assessments, Recruiting, Recruiting Training

Back in November, I was speaking at the NAPS convention in San Antonio, and decided to set up an executive briefing with some friends of mine on the trends in recruiting.

Excerpts From Staffing World

by Margaret Graziano | Oct 11, 2007 | Business Development, Staffing World, Recruiting, Keen Alignment, quality of life

San Antonio Texas - quaint, steamy, fun, and the temporary home to 3200 or so staffing and recruiting professionals over the month of October. This is the 1st of 2 times I will be visiting the Lone Star state, and I have to say I am excited to be here....

Being A Recruiting Tour De Force

by Margaret Graziano | Oct 09, 2007 | sourcing, selection, recruiting tour de force, Recruiting, Keen Alignment

I am looking forward to participating in & facilitating an Executive Briefing a the NAPS conference on November 1st in San Antonio with my three colleagues: Shally Steckerl Jim Durbin Joyce Gioia I am a runner. I bike. I swim. I compete in triathlons:...

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