KeenAlignment Blog | Talent Strategy

Why Role Analysis Is Your Secret Weapon Against Mishires

by KeenAlignment | Nov 02, 2020 | People Strategy, role analysis, Talent Strategy, HR Strategy, Strategic People Operations, organizational purpose

When an employee leaves due to job dissatisfaction or fails to perform up to expectations, it certainly affects the bottom line as well as overall morale and productivity. Mishires can create friction among employees, weaken faith in leadership, and...

5 Core Strategies to Align and Engage Your Workforce

by Margaret Graziano | Apr 16, 2019 | employee value propsition, Employee Engagement, strategic workforce planning, Workforce Optimization, talent alignment, Talent Strategy, Management Training

As the steward of your organization’s people practices, you know people truly are your only competitive advantage.

Building a Winning Workplace Culture - Part 2

by Margaret Graziano | Oct 03, 2017 | HR Training, Talent Gaps, People Strategy, Values Based Hiring, Workforce demographics, Workforce Optimization, Talent Capacity, talent development, Talent Management, Talent Strategy, Workforce Engagement, Leadership Acumen

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Building a Winning Workplace Culture – Part 1

by Margaret Graziano | Sep 27, 2017 | HR Training, 21st Century Workforce, Employee Engagement, Core Competencies, conscious hiring, Talent Gaps, People Strategy, Talent Capacity, talent development, Talent Strategy, Leadership Acumen

THINKHR and Margaret Graziano partner to host a Conscious Hiring Webinar

by Margaret Graziano | Sep 13, 2017 | behavioral interviewing, Hiring, conscious hiring, People Strategy, strategic hiring, Webinars, Workforce Optimization, retention, Talent Strategy, turnover, Candidate Selection, Human Potential, Mishire, quality of hire

Would you like to transform the way you hire and manage your people, and optimize the human potential in your workforce?

Choose Wisely: What It Takes to Build the Team of Your Dreams

by Margaret Graziano | Aug 10, 2017 | Hire better people, Conscious Hiring, Employment Selection, Hiring Process, Talent Acquisition Strategy, Workforce Optimization, People Optimization, Quality of Hire, Quality Hiring, Talent Strategy, quality of hire

Have you ever thought you hired the workplace version of John Wayne, only to find out youʼve been duped and ended up with a Woody Allen? Poor hiring decisions are costly mistakes that can range from 150% to 300% of an employeeʼs base salary. Financial...

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,...

Why Employee Engagement is the #1 Key to Your People Strategy

by Margaret Graziano | Aug 23, 2016 | Employee Satisfaction Engagement, Improve Employee Engagement, Improve Employee Experience, Reduce Unwanted employee turnover, recruiting strategy, Recruitment Strategy, Talent Strategy, Workforce Strategy, Raise Employee Engagement

Companies that have not caught up to modern employee engagement strategies often feel frustrated their vision is not shared and executed by all of the people on their team. But effective business leaders know that in order for that to happen, employees...

The 5 Biggest Myths in Talent Acquisition Strategies

by Margaret Graziano | Jul 26, 2016 | talent acquisition training, Talent Acquisition, recruiter training, Recruiting Training, Talent Strategy

Although most companies today know that great employees are worth their weight in gold, they cling to outdated strategies to acquire new talent. Here are 5 of the most common myths we see businesses continuing to believe today and how to shift your...

Conscious Hiring® - The Key to Workplace Optimization [INFOGRAPHIC]

New Hire Onboarding

by Margaret Graziano | Sep 10, 2015 | On-Boarding, Talent Strategy

To activate a strong Talent Strategy, the best companies educate and train their recruiters, including third-party and contract recruitment resources like KeenAlignment, to work within their long-term Talent Strategy. In these leading companies, the...

17 mm Contractors: How Do I Pick the Right One?

by Margaret Graziano | Nov 06, 2014 | Talent Strategy

For years I have been training people to Conscious Hiring and really focusing on it being for full timers. In more than several speaking sessions someone from the audience would interrupt and say “this approach is for full time hires, right?�? and I...

Preparing For The Behavioral Interview

by Margaret Graziano | Sep 04, 2013 | Goal Setting, behavioral interviewing, Behavioral Interviews, FREE Agent Employee, Conscious Hiring, Employment Selection, Hiring Process, interview preparation, Organizational Alignment, preparing for behavioral interviewing, recruiting strategy, Talent Management, Talent Strategy, acing the interview

We’ve all been there, sitting in the waiting room, palms sweating trying to memorize the “right answers�? while we are desperately scanning our resume, looking for the right thing to say (like we don’t know where we have worked and what we have done).

The Skilled Labor Shortage-And What To Do About It.

The Problem One of the sole competitive advantages your business has is the people you hire to carry out your mission. Running a company effectively now and in the future is directly related to your ability to choose the right people for the right...

Comprehensive Role Analysis - CPR The Lifeline of Performance

by Margaret Graziano | Aug 20, 2013 | comprehensive role analysis, conscious hiring, job descriptions, performance management, performance based hiring, role analysis, Talent Strategy

Employment turnover cost the US economy a trillion dollars last year. What is it costing your company? The estimated costs of a poor hire run from three to seven times a person’s salary, especially in sales or management.

Employee Involvement: What’s All The Fuss?

by Margaret Graziano | Aug 07, 2013 | Employee Attrition Rate, Employee Engagement, Employee Satisfaction, High Performance Team, High Performance Culture, Employee Performance Reviews, Employee Retention, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Workforce Optimization, Retention Strategy, Recruitment Strategy, Talent Management, Talent Strategy, Workforce Strategy, Management Training

If people are the fuel for business engine, a high performing group of people is key for business success. Creating a Talent Strategy that puts people first encourages high performance. With studies, news anchors and special programming all geared around...

Is Employee Retention An American Fable?

Never before have US companies had a harder time keeping their employees ALIVE and PRESENT at work. Maybe this FREE Agent mindset people are talking about has some real perks for both sides of the equation. I have been studying employment and work-place...

Margaret Graziano Receives Industry Innovator Award

by Margaret Graziano | Jul 30, 2013 | Hire right, conscious hiring, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, Technical Recruiting, Reduce bad hires, Reduce mishires, Talent Management, Talent Strategy, War for Talent, Build high performance teams, Hiring Top Sales People, KeenHire

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The Most Powerful Matching Engine In The World

And Interview of Margaret Graziano by Watermark Watermark.org is for exceptional women professionals in the bay area * What inspired you to develop the Conscious Hiring method? After 15 years of being in the...

Jun 25, 2013

Conscious Hiring is a proven system designed to hire the right person for the right role.

Conscious Hiring - NOW Available To Everyone!

by Margaret Graziano | Jun 18, 2013 | Behavioral Interviews, High Performance Team, Conscious Hiring, hiring great people, employee assessment, Hiring Process, performance management, top 5 matches, vetted career matches, Recruitment Strategy, succession planning, Talent Strategy, Organizational Development

For over five years I have been working to perfect the Conscious Hiring process. What started as a 26 step job requisition, candidate vetting and matching process is now an online and available anytime to anyone SaaS product.

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KeenHire Talent Management We help our customers select, hire, develop, manage and retainhighly qualified people with specialized skills in customer interfacing roles.

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by Margaret Graziano | Mar 06, 2013 | Behavioral Interviews, Corporate American, Employer Value Proposition, Hiring, Conscious Hiring, Employee, Employee Retention, Employment Selection, leadership, Leadership Development, Optimization, Webinars, Strategy, Talent, Talent Management, Talent Strategy, Workforce Strategy, interviewing

AAs experts in the “people business,�? it’s our job to share our knowledge with the world. Our commitment is to positively impact the industry, empower stronger employee-employer relationships, and transform the way businesses interact with their people....