Starting a job search is a daunting task. People often feel pressured to find a new job as quickly as humanly possible — making it all too easy to jump headfirst into the hustle of browsing job listings and sending out applications to everything that looks remotely up your alley.
Not so fast, my friend.
Within the past few years here at Element Three we’ve been growing as a marketing agency and elevating our brand to a place where some really smart, and capable people, want to come work for us. And people ask both me and our Director of Talent all the time, “What does it take to work at Element Three?”
For many people (myself is included), cooking is a chore.
After a long day of work, the last thing you want to do is spend a ton of time putting together a dinner — even if the end result will be delicious. Instead, you whip up something that’s easy to make and healthy enough, and promptly wolf it down. Then, you’re on to your next activity of the day: time with family, mountains of emails, or a quick episode of How I Met Your Mother before you hit the hay.
Looking for talented new folks to join your team? Nowadays, it’s tough going out there for organizations that are trying to hire. In many cases, companies find themselves spending a whole lot of time and money on recruiting, while not getting quite the results they were looking for.
If your team is on the lookout for new talent, there are a few things you’ll want to consider.
Hiring the right talent for your organization has a direct impact on maintaining your competitive edge, so it is crucial that you don’t screw it up by short-changing the preparation required for the interview process. Sure, we all think it works out just fine to simply skim the resume 4 minutes before the candidate arrives and wing it, but I am willing to bet my hat that your lack of respect for the process has cost you some key talent.
You meticulously tweaked your resume until it was 100% perfect. You spent hours writing (and rewriting) a compelling cover letter. You researched and prepped for that phone screen — and knocked it out of the park. Now, you’re getting ready for an in-person job interview. How do you prepare?
Turns out, what you do on the day of the interview will contribute a lot to how well you do in the interview itself.
Where do you see yourself in five years?
That question is, as HubSpot recruiter Emily MacIntyre puts it, “so boring.”
But love ’em or hate ’em, those tried-and-true interview questions still make their way into even seasoned interviewers’ candidate conversations.
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Having trouble attracting and retaining top talent? You’re not alone.
With competition for talent increasing, a lot of businesses are renewing their focus on company culture and employee engagement.
As they say, there’s no “I” in “team” … but there are a few in “hiring mistake.” And you’ll have nobody to blame but yourself if you make one.
Hire well and you’ll have a high performing and happy team. Hire just one wrong person, fondly known as a “hiring mistake,” and you’ll spend a lot of time and emotional energy trying to fix your team. This is why hiring is arguably the most important job of a people manager.
Successfully recruiting new employees to your team is a grueling process. It can take months to find someone who’s the perfect fit for both the position and company culture — and sometimes, when the going’s really rough, it can be tempting to settle on someone who’s good … but not great.
Impressions matter — especially in business. Oftentimes, you’ll find you have to make a good impression over a business lunch. As it turns out, your choices and behavior at these meals can be very, very important to your success.
And yet, many people aren’t sure of proper dining etiquette. If it’s just the two of your at a four-person table, where do you sit? When is it okay to order an alcoholic drink?
For a long time, the tech industry was heavily dominated by men. Nowadays, though, more and more women are entering both regular and high-level positions in tech. In fact, the eight largest tech companies are hiring women 238% faster than they are men, including Google, Apple, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter.
Who are these women? How about Sandra Kurtzig, the first female entrepreneur to take a Silicon Valley company public?
What determines success in the business world?
Is it your leadership ability? Negotiation skills? Unique perspective? What about your IQ?
While it’s likely that most businesses don’t require employees to take an IQ test as part of the application process, IQ tests and scores have long been used as a measure of a person’s intelligence and predictors of their success.
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The marketing and advertising industry is obsessed with shiny objects — the shinier the better. Our attention is focused on hiring employees who understand the latest platform, process, tool, or software.
