AJ Cheponis
Selecting the Right Candidate: A Guide to a Thorough and Effective Hiring Process
hiring the wrong candidate can be costly and have a negative impact on the company's productivity, culture, and bottom line.
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AJ Cheponis
- Nov 7
- 8 min
Structured Interviewing: The Key to Consistency and Objectivity
Without a framework, interviewers may miss important details or ask inconsistent questions, leading to an incomplete or biased assessment of
AJ Cheponis
- Oct 17
- 5 min
4 Steps to Successful Hiring: Finding and Keeping the Right Candidate for Your Business
Hiring the "right" person is essential as they will turn your strategy and objectives into tangible results.
AJ Cheponis
- Aug 1
- 4 min
Objective vs. Subjective Decision-Making: What's Best for Your Company's Hiring Process?
When we process information and make decisions, we can either be subjective or objective.
AJ Cheponis
- Jul 27
- 3 min
Strategies for Enhancing Retention and Engagement
Organizations need to remember that the cost of a bad hire extends beyond the financial implications.
AJ Cheponis
- Jul 20
- 3 min
Harnessing the Hidden Potential Within Your Workforce
Our teams are not just a collection of job descriptions and degrees; they are reservoirs of potential waiting to be tapped.
AJ Cheponis
- Jul 18
- 2 min
Why Your Job Postings Are Attracting the Wrong Candidates (And What to Do Instead)
Hiring for the future is a great goal, but it can be challenging to find candidates who are forward-thinking
AJ Cheponis
- Jun 27
- 3 min
Identifying and Eliminating Hiring Committee Bias: A Proven Strategy for Better Hiring Decisions
The bureaucratic method is also sometimes rooted in hiring managers trying to protect their own careers.
AJ Cheponis
- Apr 27
- 3 min
Overcoming Confirmation Bias: 3 Actionable Strategies for Better Team Performance
Confirmation bias is a natural tendency that can negatively impact team performance, hurt morale, and limit innovation.
AJ Cheponis
- Apr 13
- 3 min
The Importance of Hiring the Right Person: A Tale of Talent Optimization
But it's not just about hiring the right person; it's also about keeping employees engaged and motivated.
AJ Cheponis
- Mar 23
- 3 min
Attracting Top Talent in 2023: Tips for a Successful Hiring Approach
But fear not – there are several strategies you can use to create a talent strategy that attracts the best and brightest in your industry.
AJ Cheponis
- Dec 28, 2022
- 13 min
A Hiring Strategy That Works
Here are five ways to develop an effective hiring strategy and align your HR practices with your organization’s needs.
AJ Cheponis
- Nov 16, 2022
- 4 min
Streamline Your Hiring Process
Companies are scared of making bad hires, as a result, they have designed bloated bureaucratic hiring processes. Learn how to solve it.
AJ Cheponis
- Mar 11, 2022
- 6 min
Reliability and Validity of the PI Behavioral Assessment
There is research to show that people’s personalities sometimes change very slowly as they grow older, which makes sense.........
AJ Cheponis
- Oct 29, 2020
- 4 min
How to recruit diverse engineering talent
While some companies succeed, your team tells you that there are no diverse candidates out there. What can you do?
AJ Cheponis
- Oct 13, 2020
- 3 min
Can you be too smart for a job?
There is not a job in the world where being smart will be a hindrance.
AJ Cheponis
- May 19, 2020
- 6 min
How to recruit and hire a top-performing sales manager
Quantitative data and technology provides hiring managers with the ability to leverage data to predict candidate job-fit.
AJ Cheponis
- Mar 23, 2020
- 4 min
How to conduct a remote interview
In uncertain times, candidate experience is more critical than ever.
AJ Cheponis
- Feb 27, 2020
- 8 min
How to hire a top-performing accountant
The hard part about hiring for this role is that less extraverted candidates might have trouble “selling themselves” during the interview.
AJ Cheponis
- Jan 2, 2020
- 7 min
How to hire a top-performing loan officer
Ambition alone doesn’t mean someone is a great candidate for the role. You need to hire the right people to meet your revenue goals.
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