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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
Oct 13, 20203 min read


What Are Culture Fit Interview Questions?
A resume reveals nothing about a person’s values, passions, interests, and beliefs.

AJ Cheponis
Oct 1, 20203 min read


How one trucking industry CEO is solving their turnover problem
What is a successful driver? Someone comfortable with repetition, able to provide quality work, cautious, and adept to follow a routine.

AJ Cheponis
Sep 24, 20203 min read


Smart hiring: Don’t make a hasty decision to fill an empty seat.
Rushing into hiring can be a huge mistake. Because filling the position with the wrong candidate costs even more.

AJ Cheponis
Sep 15, 20203 min read


How to hire a top-performing project manager
With so much at stake, you need to know how to hire a project manager who will be a high performer.

AJ Cheponis
Sep 10, 20207 min read


How to hire a top-performing customer success manager
But just because they’re charming doesn’t mean they’ll be a great fit for the role or your organization.

AJ Cheponis
Sep 8, 20205 min read


The secret weapon top CEOs use to solve business problems
Talent optimization is a discipline top CEOs follow to align their business strategy and their talent strategy for optimal results.

AJ Cheponis
Sep 1, 20205 min read


Why behavioral fit matters to engagement
Hiring for behavioral fit can pave the way to better employee engagement while also improving time to hire metrics.

AJ Cheponis
Aug 25, 20203 min read


Competing with the “Big Boys” for Top Talent
The notion that most candidates prefer large companies to small ones is nonsense.

AJ Cheponis
Aug 11, 20202 min read


Culture Fit Interview Questions
High-performing companies look beyond the briefcase. A resume reveals nothing about a person’s values, passions, interests & beliefs.

AJ Cheponis
Aug 3, 20203 min read


How to hire for a hard-to-fill position
When hiring for hard-to-fill positions, how do you get the right talent in the right seats? It' not luck, it has everything to do with data,

AJ Cheponis
Jul 14, 20203 min read


DiSC vs. The Predictive Index
Here’s everything you need to know if you’re trying to decide between PI and DiSC.

AJ Cheponis
Jul 13, 20203 min read


PI Integration with JazzHR
JazzHR can now integrate with The Predictive Index! Both JazzHR and PI offer no-cost access to our APIs to support integrations

AJ Cheponis
Jul 12, 20201 min read


How to recruit a diverse workforce in 2020
Inclusion is different from diversity. Simply hiring a diverse candidate base is not enough to positively impact a company.
solutions171
Jun 30, 20205 min read


How to hire a top-performing controller
Trusting your gut might seem like a decent way to make a hiring decision, it’s not the way to ensure you’ll end up with the best person...

AJ Cheponis
Jun 22, 20207 min read


6 quotes about hiring the right person
Making the right hire can boost performance and results—and making the wrong hire is a mistake that costs your organization time and money.

AJ Cheponis
May 28, 20203 min read


The onboarding guide for new sales hires
Onboarding means getting them immersed in your culture, your core values, your beliefs, performance expectations, technology, everything!

AJ Cheponis
May 26, 20205 min read


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
May 19, 20206 min read


How to pass a personality test and common questions on faking assessments
Landing a job because of your faked personality test results is nothing short of self-sabotage.

AJ Cheponis
May 12, 20204 min read


How good is education at predicting job performance?
Education has almost no correlation with job performance. In fact, education provides only 1% predictive ability. That’s it – 1%.

AJ Cheponis
May 7, 20203 min read
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