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The employee assessment method of hiring is becoming not only more common, but also an extremely influential practice these days. In fact, a recent survey by the American Management Association states that “almost 90 percent of firms that test job applicants say they will not hire job seekers when pre-employment testing finds them to be deficient in basic skills.”

In today’s workforce, corporations and startups alike are fighting to acquire and keep talent. So how are some companies finding and keeping talent? Here are a few things that seem to work, courtesy of inc.com. Look in the right places. Keep job availability postings on sites and locations that positively reflect your organization in order to attract the right types of candidates. Look beyond the resume. Although experience is important, personality, goals, and capacity for growth are equally necessary attributes. Offer more than the minimum. Candidates that have the level of talent you seek are interested in personal and professional

Now that spring has arrived, you may be thinking it’s time for some spring cleaning. Another obligation to consider is refreshing your employees’ motivation. Employees are people, and people can’t help but get derailed and unmotivated occasionally, no matter how productive they normally are in the office. Here are 3 things to refresh your employees’ memories when it comes to boosting employee motivation.

Forbes.com defines employee engagement as “the emotional commitment the employee has to the organization and its goals. This means that your employees should care about their company and their specific role in the company. Now, here is a more in-depth description of the true essence of employee engagement, courtesy of Kevin Kruse, a contributor for Forbes.com.

A talent management system (TMS) is defined as “an integrated software suite that addresses the ‘four pillars’ of talent management: recruitment, performance management, learning and development, and comprehension management.” To optimize your talent management system, it is beneficial to refresh your memory on what exactly these 4 pillars stand for.

An organization is only as good as its employees. It is no secret that more organizations are turning to hiring assessments to obtain those employees. In order to optimize the effectiveness of hiring assessments, strategies should be in place for determining when administering an assessment is in your organization’s best interest. Here are three assessment strategies that lead to successful hiring.

Any team worth its weight develops from strong leadership. About 72 percent of the 191 organizations surveyed in Brandon Hall Group’s Team Development and Performance Study said team performance has an extremely positive impact on overall productivity. And who doesn’t want to increase their organization’s productivity? A recent Gallup study revealed 3 tips for developing a top-performing leadership team, so you can have confidence in your leadership team’s performance.