Talent Connection Blog

Executive coaching can meet a variety of needs in the workplace. Some executive coaches are meant to push you to find your own way, while others focus more on constructive feedback and offering ideas for solving issues. Ideally, you would want someone that is good at both. To find someone who can do both for your organization, use these questions to help you, courtesy of Entrepreneur.com.

Talexes is proud to announce the availability of our new on-demand webinar, “Today’s Workforce Crisis – Are Millennials the Solution?” The goal of the on-demand webinar is to help managers make the most of their current and future workforce. The webinar discusses how successful organizations develop their workforce strategies, especially when it comes to working with members of the millennial generation. Headed by Talexes CEO and Founder Joseph Kistner, the on-demand webinar will cover a wide range of pertinent topics, including: Demographic trends of the millennial generation Separating myth from reality when it comes to millennials Behavior and attitude differences

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.