Mark’s Don’t Works Wearhouse

Total Person Assessment Latest News is about a chain of stores owned by Canadian Tire, Mark’s Work Wearhouse (MWW), getting investigated by the privacy commissioner in regards to questionable practice of conducting credit checks for sales clerks that are being hired. Read more >>

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Finding The Right Fit

Just hot off the press we find another interesting article.

This time it’s not about “hating your boss” it actually has realistic view of today hiring practices – interviewing for no specific position.

“Defined job description or not, every interview boils down to a good match. Does the environment match? Do personalities match? Do expectations and goals match? Having honest conversations about the organization’s needs and your overall experience and skills without the constraints of a specific position outline allows both parties to learn more about each other and identify interesting complements and dovetails that might not have been uncovered otherwise”.

Match is definitely key element of the right fit, but how is it measured? What is it measured against? And what measuring tools are being used in order to determine that right match? read more >>

Hate Your Boss?

Recently published in National Post this article about boss – employee relationship suggests that “It’s hard to find someone who hasn’t had a problem with a boss at some point in his or her career. The higher you go on the corporate power ladder and the more you earn the more complicated the boss-employee relationship becomes”.This is true but how many people are actually working in the right environment, in the right place and with the right people?

Author of the article suggest to

# 1. Tune out your boss.

# 2 Change yourself

# 3 Manage your boss

# 4 Have a heart-to-heart or one-on-one confrontation to present your problems so you and your boss can find a way to mend wrongs and improve the quality of the working relationship.

How frightening is it to realize that thousands of job seekers in today’s market going to read this and start tuning out their bosses, managers supervisors? read more >>

If you struggling with employee turnover, wondering about your employee’s loyalty or having hard time finding the right people for the right position contact us today.