Ben Kettle
Are You Flexible? 🤸
Workplace flexibility, and how to Win the War for Talent: Part 1
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Hiring Methods
Ben Kettle
Nov 23, 20212 min read
You had one job🤦
How to NOT reject a candidate, and how to improve your hiring process for a better candidate experience.
Ben Kettle
Oct 18, 20214 min read
Canaries and Coalmines🐥
A reluctant look at the price we pay for "average" hires.
Ben Kettle
Sep 13, 20214 min read
Culture Fit is (mostly) Bullshit 💩
Knowing the different types of "culture fit" pays dividends. Which one are you using?
Ben Kettle
Aug 23, 20214 min read
🥇 Using the Best Predictor of Candidate Success
Work Sample Tests are the best way to predict candidate performance - here are some examples.
Ben Kettle
Aug 16, 20213 min read
Using Everyone Else's Misplacement of Cognitive Ability for Fun (and Profit!💰)
Measuring cognitive ability isn't wrong, but it's overrated as a candidate screener.
Ben Kettle
Aug 9, 20215 min read
Do We Use General Cognitive Ability Assessments Intelligently? 🧑🏫
Why I’m distrustful of the second-best predictor of candidate performance.
Ben Kettle
Aug 2, 20214 min read
But we.....🙅
Handling the inevitable objections to a structured interview process.
Ben Kettle
Jul 19, 20214 min read
Now What? Getting Started with Structured Interviews
How to get started with structured interviews.
Ben Kettle
Jul 13, 20214 min read
The Reference-Reference & the Side Reference
Two ways to leverage candidate references for fun and profit.
Ben Kettle
Jul 12, 20213 min read
💚 The One Thing - Part 1 💚
Learning to love structured interviews
Ben Kettle
Jun 28, 20213 min read
What Are You Referencing?
It's time to update our thinking on background checks.
Ben Kettle
Jun 21, 20213 min read
Good To Know: June 2021 🧑💻
A June round-up of things happening in hiring, D&I, and humanity.
Ben Kettle
Jun 14, 20213 min read
Turning Trash Into Treasure
3 Steps to improve “Years Work Experience”
Ben Kettle
May 31, 20212 min read
3 Quick and Easy Ways to Make Better Hires
Turns out we know what methods increase the odds of hiring the right candidate, the downside is that you probably don't use them.
Ben Kettle
Feb 16, 20211 min read
Let's Talk About Hiring
If choosing who we work with is so important, why don't we take it seriously?
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