9 Fresh Interview Questions to Reveal Culture Fit When Hiring C-Level / CxO Leadership Roles

9InterviewQuestions_CXO

Every role in a company must be a culture fit. This is especially important the higher up you get in an organization as leaders set the tone for the organization. When hiring for a CxO leader, here are 9 helpful interview questions that will assist in determining their fit — both in skillset and core…

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How to Make a Decision to Hire an Executive Search Firm

How to Make a Decision to Hire an Executive Search Firm

Y Scouts CEO, Max Hansen, Shares 3 Critical Questions to Make This Hiring Decision: What is the cost of not hiring your next leader? What will hiring the right leader enable you, the leader, to do that you’re not doing today? What is the cost of hiring the wrong person? Let’s dive deeper. What is…

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8 Interview Questions to Uncover the Person Behind the Resume

8 Interviews Questions to Uncover the Person Behind the Resume

We’ve all been there: that interview with the stale questions and canned answers that give each participant precisely zero information about who the other is and whether this opportunity is a fit for the candidate (and vice versa) or not. We can do better!  Develop interview questions that allow the candidate to be honest and…

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2020 Leadership Lens

Leadership Development 2020

2020 is here! We all know the term, New Year, new you. 2020 is the beginning of a new decade! In 2000, we were investigating this new generation of millennials and what that meant to the workplace. In 2010, we were looking at millennials in leadership and the possibility of Generation Z joining the workforce. …

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A Healthy Outside Starts from the Culture Inside…

Wellness at Work

In just a short time, the words “New Year, new me” are going to be buzzing around gyms and offices alike. These aren’t just people with goals, these are your current employees and prospective employees! And no, you don’t need to replace their seats with treadmill desks. There are a lot of ways to help…

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The Art of Extending an Offer

The Art of Extending an Offer

The time has come; after weeks (…sometimes months) of meetings, conversations, and interviews, you’ve decided who you would like to join your team for that mission-critical position. This hire means a lot to the business and presenting the offer in the right way can ensure a smoother acceptance and more delightful experience on both sides…

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6 Indicators to Measure Recruitment Effectiveness

KPI for recruiters

There is a common misconception that it’s challenging to measure recruitment success. That misconception is the result of limited thinking, the insistence on qualifying talent acquisition as an HR function when it is really a business function. Pull the camera back and look at recruitment from a bigger perspective. In business, you’re tracking indicators that…

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Leader vs. Boss: Does it Matter?

Leader or Boss

Many of us have had the misfortune of working for a “boss.” (Definition of a boss: “a person in charge of a worker or organization.”) Many of us have also had an opportunity to work for a “leader.” Do we understand the difference? What would it feel like to be truly inspired in the workplace…

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4 Tips to Find the Right Organizational Culture for You

4 Tips to Find the Right Organizational Culture for You

Much of the conversation around organizational culture is centered, rightly, on how organizations create, sustain, and grow healthy cultures. Talent Acquisition is at the fulcrum of culture building, accurately representing current state culture to candidates while simultaneously helping that culture grow and develop by uniting the organization with new employees. As a candidate, you should…

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5 Critical Interview Questions to Find your Leader of People and Culture

5 Critical Interview Questions To Hire The Right Leader of People and Culture

This is a post from Max Hansen, Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Y Scouts. Since starting Y Scouts in 2012 we have placed, worked with, and met thousands of incredible forward thinking People Operations leaders.  We are very fortunate to continue attracting more and more each day while deepening the relationships with the leaders we…

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