The Quest Connection represents a new paradigm in hiring, engaging and retaining key players and the talent that best fits your organizations needs.

Here are some startling “eye-opener” facts describing the current workforce environment:

• 80 per cent of the workforce in North America is a poor fit for their job, costing the economy billions of dollars annually, much of which is simply a result of outdated recruiting approaches (only 2 out of 10 people are fully engaged in their job).
• 86 per cent of interviews do not successfully identify superior people for the job.
• 94 per cent of senior HR professionals surveyed believe their current workforce is unprepared to deliver on company goals and meet business challenges

What better reasons to tap into a new hiring paradigm?

The Quest Connection is bringing the HiringSmart system to assist our clients:

• Recruit the best talent
• Engage existing talent and retain key players

Among the benefits:

• Identify the candidates who look most like your top performers
• Reduce the amount of time spent sifting through résumés and organizing interviews
• Find ways to maximize existing employees’ contribution (particularly important to help weather the storm in this unpredictable economic climate)

Why HiringSmart?

From my experience coaching hundreds of individuals and working with Business Owners, I noticed several things that bothered me:

Most people who came to me for Coaching when they were getting ready to make a career change had trouble conveying who they are on their resumes.  Instead, the resume reflected where they’ve been and what they had done.  It did not speak to who they are, what’s important to them, and where they wanted to go.  The smart people who recognized this and hired a coach to help themselves get clear about and convey this to others represent a small percentage of the job-seeking population.

On the other side of the table, Business Owners and Hiring Managers wade through volumes of resumes looking for someone interesting enough to interview.  The volume alone makes their choices challenging!  Then they have the daunting task of ascertaining if a candidate is the right fit for their business. 

And then there are the times I’ve been brought in by a company to coach an employee.  I love assisting people in the next level of their development.  And sometimes the true nature of the difficulty was that the Executive was a round peg trying to fit in a square hole.  They were not a fit for the job, the manager, the culture or all three!

That’s why I got excited when I heard of the HiringSmart system of recruiting and talent management.  Their approach to aligning employees with positions and cultures where they can shine is a whole new paradigm for staffing in a post-industrial world.  And the opportunity for companies to have a more engaged workforce is both profitable and enjoyable!  It is much better suited for staffing in a post-industrial world than our current outdated hiring practices. The HiringSmart system does not look for the right key words in a candidate’s résumé or where they’ve worked before, but rather determines what matters at each client’s workplace and then helps them measure it in potential candidates.

I am pleased to let you know that The Quest Connection recently partnered with HiringSmart, a human capital strategy firm that helps companies re-think old recruiting practices to boost productivity and achieve better bottom line results.  HiringSmart is the world’s first résumé-free hiring system, focusing instead on identifying applicants’ beliefs, attitudes and values towards work - all of which are reliable predictors of their level of success on the job. 

When I first met with HiringSmart founders Jan van der Hoop and Tim Brennan, I was immediately impressed with their new paradigm for recruiting and managing talent.  I recommend embracing the HiringSmart process. It’s a win-win situation for companies: employees that fit their job role are more engaged, engaged employees are more productive, and more productivity results in a better bottom line.

Call us at 631-277-8880 for details or click here to learn more.