Workforce ready skills are something every business wants and needs – the ability of employees to hit the ground running as new hires and the ability to anticipate problems and quickly solve them before they hit the fan. But what’s the best way to bring such competencies onboard? Today’s guest shares what often goes wrong with during the interview process, the types of questions that can lead to unwanted information, what to ask instead, and how to improve it your interviewing skills with free resources that are readily available.
What You’ll Discover About Workforce Ready Skills (highlights & transcript):
How workforce ready skills impact growth, especially for small businesses. [2:30]
How the interview process often doesn’t uncover whether a person is fit for the job. [3:08]
How the interview process gets biased. [4:36]
Two questions to avoid when interviewing job candidates. [5:30]
How to objectively reveal a candidate’s workforce ready skills. [6:17]
Three things every employer can do to identify workforce ready skills when hiring. [11:53]
Free resources that can improve your hiring process and help avoid legal liability. [13:10]
And much more.
Guest: Olalah Njenga
Olalah Njenga is an award-winning entrepreneur, an accomplished business strategist and Founder of the Yellowwood Group, as well as an advocate for the small business economy.
Olalah’s public sector roles include the Leadership Council for the National Small Business Association and the Leadership Council for the National Federation of Independent Business of North Carolina. She holds a governor-appointed seat as the Commissioner of Small Business on the NCWorks Commission representing the commerce and workforce interests of nearly 900,000 North Carolina business owners.
Olalah is also a trusted small business source for the media including BBC, NPR, New York Times, Marketplace, Fox and local ABC, NBC and CBS affiliates.
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