I am recalling a conversation I was having as VP of Sales with our CFO who also wore the Human Resource hat with a young, venture capital backed, market development oriented, start up organization. We were discussing the need to hire the best sales talent, or “A” talent, that we possibly could. This conversation begged […]
Leadership Team Skill Set Alignment Using PXT Select Checkpoint 360
Tags: be a better leader, developing employees, employee assessments, hiring, leadership, leadership qualities, Profiles Checkpoint 360, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment
I recently began sessions with a motion therapist who is a proponent of the Egoscue Method. The premise here is that before embarking on an exercise program, you first must ensure that your body is properly aligned. Shoulders, hips, knees and ankles must all be in alignment the way nature intended, in a straight line. […]
Reducing Unconscious Bias in Hiring and Selection
Tags: bias, employee assessments, hiring, hiring and selection, hiring managers, identifying top employees, Job Fit, judgement, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, unconscious bias
It’s easy to rely on past experiences, beliefs, and instincts to make speedy hiring and selection decisions, but all three are one-way tickets for unconscious bias to enter your organization. The fact that unconscious bias is called “unconscious” is significant. These biases are deeply embedded in even the smallest everyday actions making them difficult to […]
2022 PXT Select Assessment Annual Report
Tags: annual report, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, Job Fit, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, recruiting, talent management
John Wiley and Sons, the parent company of Profiles Incorporated, has recently released the 2022 PXT Select Assessment annual report. We believe that fully understanding how people think and work will guide hiring managers to make the best decisions and in turn, create high performing work cultures. With the unemployment rate at a historical low […]
The Power of Using Data in the Hiring Process
Tags: behavioral traits, cognitive abilities, data, employee assessments, hiring, Hiring Process, identifying top employees, Job Fit, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment
Hiring managers strive to ensure their hiring process is fair and structured but are too often surprised by messier outcomes than expected. The same survey found that: Relying so heavily on instinct tends to crowd out other insights that truly do lead to better hires. Too much emphasis on instinct means too little consistency and […]
The Science Behind the PXT Select Assessment and Talent Management System
Tags: developing employees, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, Job Fit, On-boarding, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, talent management
Today’s hiring environment is quite exuberant! Although the tech sector is currently experiencing a wave of layoffs, it represents a very small percentage overall. Then, in contrast, there are many other industries hiring at a furious rate. This results in intense competition for top talent. At Profiles, Inc. we have noticed a significant increase in […]
Measure Cognitive Abilities When Building a Successful Sales Force
Tags: cognitive, cognitive abilities, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, Job Fit, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, recruiting, sales assessments
As our clients are kicking off the new year with intentions of expanding their sales force, we are having conversations with the sales leaders to really assess their total needs. The Profiles Incorporated assessment technology to support recruiting efforts is the PXT Select. When we discuss this cutting-edge recruiting tool and how it measures an […]
Enhance Your Talent Acquisition Efforts with PXT Select Assessments
Tags: employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, Job Fit, On-boarding, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, recruiting, talent acquisition, talent management
Recently, I was listening to an interview with 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa. She was discussing the impact of social media on our society. Basically, she is saying that social media has been instrumental in fracturing society because it creates a forum where facts that are not true can be shared over and […]
Sales Leaders, Do Not Make This Hiring Mistake!
Tags: be a better sales person, developing employees, employee assessments, employee interests, hiring, hiring from within, hiring sales people, identifying top employees, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, recruiting, sales assessments, talent management
As we close out the month of October, many organizations are making final sales force decisions to set their company up for revenue growth in 2023. With the unemployment rate at a 40-year low of 3.5%, as sales leaders explore their recruiting options they are finding it very difficult to find talented, experienced sales people. […]
Optimize Team Culture and Performance Using PXT Select
Tags: behavioral traits, behaviors, Coaching Report, developing employees, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment
Recently I was speaking with one of our new customers and the topic of culture came up. This young company was having a difficult time defining and articulating theirs. As our discussion continued it became apparent that the people working within this culture, individually, had different definitions of it. Some thought culture would be defined […]
A PXT Success Story
Tags: developing employees, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, On-boarding, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, recruiting
Hospital Improves Hiring, Placement, and Retention of Nurses, Using PXT Select™ Assessments ABOUT THE CLIENT This organization has been in the business of operating hospitals for well over a century and is a multi-billion-dollar healthcare operation. Spread over several western states, this client has over 100 clinics and several regional hospitals, including over 15,000 employees […]
Profiles XT Assessment Upgraded to the PXT Select
Tags: employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, recruiting, talent management
Roughly 4 million people a month for the past year, have been leaving their current jobs and looking for new opportunities. Never has it been more important for organizations to consider optimizing their hiring practices. The “Great Resignation” is still churning around us. At Profiles, Incorporated, we work with our clients to optimize their ability […]
PXT Select: Create a Candidate Users Guide For Better Recruiting Decisions
Tags: developing employees, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, pxt select, PXT Select Assessment, recruiting
Upfront information is a game changer. How many times have you experienced the anxiety of a change in the workplace? This could come in the form of a promotion, transfer, getting a new job, or even a new boss. It is an uncomfortable, but generally unavoidable part of taking on new career opportunities. Part of […]
Using the Talent Management System to Optimize Your Hiring Efforts
Tags: developing employees, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, On-boarding, pxt select, recruiting, talent management
Here at Profiles Incorporated, we have over 30 years of experience helping clients take advantage of the various aspects of the Profiles Talent Management System. There are hundreds of “assessments” in the marketplace, but most of those are “personality tests”. They simply tell you what a person’s style and personality will be like at any […]
Three Key Considerations When Promoting a Sales Person to a Leadership Role
Tags: be a better leader, developing employees, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, leadership competencies, leadership qualities, pxt select, sales assessments
Over the past month we have had a number of conversations with sales managers. As we come out of the pandemic, they are expanding their sales force to meet increased demand, which in turn, requires increasing the number of sales managers. Focusing on the sales manager component, many companies would prefer to promote from within. […]
Interview Questions to Help You Find That Star Employee
Tags: behaviors, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, interview questions, pxt select
Today’s hiring managers have their work cut out for them. People are leaving the workforce at record rates, and many are in no rush to return. No industry or position is immune. Good candidates are often scarce. With employee retention a concern for any organization, accuracy is at a premium. You simply cannot afford mis-hires. […]
How Job Fit is Crucial to Successful Hiring
Tags: behaviors, employee assessments, Great Resignation, hiring, hiring managers, identifying top employees, Job Fit, pxt select, resignations, team engagement
Every day we read in the news and on social media about the “Great Resignation”. In 2021 over 40,000 people resigned from their jobs, with more than 4,000 of them taking place in November of that year. Employee engagement, defined as the level of enthusiasm and dedication a worker feels towards their job, is between […]
Are Poor Customer Service Experiences Hurting Your Bottom Line?
Tags: behavioral traits, behaviors, customer service, developing employees, employee assessments, hiring, On-boarding, pxt select
At Profiles, Inc. we have noticed a dramatic increase in the number of organizations hiring customer service personnel. This surge appears to be driven by a number of factors. One reason for the increased need is due to the higher number of people working from home and their off-site, online support requirements. Also, historically there […]
3 Tips to Keep Employees Engaged and Prevent Resignations
Tags: coaching, developing employees, employee engagement, employee interests, engagement environment, hiring, pxt select, resignations
Virtually everywhere you read on social media and in the news, we’re learning about the staggering number of people leaving their job. Gallup and Harvard Business Review reported over 11,200 resignations in February, March, and April, 2021. CBS News reports more than 4,100 resignations in the month of August 2021. It is estimated that 40% […]
Hiring the Best Sales Talent: Self-Awareness is a Key Skill
Tags: be a better sales person, behaviors, developing high performance employees, employee assessments, hiring, Key skills, pxt select, sales assessments, Self Awareness
I have been a sales leader for over 30 years with the goal of hiring the best, most talented sales people. It has become apparent to me that a key must-have skill that determines high performance is self-awareness. A quote from a 2014 Harvard Business Review article by Muriel Wilkens really captures the essence of […]
Critical Mistakes to Avoid When Hiring or Building a Sales Team
Tags: behaviors, coaching, developing high performance employees, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, leadership qualities, On-boarding, pxt select, sales assessments
Sales is the lifeblood of any business. The magnitude of an organization’s success has a direct correlation to the execution of quality sales. Therefore, you want sales to be scalable and predictable. Often you hear sales referred to as an “art form”, but art is not scalable or predictable. Here are 2 key mistakes we […]
The State of Hiring as We Transition to a New Normal
Tags: behaviors, hiring, identifying top employees, On-boarding, pxt select, recruiting
Everywhere we go these days, we see that businesses are hiring. It also seems you can’t turn on the news without hearing how difficult it is to hire qualified employees and that the competition for these employees is high. In a recent study of over 3,000 hiring managers, we wanted to understand what their key […]
Do You Trust a Stranger More Than Your Own Boss?
Tags: be a better leader, behaviors, coaching, Compatability, employee assessments, hiring, leadership competencies, leadership qualities, pxt select, team engagement, Trust, workplace
The compatibility between managers and their employees is critical. Oftentimes the chemistry and personal fit is overlooked in the hiring process and when people end up leaving, they don’t typically quit the company they work for, they quit their boss. There is certainly no shortage of leadership advice available at your fingertips with a simple […]
How to Recruit Consultative Salespeople using the PXT Select Sales Assessment
Tags: Consultative Salesperson, developing employees, developing high performance employees, employee assessments, hiring, identifying top employees, leadership qualities, pxt select, sales assessments, Trusted Advisor Salesperson
In a recent Harvard Business Review article titled “7 Reasons Salespeople Don’t Close the Deal”, a survey conducted produced some interesting findings. The top reasons given for not buying was a lack of trust and they did not respect the salesperson. Also, in this survey the following data was discovered: 12% of salespeople are excellent […]
Using Profiles PXT Select and Thinking Style to Understand Emotional IQ
Tags: behaviors, emotional intelligence, Emotional IQ, employee assessments, hiring, leadership qualities, pxt select, sales assessments, Thinking Style
I was having a conversation with one of our client VP of Sales recently. He was in the process of hiring two new region managers and ten new territory managers. He had four candidates that were a very good fit with their region manager Profiles Performance Model and a number of talented industry experienced territory […]