Keep up to date on ag industry news, tech trends, business and hiring.
In today’s competitive job market, finding and attracting top talent can be a daunting task, especially when targeting passive candidates who may not be actively seeking new opportunities. Passive candidates, while not actively looking for a job, often possess valuable skills and experience that could greatly benefit your organization. They are often too busy performing… Read more »
Interviews are a crucial aspect of the recruitment process. Employers use a range of techniques to evaluate candidates’ skills, experience, and character traits. Each method has its unique advantages and focuses on different aspects of a candidate’s suitability for a particular role. By using multiple interview techniques, employers can gain a comprehensive understanding of the… Read more »
Technology can significantly enhance the hiring process in several ever growing and changing ways. Companies can accomplish this by identifying technology needed, selecting and implementing tools, training and onboarding, customizing technology solutions to your specific needs, monitoring performance and optimization, and staying updated on emerging technologies. 1. Identifying Technology Needs: Assess the specific needs… Read more »
Are you struggling to find the right candidates for your open positions? By working closely with your hiring managers, Morris Bixby Group can help you identify the key skills necessary for each role. By collaborating with hiring managers we can help you save time and resources by focusing on the most important candidate attributes.… Read more »
According to an article by McKinsey & Company, “COVID-19 may no longer be a pandemic, but the disease likely reduced the availability of the US workforce by as much as 2.6 percent in 2022—a burden on productivity that could last for years. COVID-19 has gradually become a part of the US landscape.” Within that landscape,… Read more »
As we celebrate our 25th anniversary, we wanted to sincerely thank all our customers over those years. We have had the opportunity to work with such a wide variety of companies and people which have made the past 25 years fun, exciting, and rewarding. Our business has grown primarily due to referrals, clients, and candidates introducing… Read more »
When it comes to the important task of hiring for your company, you need to adopt some best practices for improving candidate experience. Candidate experience is the way the people who apply to work at your company view the hiring process. This begins from the first time they come across your company either on a… Read more »
In 2020 it became essential for companies to find a way to conduct interviews with prospective candidates when Covid prevented in person interactions. According to a study commissioned by HireVue, a video interview and assessment provider, 41 percent of 1,140 hiring leaders said they plan to use a combination of in-person and virtual interviews. The… Read more »
As we begin a new year, Morris Bixby would like to share some trends we are seeing in this candidate driven market and how we can help you find the candidates you need to succeed. Over the past three years the hiring market has shifted. In 2020 when Covid hit, agriculture hiring reduced substantially and… Read more »
When interviewing sales and marketing talent, you, of course, want to focus on skills. You need people with the expertise to do the job well, but you also need more. You need to identify people who are motivated, passionate and enthusiastic about what they do and who will fit in well with their new team… Read more »