Over 13 million workers quit their jobs in the first quarter of 2022 at approximately 3 percent of the total workforce every month, according to the US bureau of Labor. What this means is that a lot of people are trigger-happy to leave their employers for better opportunities.

We all got used to the concept of remote hiring and remote working ever since the start of the pandemic a couple of years ago. All modes of hiring happened through video conferences, and at times over simple phone calls or even emails and chat.

Back in 2020, remote working became the norm when the Covid-19 pandemic started. Hence, most people would remember it as the turning point in working setups, and it is a fair conclusion to draw - because it all seemed to happen so fast. 

The days of ‘hire and fire’ are long gone, and this is the era in which companies need to focus on long term ROI from their hiring decisions. Organizations are now looking to hire, engage, develop, and optimize their workforce because the pandemic has served as a wakeup call. Employees are no longer as afraid as they used to be of losing their day jobs, and candidates are calling the shots now.

When you think of the term ‘soft skills’ what exactly comes to your mind? Is it the image of a smooth salesman, or a convincing lawyer, or perhaps a relationship counsellor? Soft skills are required to succeed in all walks of life, and not just in selected professions.

When was the last time you watched an employee hired by you walking out abruptly on the company, or even worse, getting fired? Not very long ago, right? Were you made to feel accountable and criticized by your higher-ups for the poor hiring decision made by you, or least embarrassed in a forum?
The cost of a bad hire can reach up to 30 percent of the employee’s first-year earnings. Not to mention the endless managerial hours and duress of having to monitor their work and behavior. Getting good results from a bad hire is simply not the kind of challenge that managers want thrown their way, given its toxic nature.