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How to write an accounting manager job description

An accounting manager keeps your company’s financial information accurate and compliant with the generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). A well-written job description of an accounting manager ensures you find the right candidate to keep your finances organized and meet reporting deadlines. Finding the ideal candidate can be tricky, though, because they require a special mix of soft and hard skills like team building, financial proficiency, decision-making prowess, and accounting knowle

Cost per hire: The ultimate guide for HR professionals

Do you know how much you should be spending on your hiring and recruitment processes? Where are the bottlenecks, and is there any fat to trim?  Cost per hire is a metric that enables HR teams to track the performance of their recruitment and hiring budget. Monitoring your cost of hire per employee maximizes your spending on internal and external recruiting activities and helps you eliminate redundant or poor-performing channels.  Here, we cover this important metric and its benefits, breaking do

How to write a Zendesk administrator job description

If you use Zendesk, you need a Zendesk administrator who can ensure that this tool meets the unique needs of your company and its customers. Hiring the correct Zendesk administrator starts with a strong job description that effectively describes your ideal candidate’s technical and customer-centric skills. This job posting is the difference between attracting a suitable candidate and prolonging your search for the right person. In this article, we explain how to write a job description that incl

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9 top proofreading skills: What employers look for, and how to assess proofreaders

Proofreading is more than just giving a piece of writing a quick check-over for misplaced apostrophes. Professional proofreaders ensure content is appropriate and easy to understand, needing a thorough eye for detail and understanding of the English language. But that’s not all – talented proofreaders are also objective, motivated, and great team players. Without these skills, technical talent only goes so far, and you can’t measure these effectively with experience checks alone. Employers can,

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What does the 16 personalities test reveal?

Paper-thin hiring methods like resumes can only tell you so much about a potential hire. That's where personality tests like the 16 Personalities test come in. By using this test in your hiring process, you can gain deeper insights into a candidate's traits, motivations, and potential fit for the role and your company.  While many managers have heard of the 16 Personalities test, many don't know what it reveals or how to interpret the results. Let's explore what the 16 Personalities can tell you

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9 vital customer service manager skills

The right customer service manager skills and qualities can be the difference between repeat customers and one-off patrons who leave bad online reviews. Expert customer service competency includes soft skills like problem-solving, communication, and diplomacy. These abilities ensure companies build great reputations and retain loyal customers for years, but they can be hard to come across. This article explores the top nine customer service and management skills of a great manager, how to assess

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Should you include Excel competency tests in your project manager hiring campaign?

Hiring skilled project managers can be the difference between success and failure. When a project manager lacks the skills required for the role, your business might suffer from delayed or failed projects. Assessing project manager candidates, including their Excel competency, enables recruiters to hire the best talent and achieve desired business outcomes. Rather than stalled projects, you and your clients can look forward to results that exceed expectations. In our guide, we’ll show you how to

Psychometric psychology in recruitment: Everything you need to know

Today, making accurate predictions about job candidates’ potential success is the cornerstone of an HR professional’s work – but such predictions are difficult to make.  Psychometric psychology is a field of study that can help you quantify the knowledge, abilities, personality characteristics, and attitudes of job applicants. In this article, we explain psychometric psychology and how you can use psychometric assessments to strengthen and simplify your hiring process. We also look at what psych

Top 15 ice breakers for virtual meetings [questions, ideas, games]

Virtual communication is on the rise for more and more companies as they embrace remote and hybrid work, making ice breakers for virtual meetings a non-negotiable. Virtual team ice breakers are interactive activities that help lighten the mood, create a cohesive culture, and dispel the awkward silence at the start of an online meeting.  Even if your team can’t meet face to face, there’s no reason they can’t build strong working relationships. This blog post lists the top 15 virtual team ice brea

How to ensure a great person organization fit: A 7-step hiring guide

How to ensure a great person organization fit: A 7-step hiring guide

Ignoring person-organization (PO) fit impacts team dynamics and undercuts company goals. The ripple effect of these mismatches disrupts employee productivity and morale, posing significant challenges for your business. That’s why you need to assess PO fit to ensure you hire people who get along well with their future colleagues, peers, and managers. Finding a strong organizational fit also improves your company’s employee retention rates. In this article, we explore why hiring a good person-orga

20 WordPress Skills: How To Assess WordPress Expertise

WordPress is the world’s largest content management system that countless professionals use, whether they’re running their own site or a client’s site. Gauging WordPress expertise is vital for thousands of businesses. Assessing WordPress skills is almost impossible if you rely solely on resumes. Talent assessments are a great way to evaluate WordPress developer skills accurately, and TestGorilla offers hundreds of tests to help you.  In this article, we discuss top WordPress skills, why they’re

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Introducing TestGorilla's new look and feel

As you may have noticed (the pink is fairly hard to ignore), TestGorilla has a new look! Join us in welcoming our bright, bold new brand into the world – and keep reading to discover exactly why, and how, we landed here.

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