Rick Breden, President and Founder of Essentials, LLC illustrates how the (e3) pre-hiring assessment can identify unique top performer diagnostics both quickly and accurately:

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Rick Breden, the Founder and President of Essentials, LLC illustrates how the (e3) prehiring assessment can be used to identify top performing business to business sales people:

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The (e3) pre-hiring assessment can identify key attributes when hiring effective leaders. In this video, Rick Breden–the Founder and President of Essentials, LLC–illustrates how to use the Productivity, Dominance and Support scales on the (e3) line graph report to quickly identify top performing leaders.

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A brief history of the (e3) behavioral assessment, given by Rick Breden, President of Essentials, LLC:

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Recently, I had a chance to see the three ladies of Image Matters–a personal image consultancy–in action. They take on that part of personal branding that is hardest for most of us to look at objectively–What is our visual image saying to others? I think they have a relevant message and one that I wanted to share. (more…)

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You are looking for a tireless person who has a need to finish what they start; the kind of person people count on to get things done. They have a sense of duty and obligation to their employers and are conscientious about the work they perform. (more…)

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A candidate shows up for an interview and it is love at first sight. You have made the decision to hire in the first 30 seconds and are now about to begin the next 45 minutes making the justification to hire.

Ever had this happen to you? Then you may have been a victim of the making of your own halo effect. The halo effect according to Eliezer Yudowsky in his article, The Halo Effect is the manifestation of the affect heuristic in social psychology. (more…)

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You are looking for someone who is proactive, thrives on setting goals and working hard. Work will be extremely important to this person. They will be determined, ambitious and self motivated.

You’re looking for someone who is poised, self-assured and confident. An assertive person who believes in themselves and in so doing makes others believe in them as well. Enterprising and energetic they will need to finish what they start. (more…)

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You’re looking for someone who is poised, self-assured and confident. An assertive person who believes in themselves and in so doing makes others believe in them as well. You see this person as fun, witty and quick with a dash of charismatic charm.

Their proactive enterprising nature drives them to want to be in charge and to be ambitious. You’ll see them be somewhat impatient, but they will move quickly on your opportunities. Finally, they will thrive on being your center stage and will work diligently to get and stay there. (more…)

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In my experience as an entrepreneur and HR professional, I have been surprised at the way that some job seekers will approach the interviewing process. For instance, I have seen some candidates show up for interviews dressed in torn jeans and rumpled shirts, or arrive 20 minutes late. They did not understand that first impressions are important and what tardiness now, says about the kind of employee you will be in the future.
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