Morris Bixby Group, a leading agribusiness search firm providing the highest quality professional recruiting and career advancement services since 2000, is pleased to announce Mike Eade has joined the firm as Executive Account Lead. Eade has served in a wide range of commercial leadership roles in Ag Chem, Seed, and Animal Health. Now based in… Read more »
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Can You Navigate This Candidate Driven Market?
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 »
The Best Ways to Check Candidate References During the Hiring Process
Checking candidate references is an important part of the hiring process. Verifying the information your top candidate provided ensures its accuracy. This helps prevent unpleasant surprises from coming up after the candidate accepts your job offer. Talking with the candidate’s previous supervisors, managers, colleagues, and coworkers provides a clearer idea of what working with the… Read more »
Can You Prevent Candidates from Ghosting You?
Candidate ghosting involves a candidate stopping communication with an employer during the hiring process. The candidate disappears without an explanation or reason why they no longer are interested in the position. Candidate ghosting continues to become a regular practice during The Great Resignation. Candidates have a significant number of opportunities to choose from. Therefore, many… Read more »
A Few Tips for Improving Your Team’s Time to Hire
Your team’s time to hire is the amount of time that passes between a candidate applying for a position and accepting a job offer. This is one metric used to determine your team’s hiring success. The faster your time to hire, the better the candidate experience. This positively impacts your employer brand. As a result,… Read more »
How Improving Company Culture Leads to Better Candidates
Your company culture impacts the way business is conducted. This affects management, leadership, communications, workplace practices, the work environment, and other characteristics. Having an attractive company culture helps you find and keep quality candidates. Your organization’s mission, vision, and values show how your business differs from the competition. This encourages candidates to apply to your… Read more »
Want Your Employees Back at the Office? Here are a Few Ways to Ease the Transition
HBS Online sponsored a survey for professionals who worked remotely during the coronavirus shutdown from March 2020 to March 2021. These professionals were asked to compare the previous year to the current year. The survey showed that 81% of respondents either did not want to return to the office or preferred a hybrid work model.… Read more »
3 Negotiating Tips When Hiring New Employees
Salary negotiations are part of the hiring process. Your goal is to find a compensation amount that fits your company’s budget and the candidate’s skill level. You want everyone to feel like they win during the salary negotiation process. This sets the tone for your new hire’s employment with your organization. Negotiating salary can be… Read more »
Can Offering Flexible Schedules Help You Land Better Employees?
Flexible schedules are among the most in-demand employee perks. Companies that offer flexible schedules tend to have high employee engagement, productivity, and job satisfaction. Offering flexible schedules promotes work-life balance. This helps parents, caregivers, people with medical issues or disabilities, and other types of employees fit in work around their personal needs. Filling your roles… Read more »
Looking to Improve Your Company’s Culture? Learn a Few Things You Can Do TODAY
Your company’s culture is guided by its mission, vision, and values. This provides a foundation for how employees at every level think and behave. Your culture determines your company’s personality. This impacts how employees interact with each other, customers, and the industry. Having a positive company culture elevates employee engagement, productivity, and performance. This increases… Read more »