Workplace competition can help you identify skills, and enhance productivity and profits. Studies have shown how healthy competition can fuel creativity, strengthen interpersonal relationships and even improve productivity in the workplace. Creative problem solving, trusting your intuition and being willing to push beyond your personal boundaries are all skills that make someone a good competitor;… Read more »
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How Much is Turnover Costing Your Company?
Gone are the days when someone joined a company straight out of school and remained there until retirement. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average American now spends just 4.6 years with an employer before moving on to greener pastures. That means you can expect to hire new employees for the same position… Read more »
How to Sell an Opportunity to a Candidate
There is a sinking feeling that comes when you interview a truly exceptional candidate. If you know how great this person is, you can bet your competition does too. If you’re going to win them over to your side, you need to make a real attempt to sell the opportunity you have to offer. Here… Read more »
How Can a Staffing Partner Streamline Your Hiring Process?
Try to think of the last time you needed to make a hire but could afford to wait a month, six months, or a year. The simple fact is that recruiting addresses urgent needs, and when you have a hole in your staff, your whole enterprise is compromised. If your hiring process has been taking… Read more »
Four Strategies to Make New Employees Feel Welcome
Even the most confident professional feels anxious on the first day at a new job. It’s unavoidable considering how much is thrown at him at once – new office, new workspace, new co-workers, new boss, and a whole new set of expectations to live up to. Rather than letting the new hire stew in this… Read more »
Changing the Annual Review
There is growing consensus in the business community that the much-maligned annual review process simply doesn’t work. Too much time passes between reviews, leading to an incomplete and underwhelming critique of performance. This, ultimately, does a disservice to both the reviewer and the person being reviewed. Rather than fall back on last year’s strategy, consider… Read more »
Evaluating a Candidate’s Personality
It’s tempting (and too easy) to base your hiring decisions solely on a candidate’s professional credentials. As important as they are, they tell you very little about whether a candidate will succeed on the job over the long term. You need to evaluate a candidate’s personality as well – and that information doesn’t show up… Read more »
Are You Ready for the Next Group Entering the Workforce?
Here is a sobering thought: The oldest members of the millennial generation are now around 35 years of age. That means the next generation of workers – generation Z – is already entering the workforce. In order to recruit a steady stream of employees with the qualifications you need and the new skills you want,… Read more »
What Happens When You Have Two Great Candidates?
You’re in an enviable position; you need to fill a vacancy at your company and you’ve reached the end of the recruiting process. You’ve narrowed your choices down to two candidates, and both of them seem like a perfect fit for the job. Many recruiting cycles fail to produce one qualified candidate, let alone two… Read more »
What Today’s Employees Want
The days of posting a help wanted notice and waiting for candidates to line up are over. Employers must now actively compete for qualified talent, and especially for top talent. When job seekers have choices, they’re not going to leap at an opportunity simply because it’s available. That’s why companies of all types must make… Read more »