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Your company differentiators help buyers understand why they should do business with you rather than a competitor. These characteristics set your offerings apart from alternative offerings. Emphasizing how your company’s products or services help buyers reach their goals is essential for closing sales. For instance, your offerings might save a company time, money, or effort.… Read more »
When it comes to the important task of hiring for your company, you need to adopt some best practices for improving candidate experience. Candidate experience is the way the people who apply to work at your company view the hiring process. This begins from the first time they come across your company either on a… Read more »
Your company workforce plan involves how you plan and manage your employees. This includes analyzing your available human resources and forecasting your needs for employee working hours and tasks. Having the necessary information helps maximize your employees’ abilities and fill gaps in skills or working hours. This helps reach company goals. Your company workforce plan… Read more »
In 2020 it became essential for companies to find a way to conduct interviews with prospective candidates when Covid prevented in person interactions. According to a study commissioned by HireVue, a video interview and assessment provider, 41 percent of 1,140 hiring leaders said they plan to use a combination of in-person and virtual interviews. The… Read more »
Your company brand is your reputation among the workforce. This helps your organization stand out from all others. How your business is marketed impacts your company branding. This affects how others perceive your organization. Your company branding must be reinforced by your employees. This increases the effectiveness of your branding efforts. The majority of job… Read more »
As The Great Resignation continues, you likely will have hiring challenges throughout 2023. Handling inflation will further impact your hiring, onboarding, and training costs. The longer your jobs remain open, the more productivity you lose. Asking your employees to take on additional tasks decreases engagement and performance. Having your employees take on job duties, and… Read more »
Staffing costs are among the expenses your company needs to manage in 2023. This is especially important due to inflation and the ongoing recession. One of the most effective ways to reduce your staffing costs is by partnering with a staffing firm. This can eliminate your initial hiring costs and reduce your turnover costs. These… Read more »
Those from Gen Z were born between 1997 and 2012. They grew up with smartphones, social media, and technology. Members of Gen Z watched their parents make their way through the 2008 market crash. Many members also lost their service sector jobs or struggled to find employment during the coronavirus-related lockdowns. Most people from this… Read more »
The Great Resignation is expected to continue throughout 2023. As a result, retaining employees will be more important than ever. According to the iCIMS 2023 Workforce Report, 33% of workers will look for new jobs before the year ends. This is especially impactful for small and medium businesses. Losing an employee in a smaller workforce… Read more »
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 »