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Here are the 5 best strategies to keep employee turnover to a minimum. 1. Hire the Right Candidates in the First Place The best way to...

The best way to maximize your company’s competitive advantage is to fully leverage your existing workforce. By improving employee...

Although most companies today know that great employees are worth their weight in gold, they cling to outdated strategies to acquire new talent. Here are 5 of the most common myths we see businesses continuing to believe today and how to shift your company culture away from these outdated ideas in favor of smart recruitment methods. 1. Candidates Flock to Great Companies This might be true in rare but notable exceptions, but even for many great companies out there, actively a

When a person has strong natural abilities, the right attitude for the job purpose, and is aligned with your company mission and vision, they are positioned for success: everything becomes easier. There is less resistance, management is more open to coaching, and there is a fundamental agreement on what they are there to do. Everyone involved must have a talent mindset – where people and culture are the competitive advantage for the organization to thrive. Engaged employees a

After 24 years of day to day work in the recruiting space, I sold my recruiting and staffing business and joined the forces of the Talent...

Step 1 – Attract the Right Candidates Rope them in! (Keep it short and sweet — remember, you are always selling.) Whether you are...

There are five prevalent myths disrupting your employee retention. The first is, people only leave for more money. The second is, if given flex time and a remote work environment, employees will never leave. A third myth is that, if I leave my employees alone and let them operate 100% independently, they’ll stay indefinitely. The fourth myth – people leave jobs. Nope, people don’t leave jobs, people leave managers. The last pervasive myth is that, if I give my employee a car

When you hire in a hurry, you experience unwanted turn over. If you are lucky the turn over happens fast, yet in most cases it is months...

Does HR have any real say in who should get the job? The reality is that the recruiting profession has much to do with why thing operate...

There are five secrets to being a great interviewer. These keys empower you to maximize your effectiveness in hiring the right people...

An excellent on-boarding program gives the manager an opportunity to explain on his or her management, communication and feedback style...

Hello and Happy New Year! I am very excited to be in the running to speak at the Wisdom 2.0 conference for 2016 on the People’s Stage and...

Many companies are looking for alternative solutions to getting work done for less money. When I first read the book “The World is...

When candidates are faced with such strict hiring guidelines, often out of insecurity and desperation they take some bad advice that...

In today’s volatile world, paying the price to live and work in the land of the free and the home of the brave means full disclosure....

Ensuring your team understands your product and service set and why customers use them is where excellent service begins. You can bridge...

All too often, recruiting and hiring systems stay in place because no one has the time or focus to evaluate their effectiveness in and on...

Progressive companies with a talent mindset are implementing customized people-centric on boarding programs, tailoring their employee...

This philosophy allows a person to increase his or her confidence when selecting the right person for a job. Turnover drops, employee...

The best of the best leaders take the initiative to build and foster relationships with talent outside of the organization, so when the...