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Are Assessments An Unneccessary Bottle Neck In the Hiring Process?
A Recruiters Concern For Using Selection Tools In The Hiring Process. Margo, You have obviously created something significant and unique,...
Sep 7, 20082 min read


Retention Is Everyone’s Issue
One might argue that retention is not a recruiters issue and should be none of their concern. I have a different opinion, I think it is...
Aug 27, 20083 min read
Chicago Training Sessions – Behavioral Interviewing
2 Day Intensive Keenhire training guarantees you take Your Hiring to the Next Level! Hire Strategically and Hire Right 2 day – 16 hour...
Aug 19, 20081 min read


Use Jack Canfield’s Success Principles to Empower Your Sales Force
I am on day 4 in Jack’s Breakthrough to Success Seminar in Scottsdale Arizona. This has been an amazing week so far, and what I am...
Aug 13, 20083 min read
People Don’t Quit Jobs – They Quit Managers
Building first class team begins with you. Are you the type manager that you would want to work with and reach for, or are you a type of...
Aug 11, 20081 min read


Hiring For The Succession Plan
When a company hires someone who does not succeed, it can cost 3-6 times the amount of the hiring salary. Besides salary, taxes and...
Aug 6, 20084 min read


Positioning Yourself As The ‘Right’ Recruiting Consultant
Servicing your customers in the Human capital space has not really changed all that much in the past 23 years with the exception that the...
Jul 31, 20083 min read


Behavioral Interviewing for Engineers
In my conversations with recruiters specializing in placing Engineers they are adamant about the point that Engineers get hired for their...
Jul 23, 20082 min read


Choose Your Strategic Position in Talent Acquisition Wisely
Have you thought about WHY a company would use YOU………………rather than the myriad of alternatives to find and secure their next player? Do...
Jul 17, 20082 min read


Top 10 Reasons Candidates Hesitate To Take Offers
Previously posted on The Fordyce Forum Blog Top 10 Reasons Candidates Pend or Hesitate to Accept Direct Hire Job Offers 2.They do not...
Jul 15, 20082 min read


The Law of Attraction or is it Detraction ? It’s Your Call….Choose Wisely!
Just know what you’re choosing. When I first learned about the law of attraction, it was from my coach Jeanna Gabellini, and it was...
Jul 13, 20083 min read
When And How To Use Assessments In The Hiring Process
You May Ask Yourself…………..How do I partner with my client in choosing the right candidate and selecting the right assessment parameters? ...
Jun 5, 20085 min read
Implementing A System to Hire – Choose Wisely, Hire Slowly, Fire Quickly
Your Goal: Place Difference Makers and pave the way to your clients Succession Plan Step 1 – Attract the Right Candidate Rope them IN! (Short and sweet – remember you are always to be selling) – Whether you are or you are not advertising, pre-create your job pitch and have everyone on the team read and be able to recite it. As you create it – speak to the perfect listener; sell Jill Brown through Jill Brown’s eyes. In the case of sales, if you want a high Dominant person, us
Apr 9, 20084 min read
Stay The Course
(a version of the following was originally published in the recent Fordyce Letter) March Forward. Stay the Course. Recession… Election.....
Mar 27, 20084 min read
Hiring People Is Job Number One
Ask any entrepreneur what keeps them up at night, and their answer will be “hiring the right people.” The composition of your staff is...
Feb 7, 20082 min read


Win Win In Winning The War For Talent
Win/Win is not a technique; it’s a total philosophy of human interaction (It is a way of being). In fact, in Stephen Covey’s book, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People , he quotes that “it is one of six paradigms of interaction.” The alternative paradigms are win/lose, lose/win, lose/lose and Win or No deal. Win/win is a frame of mind, it is a way of being that continually seeks mutually beneficial outcomes. With a Win/Win, all parties feel good about the decision, and fee
Oct 4, 20076 min read
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