Retention

You’ve gone through the hiring process.  Your recruiter has presented you with a short list of well qualified and fully vetted candidates.  You’ve chosen the one to move forward with, an ideal fit both professionally and culturally for your role and organization.  You’ve negotiated salary and benefits, and an offer was extended and accepted!  Congratulations!  Now…

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Ego is Tricky

We are all human, we are all driven by our ego, most successful people absolutely hate to lose. That could be losing an order or missing the last putt for all the skins or losing your best manager to a competitor down the street…it all hits you right where you live. How you handle that loss can…

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Video Interview Advice

Video Interviewing Advice With video interviews becoming more common during hiring, not being prepared can easily keep you out of the running. While meeting via video is time saver, getting past the technological barriers of not speaking face-to-face can be difficult. Be sure you’re prepared and use Skype to your advantage, experts say. For one,…

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Tips and Advice

Useful Tips and Advice for Job Seekers We are committed to helping our candidates during their job search at every step along the way; from preparation to relocation. We’ve added this section to our website to help you position yourself for that ideal position. Please read the job tips and advice below. Before You Begin…

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Interview Advice

How to Knock ’em Dead at the Interview Interviews are a two-way street. The hiring company is seeking information on your basic skills, personality and cultural ‘fit’ into their organization. You should be interviewing for the specific job responsibilities, the personality of your prospective boss and the cultural ‘fit’ of the organization with your personality.…

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The Buzz – December 2022 – Happy Holidays

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The Buzz – November 2022 – Happy Thanksgiving

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The Buzz – October 2022

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GEN Z -The Purpose Generation

I attended a recruiting conference recently and a presentation on Gen Z’s stuck with me.  As our clients are struggling to hire, they should be planning for their future employees and a large portion will be  Gen Z’s Gen Z includes people born between 1997 – 2012 so roughly ages 10 – 25.  According to…

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It’s Okay to Negotiate

It’s okay to negotiate during the offer stage of potential employment.  Both the hiring company and the candidate have presumably completed a successful interview process to get to this point.  Both sides have decided that the role, responsibilities, organizational culture, and employee value proposition match well for both sides. Before the offer letter is drafted,…

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The Buzz – September 2022 – Retain Employees

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Retain Employees with Open Communication

Retention seems to be a strong focus for most of my clients. The Great Resignation saw more than 47 million Americans voluntarily quit their job in 2021.  The mass exodus was linked to low pay, lack of career opportunities, shifting priorities, and employee burnout (which is fueling Quiet Quitting)  As a result, Exit Interviews and…

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To Adjust or Not to Adjust, that is the Question

The labor market might be cooling off “a bit” but people are still in control of their destiny when it comes to switching jobs and considering new opportunities to advance their career or earn more money. According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, those who switch jobs have seen annual average earnings increase of…

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The Buzz – August 2022 – The Cost of Not Filling a Position

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What is the cost of not filling a position?

I’m surprised that when I ask a client (or prospective client) what their cost is to not fill a position, they don’t have a quantifiable response. Each day that a position goes unfilled, it costs your organization lost revenue and productivity as well as the additional strain on your current employees. There are ways to…

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