Having open jobs for an extended period of time places a real strain on your company and added work for your employees. The same job posted for months or reposted makes candidates leery and therefore they may not apply (although highly qualified). Why are you having a hard time filling this position? Ask yourself these [...]
Your inbox may be flooded with a recent explosion of emails stating things like, “Changes in terms of use”. Facebook is a social media trailblazer, in being such, their wins and losses are learning curves shared by society as a whole. Their most recent learning curve happened a few weeks ago with Cambridge Analytica and [...]
Every person within your company has a title that indicates what they do: lawyers keep you legal, accountants, well, they keep you legal but they also crunch your numbers, IT keeps your servers running and your computers functioning. What about a staffing agency, what can they do for you? They can find you people, that’s [...]
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica This is a hot topic thanks in part to Mr. Mark Zuckerberg and his recent transgressions with Cambridge Analytica. The pink haired whistle blower and former Cambridge Analytica lead engineer, Christopher Wylie, shares his involvement and the sketchy, shady and manipulative actions taken by the Trump campaign to win the election; [...]
Marissa Mayer rocked the boat when she became top dog at Yahoo! requiring remote employees to no longer be, well, remote. If they wanted to keep employment, they had to return to their cubicles, just when the concept was really starting to take shape for companies like Amazon, Yahoo! and Google. It was not only [...]
Facebook, LinkedIn, you’ve heard of them, you’ve used them but have you had the opportunity to use them effectively to target top talent? Here are some strategies to use social media to attract your next employee. Create a social media strategy: every great plan begins with a brilliant strategy. Create a game plan on how [...]
When you realize you need to add staff or an employee quits, that gap or loss requires other employees to pick up the workload. It’s a perilous position, extra work added to an already hardworking staff, it could lead to more employees quitting. Your goal is to hire quickly and effectively and with these suggestions [...]
Celeste Headlee: 10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation In a vastly divided society, Headlee shares 10 useful guidelines for having better conversations in a predominately electronic society, how to talk, even better, how to listen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1vskiVDwl4 Regina Hartley: Why the best hire might not have the perfect resume Hartley knows from experience that adversity [...]
Payroll is a necessary non-core part of your business, meaning it has to get done, yet does not generate revenue. When time is spent on non-core activities within your company, revenue is not being generated. Let’s imagine that your payroll department consists of two people: what happens if they both catch the flu and are [...]
Penelope Trunk Penelope has such a fresh perspective on choosing your career or changing your job. She’s honest and open about her own successes and failures and reading her blogs, makes you feel like you are not alone in this crazy world of job searching. Jobscan Offers some really useful tips on how to job [...]
