With my experience as a business owner, corporate executive, and as a consultant, I have gained a lot of good resources over the years when it comes to interviewing candidates. When I have the opportunity to interview candidates for various positions, including independent contractors as well as employees, I always need to prepare some good interview [...]
Let's talk about sales strategies within your human resources operations. I was recently visiting with a business owner of a successful organization. He was sharing with me that, although he had a very good product, he was dealing with challenges in regards to his sales team. As he put it bluntly, he "just couldn't get the [...]
Let's talk about recruiting and attracting the top candidate for your organization. Organizations seem to make one big mistake over and over again: don't settle for "B" candidates when hiring for an open or new position. Look for the "A+" candidates every time, no matter what the situation is. Before we get into this discussion, it's [...]
On Entrepreneur Magazine's website, Kelly Kinnard wrote a solid article about excellent recruiting strategies for today's market. She explained how startups can compete with established companies for the top talent. Entitled "Your Startup Can Compete With Companies Like Facebook for Top Talent. Here's How.", she describes how to attract top-notch talent with an engaging approach. One [...]
There are a lot of you out there who work in either recruiting or Human Resources. This article will most likely be a review for you all - or at least I hope it is. If not, we need to talk about recruiting. Frankly, this article is targeted at all of you who are leaders in [...]
For the recruiters out there, they know that LinkedIn recruiting is a strong tool in their recruiting toolkit for what they do. LinkedIn is the "marketplace" for professionals who are looking to connect and to find better opportunities. Recruiters use LinkedIn recruiting for its resources as they try to attract employers and skilled professionals to engage [...]
As a leader, you have the opportunities to manage your team in the way that works for you and your organization. Within those opportunities, you get to make some choices that can create success for you and your team. Within those choices, you should consider the matter of team loyalty. Should you be concerned about team [...]
