It happened again this morning. I was attending a speaker series and was engaged in conversation over coffee with the controller for a local lighting distributor. The conversation centered, as it usually does these days, on the amount of growth or lack thereof we’ve been experiencing over the past year. This person indicated that while [...]
I believe it was providential that yesterday my working day began and ended with meetings discussing the same topic: how the convicted felon who has paid their debt to society for their crimes, is going to find gainful employment. In the morning I had a breakfast meeting with Janis Frick and Jan Gannon from Soaring [...]
This is a great article for hiring managers. Just when you think you’ve got the bases covered concerning sexual harassment, here’s a curveball you might not have expected. There are great, common sense suggestions here to help ward off the opportunity for inappropriate behavior and to help educate those who think they’re doing no harm. [...]
I read a great article in the recent issue of Money magazine titled “The Rise of Freelance Nation”. The author’s premise is that in the new economy coming after our current recession, the flexibility of temporary workers, contract employees and freelancers will be what most companies and workers will be seeking. Currently about 30% of [...]
I recently read the article “Hold the Interview” from Dan and Chip Heath in this month’s issue of Fast Company. The authors’ premise is that interviews are given too much importance when considering a candidate for hire. According to the Heaths: “Interviews are less predictive of job performance than work samples, job-knowledge tests and peer ratings [...]
If you’re like most companies I’ve been speaking with, including our own, the volume of paper on hand from applications completed and resumes submitted is growing by the foot each day. With mountains of paper to work through and no positions to fill, what should be done with all this candidate information?
We are happy to [...]