Low Unemployment – Efficient Hiring Process If you have been unlucky with great job seekers not accepting offers, perhaps it can be resolved with a more efficient hiring process. With unemployment being less than 4% it is imperative that companies have efficient & effective hiring processes. Hiring decisions are hard and you don’t want to …
Happy Valentine’s Day & February. I was sent an article by a friend at the first part of the year, and it moved me so much I wanted to pass it along. The full article is “12 Things Happy People Do Differently.” Go to www.marcandangel.com and type in the title to get the full article. …
Happy 2018! As the year kicks offs it is all too common to have this sense of hustle and hurry. We set goals for the quarter or the year, we make plans to better ourselves, and then we rush to try to get it ALL done. However, all too often we set ourselves up for …
Happy November! We are quickly approaching Thanksgiving, which is a time for expressing gratitude. This month, I want to talk about the power of expressing gratitude. This November, we have done a gratitude wall with the goal of having a wall full come the end of the month. The gratitude’s do not have to be …
Over years of successes and failures, we have developed a process, both internally and externally, to identify stealer employees. We have an unconventional approach to growing our database of candidates. Instead of taking on each and every applicant, we carefully vet through them in hopes of identifying the people who are true professionals in every …
CS Lewis said, “Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.” Trying times can threaten to overcome us in the moment, but if we endure, they can often result in great blessings. This month, I want to share a personal story to provide hope and laughter as we push towards the last quarter of …
Happy August! H. P. Lovecraft said, “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown.” Fear is a powerful emotion. It can drive us to make changes. It can paralyze us. Business owners and managers are not immune to fear! Unfortunately, in …
Happy July! This month, I want to discuss helpful and appropriate feedback. Giving frequent feedback—good and bad—is important to the growth of your employees. Many employers unfortunately wait until the end-of-the-year reviews to consider successes and failures. I imagine that one of the main reasons for why people do not give regular feedback is that …
Happy June! Summer, here we come! This month I want to discuss coaching. I have talked before about utilizing a coach. Now, I want to talk about being a coach. I have been blessed with three different coaches across my nine-plus years with ProRecruiters. They have challenged me to grow by evaluating what I’ve done …
Happy May! Congratulations to all those who are graduating. Since we are in the midst of graduation season, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss the expectations of employers and new graduates. Typically, employers and recent graduates have different sets of expectations upon entering the work force. Therefore, it is necessary to bridge the …
