You’ve probably heard of a book titled The Seven Habits of Highly Successful People by Steven R. Covey. As I got to thinking, I thought, what about a book, rather a blog on “The Seven Habits of Spectacularly Unsuccessful Executives”? Leadership is a hard thing to teach. I recently sent an email to my clients […]
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How to Leverage Your Performance Review
How to Leverage Your Performance Review – Your employee evaluation isn’t just an introduction to your raise or an excuse as to why you haven’t received one. Get a copy of your performance reviews, and then leverage them when you’re looking for a new opportunity. How do you get them and what do you do […]
5 Strategies for Building Resiliency Professionally
Let’s be honest—you can’t eliminate stress from your personal or professional life. It’s going to exist, in one form or another, whether good stress or bad stress. Most people don’t think of stress ever being a good thing, but there are many things in life that can still add elements of stress to our every […]
Employee Satisfaction: Giving Your Employees the Attention They Need!
If superstar employees don’t believe that they’re growing in their current position and working toward something bigger and better, then they’re going to think about leaving. That’s why you absolutely need to know what their professional needs and career goals are.
What Are You Worth in Today’s Market?
What are you worth in today’s market? A general principle for financial success in the stock market is to buy low and sell high. When that rule of thumb is applied to your career, it means that you should stay put in a poor job market and be open to making a move during a […]
What’s Your Plan? Making Passive Candidates, Exceptional Employees
Now that you’ve established your process for hiring passive candidates (and that it’s different than your process for active job seekers), it’s time to address the importance of having a workforce plan for implementing that process for the purpose of hiring exceptional people.
An 11-Letter Word for Building Your Professional Online Identity
Are you an early adopter? This marketing term that defines a set group of individuals that are willing to jump in also applies to job seekers. They’re the people that are shouting from the pool “Come on in, the water’s fine!” Are these thoughts running through your mind?
Audit Your Process for Hiring Passive Candidates
There are distinct differences between a passive candidate and an active job seeker—their motivation, their approach, how they’ll respond during the recruiting and hiring process, etc. These differences are often easy to forget at the beginning of the process, but they should not be forgotten.
What The Matrix, Your Online Presence, and Your Career Have In Common
You should have more than just an online presence. You should have an online identity. The first place that potential employers often meet you isn’t in the real world . . . it’s in “the Matrix” (i.e., on the Internet).
Employers Providing THESE 5 Things Attract Top Talent
Ultimately, you want to give superstar candidates reasons to work for you . . . not reasons not to. Make sure your recruitment team is well equipped to offer top talent the very best. Ask yourself the following questions about your company, to see if they’re ready to recruit the best!