ExactHire Recruiting
MAY 23, 2013
We’ve covered a lot in this blog series — a variety of ways to make your hiring process more efficient. At the same time, I’m very fond of pointing out to our clients that this process still ultimately boils down to people hiring people. As obvious as that sounds, it’s easy to be misled by various solutions in the talent acquisition space that seem intent on turning hiring into another algorithm.
Staffing Talk
MAY 3, 2013
'The interviewee steps tentatively into your office, hat (figuratively or literally) in hand. You offer your hand and his sweaty palms shake it a little too hard. You beckon him to sit, and he does ever-so-gingerly, as if he could break your chair if he’s not careful. His eagerness to please seems to be making him extra nervous, even jittery. (At any rate, you’re hoping that’s the only thing making him jittery!).
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Hiring Thing
MAY 21, 2013
'In an age where businesses are competing in the global marketplace, employees are expected to deal with foreign partners, clients, suppliers and investors. Business executives are increasingly required to be global in the way they think and function.
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Bersin
MAY 25, 2013
Earlier this year we launched the 2013 Corporate Learning Factbook, and the numbers are striking. US training organizations grew their spending by 12% in 2012 with similar growth rates expected in 2013. This is the highest growth rate in the last 8 years. Why the high growth? Companies realize that despite the high levels of unemployment in […].
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ExactHire Recruiting
MAY 1, 2013
Much of what I’ve addressed in my Improve Your Hiring Process blog series to this point has been about bringing efficiency and structure to your hiring process. Not to discount that by any means, as larger groups of unqualified applicants for open positions makes this more important than ever. But, ever think about why so many unqualified applicants end up in your pool?
ExactHire Recruiting
MAY 17, 2013
If you are in the manufacturing industry then you’ve likely had to make some critical changes to your applicant selection process over the past few years. As a whole, the industry has been surviving rather than thriving, with a skills gap caused by fewer new graduates in technical fields available to meet the needs of positions requiring technical skills.
ExactHire Recruiting
MAY 13, 2013
Recently I received an article forwarded from a friend that discussed applicants charging companies for their time during the interview process. Sounds a bit outlandish on the surface, doesn’t it? In summary, the article, “Ask The Headhunter: Should Employers Pay to Interview You?” (by Nick Corcodilos) is really about managing expectations. There are tons of questions that could be asked if this were a serious threat: What if you had to pay applicants for their time once they made it past
Staffing Talk
MAY 17, 2013
'Hatch Staffing Services sees your Bike to Work Week and raises you a half marathon. Seriously. Almost a third of Hatch staffers ran a half marathon last year. So when they hopped on their bikes last Monday for National Bike to Work Week , that peculiar blend of exercise, work, and team building was quite familiar to them. (That’s not to say that it went down without a hitch … read their blog for an account of the “fallen soldier.”).
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Staffing Talk
MAY 6, 2013
'Nowadays, there are only two kinds of people: those who are eager to teach personal branding, and those who are eager to learn. We’re knee-deep in how-to’s which unanimously tout personal branding as a “must,” a “should,” a no-brainer. Curiously, the practice has escaped any kind of scrutiny. Of course, this is the natural byproduct of professional worlds colliding with personal spheres.
Staffing Talk
MAY 24, 2013
'“For every action there’s an equal and opposite re action … except in hiring.”. – Anonymous Staffing Proverb. I’ve been racking my brain for weeks trying to think of which staffer told me this sage piece of wisdom, and today I’ve officially given up … but that’s not stopping me from sharing it. It’s just too good an anecdote not to share. So, wise staffer, if you’re out there somewhere reading this and becoming enraged for not receiving credit, feel free to yell at me.
Staffing Talk
MAY 2, 2013
'We’re living in an era of quirky perks, from company climbing walls to gourmet in-house chefs. It seems everywhere you look, a high profile company is one-upping their competitor not with the number of zeroes in their salary (or even their benefits), but with perks. But what about average, small-to-mid-size companies? What exactly are they offering?
Staffing Talk
MAY 10, 2013
'I haven’t had many run-ins with recruiters and the staffing industry. Much like Kinzy, I was unaware it even existed until a few years ago. But on a few choice occasions, recruiters have contacted me as a candidate for whatever placement they need to fill. Today was one of those occasions. And, boy oh boy, was this guy AWFUL. Admittedly, one recruiter who reached out to me in the past was pretty decent.
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Staffing Talk
MAY 7, 2013
'Let me get this out of the way right from the start. I really dig Pope Francis. From his washing the feet of women on Maundy Thursday to living in a guesthouse instead of the near-hedonistic papal suites, I find him inspiring. And his frugality and personal financial management should bring a chuckle to any staffing owner who has had to pinch pennies to make it through tough times.
Staffing Talk
MAY 2, 2013
'In the rapidly changing business world, you need to evolve or die. So, naturally, change is a part of business and I’ve got news for you: not all changes will be welcomed and successful; some will fall flat on their faces while everyone you care about is watching. When that happens, how you react is of the utmost importance. Imagine it being like your pants dropped in the high school cafeteria and everyone points and laughs.
Staffing Talk
MAY 7, 2013
'Over the last few decades we’ve seen several U.S. cities and markets doing everything they can to recruit a young and talented workforce. For “hip,” “in” places like Portland, San Francisco, Austin, and Denver/Boulder, it comes easy; but for others it’s a continual struggle. The reason? No one wants to live there. So much like a staffer trying to snag an ideal candidate for a client, they have to get creative.
Staffing Talk
MAY 17, 2013
'By popular demand, Staffing Talk has been following every new development the Affordable Care Act can dish out because, as readers like you have made clear, it’s kinda a big deal to staffing. Unfortunately it’s been a little while since we’ve had an update for you, and because of that you’ve sent in a barrage of emails and comments calling for more.
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Staffing Talk
MAY 31, 2013
'Hiring isn’t just about finding talent for your company; it’s about helping ideal candidates find the best suited positions within your company. Hiring also means making sure that potential candidates or new hires come into contact with the right people to help foster their professional growth and success. For most business owners or recruiters, this translates into facilitating mentoring opportunities by being a connector point for the employee and experts.
Staffing Talk
MAY 17, 2013
'“If you can learn the art of making something from nothing in this world, by leveraging the resources of the universe, you will never want for anything because you can always make more.”. Those words were uttered by Dr. Rajiv Tandon, or as I call him, the Wise Man From The East. The Indian-born engineer and educator is Chairman, President & CEO of Adayana , a global organizational performance improvement provider.
Staffing Talk
MAY 22, 2013
'When federal officials and lawmakers drafted the Affordable Care Act legislation, the hope was that the law would enrich health care benefits. However, because they left the definition of employer-sponsored coverage somewhat vague, it is now apparently opening the door to some unexpected interpretations. The result? Limited health care plans that may be sufficient to satisfy the law, but don’t offer key benefits to workers such as hospital coverage.
Staffing Talk
MAY 15, 2013
'(This post was originally published Sept. 3, 2006, but this will always be great advice for a start-up entrepreneur.). These “advice wanted” posts appeared on Slashdot.org from user Shaper_pmp. You asked, so I’ll tell … “I’m the CEO of the company and my salary is less than $60K/year. My techs are paid hourly — sometimes, during rough periods, they get paid more than I do.
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Staffing Talk
MAY 10, 2013
'Normally I’m just after the math types, but this kid dishes it out Malcolm X style and is destined to change the world. In defense of the teacher who is accused of ‘collecting a paycheck … by handing out packets’, she’s polite enough as he rants, and we don’t really know from the video how she teaches. She wouldn’t be the first one to unfairly take it on the chin from an adolescent.
Staffing Talk
MAY 6, 2013
'Of all the irksome recent trends, perhaps the one that horrifies us the most right now is Résumé Tweeting. The Wall Street Journal lays out this skin-crawling trend in a few mere sentences: Twitter is becoming the new job board. It is also becoming the new résumé. Fed up with traditional recruiting sites and floods of irrelevant résumés, some recruiters are turning to the social network to post jobs, hunt for candidates, and research applicants.
Staffing Talk
MAY 1, 2013
'It’s not often that I get the opportunity to chat with one of the many talented developers here at TempWorks (they’re always so busy working on the next new and exciting tech project), but when I do I always come away thinking we just mentally invented “The Next Big Thing.” Such was the case with my recent chat with Joe DeCock. Joe’s sister, he tells me, is a substitute teacher out on the West Coast.
Staffing Talk
MAY 25, 2013
'“The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” ? George Orwell , Animal Farm. Perhaps someone can explain to me the difference between a union and a temp agency. As it stands, as I look from union to agency, agency to union, and from union to agency again, but already it is impossible to say which was which.
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Staffing Talk
MAY 24, 2013
'Innovation is essential for business growth. We can all agree with that, right? But how and where and when and whom is less clear, as a generational shift is taking place today. Baby boomers, many of whom have been tied to the ‘old way’ of doing business, are starting to step down from their leadership roles, or sell their companies, to retire. So real opportunity exists for organizations who know how to encourage and foster innovation in their work environments.
Staffing Talk
MAY 14, 2013
'Ever since Barack’s State of the Union speech , states have been moving on proposals to raise their minimum wage from $7.25 to around $9 an hour. At the moment Barack called for it, 19 states already had minimum wage standards above $7.25. But now, that number is skyrocketing. New York is talking about going to $9 by 2015. Michigan and Illinois are both talking $10.
Staffing Talk
MAY 20, 2013
'(This post was originally published July 2, 2009.). Amazon is reinventing the book industry with its Kindle product and cannibalizing its own printed book market along the way. You should be thinking the same way about your recruitment company. As much as I’ve been a fan of Borders, Barnes & Noble and Amazon.com itself, paper books are going the way of the rest of print media.
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