What to Look for When Reviewing a Resume
If you’re a recruiter, hiring manager or business owner, you know that time is a challenge when it comes to reviewing the resumes and job applications you’ve received. The sheer volume can be overwhelming. Whether you’re doing an initial quick scan of a resume or taking a deeper dive, it helps to know just exactly what you […]
How to Attract the Best Talent for Your Company
The applications are coming in. The resumes look promising. But when interviewing candidates, you’re just not finding the right fit. We hear this a lot from our clients, along with similar complaints that although the interviews went well, the new hires are not living up to expectations. While there is no magic wand you can […]
What Is a Great Candidate Experience?
As both a staffing / recruiting specialist and a career coach, we have a bird’s eye view of the candidate experience – and boy is it enlightening. Some of the application stories we hear from career transition clients are incredibly frustrating, but they do offer valuable learning experiences to share with my corporate clients. A bad candidate experience […]
How to Support Employee Career Development
Employers who invest in developing their current team members have better retention rates. This is true across different industries and companies of varying sizes. However, leadership does not always recognize this trend. At one company, if an employee left for a better opportunity, it was because they were a millennial who did not value loyalty. […]
7 Types of Non-Monetary Incentives for Employees
By Kimberly Kafafian Some of the worst career decisions I made were for bumps in my paycheck. Even worse, there was a direct correlation between more money and more misery. I remember sitting at my desk, working for a then Fortune 100 company thinking, “What had I done?” (That particular company paid employees 40% higher […]