Category Archives: Effective Hiring

These 5 Questions Are Keeping You From Getting Hired

by Richard Sellers June 2, 2016June 2, 2016 Potential employers have five questions that marketing executives need to answer on the road to getting hired: 1. What are you going to do for me? This is not a simple question. You must understand the personal motivation of each person asking the question to successfully answer … Continue reading These 5 Questions Are Keeping You From Getting Hired →

3 Questions Most Staffing Firms Fail to Ask

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by Kevin O’Brien May 31, 2016May 31, 2016 Here are some common questions that likely float around your staffing firm: What’s our gross margin look like this week? Are we on track with our revenue goal this quarter? Is our fill-ratio still above the industry average? How’s our placement number looking? The reason these questions … Continue reading 3 Questions Most Staffing Firms Fail to Ask →

Strengthen Your Hiring by Recruiting for Potential, Not Direct Work Experience

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by Sunil Bagai May 26, 2016 Follow @ZenithtalentMay 26, 2016 Obsessing over candidates’ direct work experience instead of their potential could be sabotaging your recruitment efforts. We’ve entered an era where more professionals are changing their career paths, and where the young generation makes up the majority of the labor force. Do Millennials have much … Continue reading Strengthen Your Hiring by Recruiting for Potential, Not Direct Work Experience →

3 Reasons New Hires Fail (And How You Can Encourage Success)

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by Rachel Clapp Miller May 24, 2016 Follow @ContentRachelMay 24, 2016 When a new hire fails to catch on with your sales team, it is a financial burden. It can also hurt the morale of your existing staff. Recognizing and guarding against the more common causes of new hire failure improves your chances of routinely … Continue reading 3 Reasons New Hires Fail (And How You Can Encourage Success) →

5 Questions to Consider Before Joining a Business Accelerator

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by Andrew Raso May 24, 2016 Follow @marketinggurus3May 24, 2016 Years ago, starting a new business was a do-it-yourself exploration of the unknown. It was a process of experimenting and wandering toward success, rather than following any particular set of guidelines. Development was a trial-and-error process. Professional help and mentoring were hard to find – … Continue reading 5 Questions to Consider Before Joining a Business Accelerator →

Your Experience And Qualifications Are Not Differentiators!

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by Kristina Jaramillo May 22, 2016 Follow @GetLinkedInHelpMay 22, 2016 I recently started a discussion within different LinkedIn groups where I asked consultants, sales, and marketing leaders how they were differentiating themselves from others in their industry. One consultant mentioned that her differentiation was defined by her extensive experience and her successful professional achievements, which … Continue reading Your Experience And Qualifications Are Not Differentiators! →

Are There Biases in Your Recruiting Practices?

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by Rick Goodman May 12, 2016 Follow @DrRickGoodmanMay 12, 2016 I know that none of us want to believe we are in any way prejudiced—but let’s be honest: As human beings, we all have our biases, our opinions, our perceptions. As much as we might resist, these things can all cloud our judgment and impact … Continue reading Are There Biases in Your Recruiting Practices? →

Why 95% of Companies Make Bad Hires

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by Suzanna Colberg May 11, 2016May 11, 2016 It’s no secret that an unrefined hiring process can cost an organization thousands, or even millions of dollars annually. Additionally, as much as 80% of employee turnover stems from bad hiring decisions, according to the Harvard Business Review. The good news is if you’ve made some hiring … Continue reading Why 95% of Companies Make Bad Hires →

The Competitive Advantage of Employing a Full-Stack Designer

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by Kyle Wong May 3, 2016 Follow @kwong47May 3, 2016 The tech community loves to use a variety of adjectives and nouns to describe its talent: the “A” Players, 10Xers, rockstars, ninjas, game-changers, world-class, etc. All of these descriptors denote great people make great companies. In an HBR article, Michael Schrage from MIT says, “great … Continue reading The Competitive Advantage of Employing a Full-Stack Designer →

Hire Smarter, Not Harder

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by Cord Himelstein April 30, 2016 Follow @mcfrecognitionApril 30, 2016 As much as we might not like to admit it, our career paths are heavily influence by sheer luck and happenstance, i.e., knowing someone who can give us a referral, or simply being in the right place at the right time. But that doesn’t mean … Continue reading Hire Smarter, Not Harder →