Karl Sakas — March 15, 2017 Follow @KarlSakas— March 15, 2017 Write a job description before you post the job! Here’s how to be strategic. Writing a job description before you post the job is important, because the description will guide your agency’s search. Even if you are hiring internally, the job description will help … Continue reading Make Better Hires By Writing Better Job Descriptions
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10 Factors That Determine a Great Hire’s Personal Brand
by Personal Branding BlogSeptember 23, 2016 What do you look for when evaluating potential employees’ personal brands? The following answers are provided by members of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC), an invite-only organization comprised of the world’s most promising young entrepreneurs. In partnership with Citi, YEC recently launched BusinessCollective, a free virtual mentorship program that helps … Continue reading 10 Factors That Determine a Great Hire’s Personal Brand
5 Reasons Your New Hires Are Failing
by Sandra HessAugust 30, 2016 Nearly every business owner and hiring manager is guilty of making choices that negatively impact their quality of hire. We’ve discussed it before – some 95 percent of the employers have admitted to recently making a bad hiring choice. But these poor decisions don’t just cause monetary damage. Bad hires … Continue reading 5 Reasons Your New Hires Are Failing
How to Onboard New BDR Hires
by Andrew TateAugust 16, 2016 It’s easy to say you need great onboarding. It’s more difficult in reality. On top of that, it’s easy for growing companies to push an onboarding strategy low on the list of priorities. This can be a fatal mistake. Bad onboarding can have lasting repercussions that continue to have a … Continue reading How to Onboard New BDR Hires
3 Reasons New Hires Fail (And How You Can Encourage Success)
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)
Why 95% of Companies Make Bad Hires
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
Qualities to Look for in Marketing Hires
by Zach Heller March 23, 2016 Follow @zhellerMarch 23, 2016 Looking to hire someone for your marketing team? When the time comes to bring someone on board, the first thing you must do is decide what role they will fill. What will their daily responsibilities be? What company goals will they be responsible for helping … Continue reading Qualities to Look for in Marketing Hires
7 Strategies to Prevent Bad Hires
by Michael Hintz February 26, 2016 Follow @NLCMikeFebruary 26, 2016 What are the costs of a bad hire? Nearly everyone in business has a personal story to tell about the damage caused by someone they hired that did not perform as they expected. There are certainly many reasons for poor performance that are out of … Continue reading 7 Strategies to Prevent Bad Hires
You’re Making Quality Hires… Find Out Who They Are
Tom GimbelJune 28, 2015 Tim Sackett, SPHR, recently wrote an interesting blog post about ‘highly selective’ employers. Many employers take pride in their rate of hiring compared to their volume of applications. Yet citing research from Time Magazine about selective universities, Sackett questioned whether quantity of applications was an accurate measure of selectivity or quality … Continue reading You’re Making Quality Hires… Find Out Who They Are
In PR Tailspin, Sony Hires Real-Life Olivia Pope
Judy Smith’s list of Scandal-esque clients include Monica Lewsinky, NFL quarterback Michael Vick, and the World Health Organization. By Chris Gayomali Sony Entertainment is still reeling from cyber-attacks that leaked hundreds of gigabytes of private emails and other internal documents for the public to comb through. Now to deal with its PR nightmare, The Hollywood … Continue reading In PR Tailspin, Sony Hires Real-Life Olivia Pope