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June 2013

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June 28, 2013

5 Reasons A Positive Company Culture Brand Will Help Improve Recruitment

Your company’s brand is important. It focuses on creating a reputation for your organization. Companies that want to stand out more are taking a more of a wholesome approach though, and are creating a culture brand for their companies. What is a company culture? Company culture is made up values,…
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June 26, 2013

Social Media — A Recruiter’s Favorite Tool

Recruiters have been using social media as a tool for recruiting for a few years, yes, but most companies aren’t using it the way ePrize did as a way of hiring a new employee. Samantha Bankey, who is a recent college graduate, was following ePrize on all of their social…
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June 26, 2013

5 Trends That Are Changing the Workplace

Forgive me, those of you who are under 40: Remember when you kept a letter-opener next to your stapler? You’d return from lunch to a big pile of (gasp) envelopes bearing resumes and cover letters and correspondence of all kinds. Today, whenever I bemoan the number of emails in my…
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June 25, 2013

Future Workforce: Not Enough College Degrees in Forecast

Here's something to think about ... Research tells us that 65 percent of U.S. jobs will require some form of post secondary education by 2020 - but fewer than 40 percent of Americans are educated beyond high school today. That statistic, from a recent study by the Lumina Foundation, is…
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June 25, 2013

E-Tip: What Makes or Breaks a Work Environment?

If you’re an employer, maintaining a great company culture is important for success. I’ve frequently heard five issues that employees consider when evaluating their workplaces. Whether you’re running a business or working for one, these are points you should consider. Does management deliver on its promises? Many times things can…
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June 24, 2013

How to Write a Job Description that Doesn’t Suck

That’s an attention-getting headline, isn’t it?  The article it refers to delivers on its provocative title; too bad more job descriptions do not. Manny Medina, CEO of GroupTalent, offers great tips to help us craft better job descriptions, and he turns some conventional wisdom on its head, including suggesting that we start…
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June 21, 2013

The Big Picture Is the New Micro-Management

I’ve heard it, and you’ve heard it: What is your management style? Micro-management or macro-management? It seems as if we’re talking about the ancient war between good and evil at times. Fear not. Recent shifts in human resource analytics have revealed that the big picture might be the way to…
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June 21, 2013

Interview Techniques: Gauging Authenticity of Candidates

Employers and hiring managers can tell you hundreds of candidate-interview situations where the interviewee was visibly shaking. Unfortunately it’s just part of the process, they’ll say. And it is. There is valuable insight to be gained from the one-on-one sit downs, but it’s a matter of knowing what to look…
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June 20, 2013

E-Tip: Take Performance Reviews Seriously

E-Tip: Take Performance Reviews Seriously This entry is the first in a series of “E-Tips” that I’d like to share with both employers and candidates. In the years I've spent in executive search, I’ve learned valuable lessons (both easily and the hard way). Several times a week I'll provide you…
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