A colleague of mine works directly with employers trying to fill open positions. Recently, one of the employers he was beginning to work with expressed his frustration about hiring. “How can I find candidates who want to work for me? What can I do?” I told my colleague I was beginning to dive deeper at… Read more »
“Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Mark Twain I heard two polar-opposite comments related to people and their jobs last week. First, I heard a crazy statistic on the radio. Eighty percent of employees seriously start to consider looking for another job… Read more »
How often do you think about what the people you list as a reference say about you? I am guessing not often. For many of us, we think about our references only when we are looking for a new job. And even then, we quickly mentally scan our friends and colleagues list in our heads… Read more »
I am going to say some words that put together terrify many employers. Here we go: Formerly incarcerated people need employment. I know by starting off with those words I have already lost some of you. But don’t go. Hear me out. I had an opportunity last week to participate with other HR and business… Read more »
7 seconds. That’s how much time you get to make a first impression. And we are often reminded to make great first impressions, especially in certain situations – job interviews, meeting future in-laws, networking events, etc.. But what about our second, third, fourth, and subsequent impressions? Shouldn’t these be “good” as well? The answer is… Read more »
When I work with job search clients, I ask them to talk about their career or personal accomplishments. Many start telling me about what they did wrong instead of what they did right. Some quickly respond “I can’t think of any.” Or they just stare. At this point, I ask them to spend time working… Read more »
It’s a tough job market out there for employers. Full employment. Lack of skilled candidates. Socioeconomic factors starting to keep potential job seekers in their current role. Finding the right candidate can be tough. To make it worse, many potential job candidates enter the mayhem of hiring unprepared, unpracticed, or unable to handle the basics of… Read more »