Category: Recruiting

Top 5 Reasons Employees Leave Companies: From the Mouths of the Job Seekers

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 »

Would You Use the Word “Love” to Describe Your Current Job?

“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 »

Hiring and the Formerly Incarcerated Job Candidate: Listen, Listen, Listen

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 »

Hiring Process: Make More than a Good First Impression

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 »

Even in today’s job market, doing these 4 things will still not get you hired

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 »