Are Passive Job Seekers the Answer?

When your company is struggling to find the right candidates how can you stop the insanity of reviewing hundreds of unqualified resumes? Have you ever considered hiring a passive job seeker for your opening? A passive job seeker is someone currently employed and not actively seeking a new opportunity. But how do you find these… Read more »

Limit Turnover by Hiring a Diverse Staff

Far too often, hiring managers fall into a trap by hiring people who remind them of themselves. This leads to a homogenized environment where everyone tends to think the same so there are few discussions and disagreements that can lead to true innovation. The statistics are startling that companies who do not focus on diversity… Read more »

Use Mobile To Find Talented Candidates

Statistics show that a high percentage of working adults connect to the Internet solely through their smart phones and other electronic devices. Knowing this information, it is important that businesses target potential employees through these channels. How can your company have a digital presence so you can be found and impress the right candidates? Here… Read more »

Should You Hire Millennials for Management Positions?

Millennials, or Generation Y, are entering the workforce at a rapid pace. Many managers from other generations are finding it difficult to keep up with the increased demands from their younger employees. Many younger employees are expecting collaboration and flexibility that haven’t been seen in the workplace before. Now older millennials have reached the stage… Read more »

Risk Manager Jobs in Dallas | Salary Breakdown

Risk management is an essential role for a number of industries. Without the available talent to understand and assess risk, it may be difficult for some organizations to avoid it. If you’re looking for a risk management position in the Dallas area, here are some things to keep in mind when it comes to your… Read more »

Why are You Losing Top Candidates?

Has the application and interviewing process caused you anxiety in your business? There are so many reasons for not being able to find just the right candidate. However, one reason that many companies don’t consider is their hiring process itself. Before blaming the talent pool or outside factors now might be a good time to… Read more »

Hiring Nightmares to Avoid: Not Acting Quickly in a Candidate Driven Market

The job market has changed forever. During the recession, jobs were lost and many never returned to the business landscape. As new jobs were created and companies began to pick up hiring steam once again, the market turned from employer-driven to a new candidate-driven experience. Unlike the job boom in the 90s, this market looks… Read more »

How to Write a Great LinkedIn Recommendation

The LinkedIn recommendation may never replace old fashioned work references but they are surely making the process easier for employers and their potential employees. When you’re writing a recommendation for someone what are some of the rules and requirements? How do you write a good paragraph without feeling rushed or disingenuous?  Here are a few… Read more »

Hiring Nightmares to Avoid: It’s About the Salary

Before you make your next hiring decision, consider this very sticky trap: the question of salary. While there are many possible nightmares including poor onboarding and a bad company culture fit, salary is probably one of the easiest to solve. Here are a few tips and thoughts about calculating a new employee salary and hiring… Read more »

Improve Your Job Descriptions to Land Top Talent

You are probably required by your Human Resources department to make sure that a proper job description is on file for each of your employees. Many managers slog through the process and develop very dry and legal sounding documents. However, when advertising for a job it is too easy to copy these lackluster descriptions into… Read more »