Posts Tagged ‘Decisions’
It’s Tricky
It’s Tricky This may sound like ‘preaching to the choir’ but…the smaller your company and its staff, or the bigger and more critical the job, or a combination of those things, the greater the need for a disciplined and thoughtful process leading to the ultimate decision. The interviewing process and reference checking, and hiring processes…
Read MoreWhat’s Your Gut Feeling
What’s Your Gut Feeling Those of us in the staffing industry have heard many times about the use of quantifiable metrics in the process of finding suitable candidates for positions we’ve been retained to fill. That is important, certainly, since those metrics tell us about the measurable results a prospective candidate brings with him…
Read MoreAre you Prepared?
Are you prepared? The Tennessean, a Nashville newspaper, recently published an article that identified a Nashville company, Emma, which offers sabbaticals to employees. Sabbaticals are more thought of in an educational or religious setting but this is an interesting concept which might just be the key to standing out in the crowd of employers seeking…
Read MoreOne Bite at a Time – (New Years’ Resolutions)
One Bite at a Time – (New Years’ Resolutions) New Years’ resolutions begin to flow into our minds as we see the numbers changing from the old year to the New Year. Many of us are, by nature, procrastinators and as the result we tend to rely on these seismic changes such as the…
Read MoreA Bad Time to Search?
A Bad Time to Search? We are in the holiday season and there is a significant concern on the parts of many as to whether a search for qualified candidates is worthwhile or not during this season. We believe that this can be one of the very best times for searching out the ideal candidate.…
Read MoreThat One Decision
That One Decision… “Some of the worst decisions I’ve made in a business sense have been related to hiring and firing.” That is something that almost any business owner or manager could say…and likely may have said a number of times. That decision, almost without regard to the level of the position in a company,…
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