Posts Tagged ‘WFA’
You Don’t Need a “YES” Man
This quote from a famous ‘name’ jumped out at me and provoked some serious thought: When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. ~ William Wrigley Jr. What struck me was the opposite of what the quotation was telling us. If we never have competing opinions in our businesses would we…
Read MoreExperience VS Pay
Experience VS Pay We find the following quotation to be a truism in our business for it is the experience gained that hones the skills that lead to a better income for virtually all of us: In the business world, everyone is paid in two coins: cash and experience. Take the experience first; the cash…
Read MoreProblems Create Opportunities
Problems Create Opportunities How many times have you wondered why your company seems to need more problem-solving than other companies with which you are familiar? Those other companies’ leaders may be having the same questions running through their minds too. BUT… what if your conflicts disappeared? What would you do to improve if you were…
Read MoreListening to Every Word
Listening to Every Word Listening is important. We all know that. But, many of us don’t demonstrate that we know listening is important. We are busy preparing a response rather than listening to every word spoken and to watching how the speaker is acting while he or she is talking. We may miss the opportunity…
Read MoreSearching For Candidates
Searching for Candidates We are in the business of finding people for other people who need particular skills and backgrounds for their own enterprises. We are able to find good people and one of the reasons for that is found in the following quotation attributed to Bill Cosby: “There’s no labor a man can…
Read MoreThe Midas Touch
The Midas Touch The ‘reverse Midas touch’ seems to be present on a regular basis in many aspects of life. What we touch does not always turn into gold. Sometimes it turns into ‘stuff’ we’d rather not have anything to do with but are often confronted with having no choice in the matter. There…
Read MoreFinding a Job is like Running a Marathon
Finding a job is like Running a Marathon! I received a call last week from a great candidate, Jim, he had just completed an interview. The candidate said it went great and he expected a job offer. Sounds great I thought. So, I called the client and asked how it went? The client said great…
Read MoreIt’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 MoreLearning from our mistakes
Learning From Our Mistakes “I learned that good judgment comes from experience and that experience grows out of mistakes.” Omar Bradley, General, U.S. Army This quotation caught my attention. I began to think about it and about how I had made more than a few mistakes along the pathway to where I am today. That…
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