Firing up the troops is temporary.  Promoting positive thinking, PMA, and rah rah type motivation will provide a short term boost.  But a short term boost is not what we are after.

Process works.  Strategy, focus, and putting the pieces in place to accomplish something works.

Fire up if it makes you and the team feel good, but don’t forget the process.

Todd Kmiec…

On Oct 31st a new NYC law around salary fairness goes into effect. The law says that you cannot ask a prospective candidate about their salary history. The intent is that you will not offer a candidate a new salary based on their prior salary history and the goal is to minimize salary inequality - especially between men and women. You can read more about the law …

Encouraging diversity in the workplace is one of the most important things that any company can do. Many studies show that companies that emphasize diversity perform better than those that do not. There are various people who live all over the world who have great levels of talent. With more technology than ever before, it should be easier…

Employees agree that modern leaders suffer from an acute lack of fairness, sincerity, communicativeness and willingness. These are traits and behaviours that employees rarely see in their bosses and mention most often. Poor level of these qualities in management is key driver for employee dissatisfaction and disappointment.…

Remember the times when people raved about social networks for giving everyone a voice and changing world for the better? One inspired activist can take Twitter by storm and gather an army of supporters, one discriminated person could call out sexism, fat-shaming or racism and be heard, igniting heated discussion of the highest levels.

Well, whatever the good things might be,…

In part 4 of my Sourcecon posts, we will discuss the things that came from the George Bool track and general sessions. We will deal with day 2 in this post.

Leading off day 2 of the George Bool and the general session was Stacy Zapar. Stacy spoke a lot about 2007 and how things were then, a lot of job boards etc. Then she talks about the intake meeting…

Sales roles may be some of the oldest positions in business, but that doesn’t mean sales techniques have remained the same. Over the years a number of innovations have come and gone, some destined to remain brief fads while others have ingrained themselves into the fabric of a sales professional’s process. When evaluating which sales industry trends to adopt,…

A boomerang employee, the term for an employee who returns to a company after leaving for a period of time. In the past, if an employee left, that was the end of the relationship and both parties went their separate ways. But with the labor market shrinking and the world even more connected, are businesses closing the door on opportunities due to an outdated…

Finding a career isn’t always easy. It can be especially difficult when looking for the right career that you are passionate about and plan on staying with well into the future. Life can go by and before you know it, you may find yourself stuck in a not so…

Because Payroll companies most often come into the mix well after an employee has been selected this process should be performed at the Client level, by the person or people that are most involved in selecting candidates.

What are Boomerang Employees and Why Should I Care?

Earlier this year in our Employment Market Outlook 2017, we referenced the increase in…

Last week on Hire Power Radio Show, Rick Girard talked with Sean Ferrel to discuss the trials and errors of building his company with first hires and how he designed his interview process based on themes learned through baseball.

There are several advantages to be had by pursuing a career within the industry of commercial analytics. From obtaining the skills, training and certifications that will allow applicants to become more attractive candidates for a future position to ensuring a more…

Are you reaching all the clients and candidates you can? Are you making as many placements as you could? We’ve spent a great amount of space throughout our various articles discussing best practices to give your website the best look and feel. We’ve also made more than our fair share of suggestions as to the technologies you should be integrating with your recruiting…

65 million isn’t just the number of years that have passed since the extinction of the dinosaurs. It’s also the number of Americans who live in a community with less than one physician for every 3,500 people. Now, whether you’re a doctor or not, can you imagine having over 3,500 patients? Why are there areas where the…

These are the top fifteen programming languages on Github, the top site where engineers collaborate on creating software. Scroll down on the advanced search dialog  and you will see the lo-o-o-o-ong choice of the languages, starting with the 24 most popular, then, listing "everything else":

Github also offers to search for languages using the…

If you’re planning to attend medical school, you’ve likely given some thought to when you should take the MCAT. According to U.S. News and World Report, medical students should plan to spend about six months preparing for the MCAT before actually taking the test. With classes and other obligations, it makes sense to start early to ensure you have enough time to study. Follow…

Recent reports show that we are experiencing a wage growth barbell.  Wage growth on the far ends of the income spectrum.  So the highest paying industry, Information Technology, is experiencing wage growth while the lowest paying industry, Leisure and Hospitality, is also seeing wage growth.

This signifies broad based wage growth across the spectrum.  If this holds, it should lead to real economic growth.  A solid improvement in business conditions.…

Every office is a microcosm all of its own. The same bunch of people turn up week after week, to work under high pressure towards a fixed goal – it’s no wonder if they all start to act and talk like each other. In-jokes and nicknames that make no sense outside of those four walls become the order of the day.

Yet a handful of office-speak phrases seem to have crossed cultures from one office to another and another…  until they have become clichés that people everywhere recognize – even…