One of the best ways for a business to supplement their workforce is through the use of freelancers. This allows a business to shrink or grow their workforce based on the demands of the business. It is a cost-effective way to operate, but it does have some issues that can cause problems if not handled properly. Among those issues is how to manage the freelancers that work for the business.…

If you haven’t read Part 1 of our 3-part series on understanding your recruiting website’s audience, I highly recommend you take the time to familiarize yourself with the importance of identifying the audience for your firm’s digital services. It is important…

Building on our article last month about Job Hoppers, companies have the opportunity to decrease turnover by implementing the valuable practice of the “Stay Interview” with current employees.  This is certainly not a brand-new concept, but…

Following the recent purchase of my last company I’ve been spending a bit of time talking to other businesses about working with them and it’s been quite surprising how much the businesses have focused on what I can do for them and not what they can do for me.

Yes, if you’re looking to hire someone to come and do some work for you, absolutely you need to find out if they can do the job. For me…

Recruiters from different spheres tend to divide job seekers into three well-known groups: Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Millennials. It’s easy to discern members of each group by certain characteristics.

There is no stereotype, according to which employers favor a certain group. Still, it’s important to adjust the job search strategies to the peculiarities of the…

In part 5 of my Sourcecon posts we will discuss the things that came from the Programing track and general sessions.

So Steven Jiang of Hiretual spoke about creating a chrome extension, He gave an easy overview of a chrome ext. Then He spoke about HTML, CSS, and JS. He gave a link to source code you can download at…

Employees are a company’s greatest asset. Finding new business for your first product is a thousand times easier than making your first few hires. In the beginning especially, you and your founding few have to be engineer, biz-dev, and janitor all at once. This is…

In recent years, there has been a greater push toward getting kids interested in math and science. While not everyone has interest in those subjects, proficiency in those areas can help you improve your career prospects. How does an understanding of math and science help prepare you for a career?

Business Requires That You Know Your Numbers

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Sometimes it’s tough to pull the trigger.  This candidate fits, well enough, but we’re not excited about them.  Maybe we can find better.

That’s fine, and a good reason not to pull the trigger.  Just make sure that you are aware of the risk.  If you look for someone better, a candidate that wows you, you may lose this one.  Every situation is different, but if the risk of losing this candidate is something you can deal with then you probably don’t want them at all.…