Many businesses overlook their company culture, especially while making good profits each quarter. A strong, inviting culture can keep your employees bonded and happy, and draw new talent to your business. If you don’t want to leave your culture up to chance, make sure you revive it. These simple tips can help you breathe life into an otherwise stale company…

Have you played Peak? It’s a brain game you can download on iTunes or…

Once upon a time, remote workers were seen as people who sit in their pajamas on the couch, half-working from their laptop while watching TV. Today, teleworking has reached a peak with more than 37% of…

Today, learning how to convert PSD to HTML is easy. There are numerous tutorials on the web, most of which are free. In case you do not want to delve into PSD to HTML…

It's the kind of letter you don't want to send or receive:

"First, on behalf of the entire Simply Hired team I would like to thank you for your partnership. We have appreciated working with you and your clients.  I am writing you to let you know that the Company is in the process of ceasing operations and winding down and, as a result,…

I genuinely think I am a nice guy. I try to be at least, and so when I was contacted by a Marketing "Professional" (note the quotations) who had read one of my posts and asked for a brief call I did what nice guys do, agreed to give her a few moments of my time…

Finding passive candidates in a tight labor market can be challenging. What is even more challenging is finding executives who will work for less and sometimes less than market value. I was experiencing such an issue recently and in this slideshare presentation, I share my experience.

My hope is that the information herein helps relieve some of the stress of others charged with the same task.. Enjoy...…

It may come as a surprise or not, but there are multiple writers these days whom seem to think that the "Human" element in Staffing is going the way of the dinosaur.  It seems a popular writing technique to bring out the sensational, the "gotcha" headline, and the "Automation is Coming" & "Your Recruiting Function is Obsolete" focused attention seeking…

A research by Stanford University did a study with 503 call center employees of travel agency CTrip. They were divided in half: one group worked from home four days out of five per week, and the other half worked…

By Tracie M. Davis, MBA

There are lots of organizations that invest a lot of time and money into developing a strong employer brand to attract top talent. Leaders understand the power employer branding has in sparking the interest of talented professionals.

Now, what happens when your employer branding efforts don't match the…

Still need convincing to break some rules and shake up your interview questions?

Here’s why you should.

Unicorns and Purple Squirrels

No I haven’t lost my marbles.…

Armed forces day is a day to celebrate, appreciate those who serve. You know the ones that served, and fought so we could be free. As our life’s get busier, things move quicker, and our choices increase, it is easy to forget those that allowed us to have these choices. On this Armed Forces day I would challenge you to reach out to a veteran or active duty…

The digital revolution has had a significant impact on just about every sector including talent acquisition. Today, employers and recruiters employ the use of applications and technologies to gather information on applicants, analyze it and make sound talent-related decisions.

Through these applications, recruiters are able to…

It’s now common practice for companies to look for resilience as a character trait when they are hiring. Most people would argue that being resilient is the opposite of being fragile and vulnerable to change. I’d argue no. The definition of resilient is being ‘able to withstand or recover quickly from difficult conditions,’ and while…

It was 8 years ago in July 2008, where I found myself reflective, hopeful, pondering from a bird's eye view my Career vantage point while overlooking Lake Tahoe in a year where I had steered my career back to the staffing landscape.  It was a welcome reprieve from what up until that point had been a busy year.  Lake Tahoe, a beloved place I love to visit and will have…

So this is the 10th presentation of the conference. Titled “Sourcing for Retention” by Jim Stroud.

Jim starts out with some serious stats. “35% of employees will look for a new job if they do not receive a pay raise in the next 12 months”. “32% of leaders at companies with 100+ employees are currently looking for jobs”. 78% of business  leaders rank…

With a longer shelf-life and less chance of being pipped by a competing offer, passive candidates are often the apple of a recruiter’s eye.

As a product of your sourcing - depending on the quality of your sourcing - they’re also the best fit for the role in question.

How then do recruiters avoid…