Posts tagged: Company Culture

Does Your Company Have A Bad Reputation In the Market?

Q. A few years back our company had a bad reputation in the industry. Since then we have changed management and most of the issues are long gone, but our reputation still lingers. We have been told this is affecting our ability to hire people. Recruiters have told us some candidates won’t go forward after [...]

Thursday January 19th, 2012 in , , , , , | No Comments »

How To Shorten The Time It Takes To Hire

Q. We are a mid-size company that doesn’t hire that often. It seems that when we want to hire it takes a long time just to find qualified candidates. Is there a way to shorten the time it takes to hire someone? Hiring fast rarely includes hiring the very best. The best way to shorten [...]

Thursday July 14th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

What Can You Do When Hiring Isn’t Working?

Question: We have a pretty extensive interviewing process in our company. We spend a lot of time making sure the person has the right skills and experience, yet our last few hires didn’t work out. We aren’t sure what else we can do to hire people, any suggestions? Companies often think that because they have [...]

Thursday July 7th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Caution – Using Online Information To Not Hire Someone

Q:  Is there a legal problem if a company looks online, and then uses this information as part of a no-hire decision? This is one of the hottest topics for many companies right now. Most companies are using the Internet in some form to check out candidates before they hire someone. I would suggest checking [...]

Friday May 27th, 2011 in , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

You Can Shorten Your Hiring Process

Q. We are a mid-size company that doesn’t hire that often. It seems that when we want to hire it takes a long time just to find qualified candidates. Is there a way to shorten the time it takes to hire someone? A. Hiring fast rarely includes hiring the very best. The best way to [...]

Thursday May 12th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

What Have You Done to Develop Your Team?

Lack of training, development, and growth is one of the primary reasons your best talent might walk out the door on you sooner than you think! Last week I presented to a group of CEOs who were shocked that I was suggesting they spend any time with their direct reports talking about development, training, engagement, [...]

Wednesday April 20th, 2011 in , , , , , , , | No Comments »

3 Guarantees To Recruiter-Proof Your Best Talent

As recruiters for more than 30 years, my partner Barry Deutsch and I have intuitively known why every now and then a potential candidate we try to recruit says to us, “Thanks for the call, but I really like my position.”  Until last year though, we have never actually validated those reasons. Last year I [...]

Monday January 17th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

Basic Common Sense in Generating Smiles Through-out Your Workforce

As an Executive Recruiter, Trainer, and Hiring Process Consultant, I have the privilege of visiting over 50 companies a year and getting to know their executive and managerial teams. I’ve been doing this for over 25 years. That’s a lot of companies. Is Your Culture De-Motivating? I am dumbfounded why so many company environments and [...]

Friday October 15th, 2010 in , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

If you’re looking for a job – don’t apply here.

Candidates looking for a job need not apply. Candidates who take responsibility, are willing to be held accountable and are looking to be part of high performing teams might have a chance here.

Tuesday May 25th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Growing and Retaining Productive Employees

Recently, on one of the e-mail lists to which I subscribe, a colleague mentioned that he had been counseled by one of his mentors that the best thing he could do for his good employees was to fire a bad employee. Sounds harsh, yet it is true that for the greater good, we have to [...]

Monday March 29th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »
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