Posts tagged: Culture

An Easy Hiring Mistake To Fix

Q. Are there common mistakes companies make when hiring that could be easily avoided?  The most common mistakes are a manifestation of the most common problems with hiring. The biggest problem with hiring is that few companies invest in training their managers on how to hire. Since many managers are not trained, mistakes abound. If [...]

Thursday October 27th, 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 »

Who Is Responsible For Hiring Top Talent In Your Company?

Was your answer HR or the hiring manager? I typically ask this question in our hiring workshops, seminars and Vistage presentations to CEOs and key executives. The answers are generally either HR or the hiring manager. Both of which I disagree with. I believe hiring top talent in any organization falls squarely on the CEO’s [...]

Thursday September 30th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments »

Recruiters Don’t Steal People, Managers Lose People

So often recruiters are accused of  “stealing your best employee.”  While it is true that we do present opportunities to your employees, the fact is, we don’t steal them. To the amazement of most recruiters, the vast majority of the time the employee already has a resume prepared and ready to go. All we do [...]

Thursday March 25th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment »

Initiating and managing change

People speak a lot about change these days. As you read this, you are exhaling atoms of hydrogen, oxygen, carbon, and nitrogen that just an instant before were locked up in solid matter; your stomach, liver, heart, lungs, and brain are vanishing into thin air, being replaced as quickly and endlessly as they are being [...]

Saturday February 27th, 2010 in , , , | No Comments »

Too Much of a Good Thing?

How do we “balance” work hours, career advancement, family and relationship needs? This seems to be a perennial topic of discussion. We want it all. Despite our technology, things don’t seem to be getting any better on the time management front. Now, instead of one partner trying to balance demanding activities, we have both partners [...]

Friday December 4th, 2009 in , , , , | No Comments »
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