To measure your company’s effectiveness in employee onboarding, let’s start with a few questions you should be asking yourself about an employee in their first six months. These questions are designed to help you determine whether or not your current onboarding program is working: Q 1. How long does it…
The Most Important Job Interview Questions to Ask a Candidate
I’m a big fan of Lou Adler and his performance based interviewing techniques. Taking a page out of his book I’d have to say the most important job interview question to ask a candidate is this one — What is your most significant achievement in your career? During the job…
What do Headhunters Look For – Advice for Owners & Managers
As a business owner, whether you love us or hate us, I’ll bet you’ve wondered: what is it that headhunters look for when they’re choosing what companies they want to recruit for. Headhunters have something you don’t have. They have inside information from the job market. They have a pool…
Winning the War for Talent
When I talk to companies in the BC Interior about their business plans, strategies and goals, they put an enormous emphasis on hiring people with the right experience. They’re engaged head on in “Winning the War for Talent”. Recent conversations with my clients about their War for Talent typically look…
5 Win-Win Ways to Negotiating a Job Offer Successfully
Negotiating a job offer is not something many of us have a lot of practice with. Despite this, how well we perform when negotiating a job offer has a serious impact on the quality of our work life. More importantly, how well we do when negotiating a job offer…
Employee Retention – Beware the Golden Handcuffs
Employee retention is more than about offering a cool pool table room at break time, or fabulous vacation time, compensation and benefits. They are compelling attractors for an employee initially, but are they good motivators for keeping them satisfied and staying with your organization for the long haul? Many stay…
Employees Suing Employers – The 12 Scariest Mistakes Employers Make
Employees suing employers is probably one of the most unpleasant, and avoidable, experiences any business owner has to deal with. Sometimes a simple apology is enough to diffuse a disgruntled employee long before things escalate to having anyone dial their lawyers. Many employers make the expensive error of assuming they won’t…
The Guide to Hiring People Smarter Than You
How (and Why) You Need to Hire People Smarter Than You As any well-seasoned recruiter knows, the most fitting applicant for a position often needs to be far better at many competencies than the actual manager doing the hiring … or the person that they’ll be reporting to, for that…
15 Ways to Boost Your Job Search, Write a Better Resume & Get Hired
Job searching is heart wrenching and sometimes a long haul. It’s a full-time effort when it comes to landing your dream job. However, there are ways to make it less painful. Here are some real world tips that you can employ to kick your job search into high gear.
Top 3 Reasons to Hire Recent Grads as Commission Sales Reps
“Should I hire this recent grad who seems to be quite bright or should I send the offer letter to that candidate who has been around for more than 10 years?” Employers all around the world and across all industries in the economy face this dilemma almost every time they…
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