Is a search firm cost effective? Your answer depends on whether or not you agree that having the right people working for you will determine whether you are struggling or prospering in your business. Something to think about. It’s like David and Goliath out there. For small-medium businesses the…
Video: The #1 Interview Question to Ask Any Serious Candidates
As a business owner or hiring manager, the time you invest in an interview is important. Learn how to identify early on in the interview process whether or not your candidate is motivated and well-suited to becoming a part of your team. Wasting time with a wrong fit candidate is the bane of…
Growing Pains? Why Hiring Employees Because You Think They Will Work Hard is Not Enough.
Don’t get me wrong, hard working employees are critically important to growing a successful business. But that’s not all it takes. START hiring people you can build … they will grow your company for you. Employees with high drive and work ethic want to perform and know they are contributing positively to a team…
Video: Hiring People Away From Your Competition
Barbara Ashton talks about the two types of hires that are most commonly associated with hiring from your competitors. One is the Trophy hire and the other is the Bluebird hire. Ashton & Associates are specialists at identifying right fit candidates on the basis of values alignment, ambition and drive, skills,…
VIDEO: On Doing the Hiring Yourself
Doing the hiring yourself has it’s advantages, but may come with some very costly disadvantages that you as an employer may need to watch out for.
The Future of Employment: Survival of the Social Media Savviest
Canadian employers are again shifting the way they hire people. More and more employers today are avoiding long term employment relationships by directly contracting with independent consultants. The single biggest reasons for this is the speed of digital communications in our business. Everything we do is at ten times the speed it used to be…
Build Your Social Influence: 3 Easy Steps to Curating News on LinkedIn
Building your social influence on LinkedIn is one of the single most powerful ways you can increase awareness of your professional profile. One of the best ways to grow social influence is to create relevant content with your connections on LinkedIn. But did you know that curating content is just as powerful? While…
We All Need a Good Recruiting Process: Barbara Ashton Video
In this video, Barbara Ashton discusses the importance of a good recruiting process. Barbara Ashton is the President and Founder of Ashton & Associates Recruiting. Ashton & Associates Recruiting… Placing Powerful People. Every Time. Your investment with Ashton & Associates is backed and guaranteed by the clients we…
A Good Employee Onboarding Program – 3 Keys to Your Company’s Success
You’ve hired the best. Now what? You only get one chance to make the right impression on your shiny new employee. Don’t learn this lesson the hard way. I recently took a call from a very disgruntled woman who quit her job after only 10 days due to sheer frustration. She…
Team Building Globally : A Special Guide for Virtual Managers
Globalized workplaces are fast becoming the norm. This means today’s managers are faced with a whole new landscape of people challenges. Companies are engaging teams from a wider variety of cultures. Employees and contractors may be working across oceans in other countries, or telecommuting right in the same city. As Greg Savage puts it, candidates are not…
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