Women Leaders in Business Companies Run by Women: In 1986 the month of March was officially named Women’s History Month by 14th states in the United States of America. On March 8th we celebrate International Women’s Day. It’s history goes back to 1911. Women have come a long way since 1911, even since 1986. We [...]
Time Management - There's an App for That Have you ever heard the saying “it’s a full time job, to find a new job?” Chances are even if you haven’t heard the phrase you’ve felt it. Between the resume editing, applications, follow ups, and interviews the process of making a career change takes a lot [...]
Job Recruiting through Social Media What is Social Recruiting? Should your company utilize social media in your staffing strategies? Short answer = it depends on the hire. First, let’s define Social Recruiting. Since it is a relatively new term for many. According to Wikipedia Social Recruiting is: recruiting candidates by using social platforms as talent [...]
Weeding out Unqualified Candidates Whether you’re a recruiter or a hiring manager with a company, you are constantly going through resumes searching for top job candidates. This can be a very frustrating task, and not just from the perspective of trying to find the right candidate. In a world that has given us the ability [...]
Working from Home and the Modern Workplace We have all heard the axiom ‘the Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones; it ended because of advances in technology, such as brass tools becoming more effective than stones’. The same applies to the modern definitions of ‘work’ and ‘workplace’. The age of [...]
To Like or not to Like and How Does it Impact your Job Search? With all the social media tools available today, people have never been more empowered to make their voices heard. Something important just happened? Share it on Facebook! Have a novel thought or clever insight? Tweet it! And why not? You can [...]
Millennial's and the New Workforce Part two – Retention In part one of the series I postulated that we have mistakenly made numerous false assumptions about the character and motivations of Millennials. Boomers and GenYers have applied our aged paradigms to a generation that they don’t fit. Recognizing the value, ambition and creativity of Millennials [...]
Balancing your Job Search with your Job Finding the right position takes time, and time is valuable! Time moves fast, and trying to get it all can feel daunting. Between maintaining productivity at your current position and balancing time for the family, allowing yourself adequate time to find the right position tends to take a [...]
Recruiting is Not Just Paper Pushing Recruiting the Recruiter: In 2006, I signed what appeared to be my life, away for the next 4 years. I swore into the United States Army and vowed to become the best soldier I can be. Why? Because I was young, and all four of my brothers went into [...]
Millennials in the Workforce Part One - Hiring I’m 57. A Boomer. I not supposed to enjoy or embrace hiring Millennials. We have all read the large volume of blogs, articles, and treatises on why Millennials are not satisfactory employees: Lazy, disloyal, lax work ethic, entitled, self-assured. With close to 40% of the current workforce [...]
