Enjoy the webinar! The September unemployment figures are in! Colorado’s unemployment is sitting at 4/7%. That means if you are trying to hire qualified people in Colorado you are having a hard time finding them. It also means that your next employee is currently working fulltime and really doesn’t have a lot of time to…
Previous Positions If you remember last month’s post, I let you know that we would spend a few cycles talking about tough interview questions and drill down a bit on how best to approach them during this highly stressful process. I polled the group and this month and we decided that talking about why you…
A precursor to my webinar on October 14 I was having lunch with Mark Cicotello at Mountain States Employers Council last month and we got on the subject of hiring (smile). He mentioned that one of the main challenges cited by MSEC members was competing for talent in Colorado. It’s interesting that the pain is…
Strengths and Weaknesses Everyone on the team spends time with candidates weekly – encouraging, coaching, preparing and nagging – that’s part of the job when you get to help people with their careers. It occurred to me that you might appreciate some help getting ready for those tough interview questions so that the next time…
Make the most of your fall hiring season Think about it – you have 90 days to get your 2014 hiring done before we enter the holiday season. Average time to hire is 60 days – the bottom line – you don’t have a lot of time! Let’s talk about how to make the most…
How to figure out if this might be a good move for you I’ve had more than a few discussions, debates and coaching calls with candidates who think that they need to leave their Fortune 500 director level position to jump onto the startup bandwagon – after all, startups are new and trendy, right? OK,…
The subject of Social Media in the workplace came up this week. I was talking with an executive and explaining how employees can help recruit talent by evangelizing their job, company, team on social media. Of course you can also repel talent thru social media if your people don’t like their jobs, company or team. …
And most of them don’t cost a bunch OK hiring managers here’s the deal…..your employees aren’t loyal. They will take the recruiter’s call when it comes and if someone were to offer them another 5k-10k in salary they will probably leave. The classic loyalty programs are gone or fading – pensions (gone), 401k contributions (dwindling),…
How to accomplish a productive pivot One of the recurring questions I get when I am talking to working professionals is, “How do I navigate a career change?” Great Question! Let’s say you’ve been travelling a career path for a few years and you’ve come to a point where you aren’t having fun, aren’t fulfilled,…
Retention starts before their first day! An effective onboarding program can have a significant impact on your ability to retain great people, help them get up to speed quickly and contribute productively – sooner. The key is to make each new team member feel important and help remove those new job jitters as quickly as…