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Motivating Workers
A few easy steps to retaining employees’ devotion during tough times. Wow! What a bumpy ride we’re all having. The economy is forcing many companies to lay off workforce, eliminate raises and bonuses and find every avenue of cost cutting possible. Those companies that haven’t had to do that yet are going to have to […]
Making a Graceful Transition
Unfortunately, in this economy most employees can be categorized as recently downsized, soon to be downsized or scared of being downsized. Obviously, emotions are involved in all categories. We have all heard stories of angry employees seeking revenge on their supervisors or co-workers after being fired or downsized. Of course, those instances are the exception, […]
Confessions of a Micromanager
When reading books and articles about leadership, you will see such concepts as ‘empowering your team’, ‘motivating individuals’, ‘seeing the big picture’, ‘achieving results’, and ‘mentoring your employees’. You will never see phrases such as ‘shadowing your employees’ or ‘performing their tasks’. What can be leadership to one person can slide into micromanaging to another […]
The Top 5 Resume Killers
Sometimes I wonder if people actually read the resumes they send me. We get hundreds of resumes a week and I bet only 10% ever make it past the delete button. Sometimes the applicant just doesn’t have the skills for the job, but often it’s the resume itself that lands the applicant in the round […]
Interviewing Tips for the Employer
Spring is here and I’m thinking optimistically. Maybe your business is seeing some small signs of life and you just may need to hire personnel down the road after all! Whether it has been quite a long time or not since you last hired, hiring conditions now are somewhat more ‘interesting’ than they used to […]
Interviewing Tips and Tricks
Landing your next new job is dependent upon having a good interview. That fact alone is the reason most people are nervous when it comes to the interview process. By thinking through the normal flow of the interview and preparing yourself mentally, the interview will proceed better and you will be able to ‘sell’ your […]
Criminal Background Checks
You have found a great candidate and are thinking of making the job offer. You have interviewed the person and checked on references. It is likely you have heard of companies running a criminal background check, but where and how you ask. It must be simple. People just refer to it as ‘running’ a criminal […]
The Fork in the Road
How many of us have heard advice during this recession to start a new business, go back to school or change careers completely? Perhaps taking these paths less travelled will be all that we hoped for, or perhaps not. In my occupation, we talk to people each day on a search for the right path. […]
Handling of Employee Issues
Hiring and working with people on a daily basis requires numerous skills in order to communicate requirements and expectations for the jobs at hand. Managers working in other areas of the business, such as engineering and accounting for example, may not be well trained in working with employee issues. Employee issues rarely start out big. […]
How to STAND OUT in a fierce job market!
As the months roll by and the economy does not rebound, many companies have had to reduce their workforce. Perhaps you have been one to loose your job or a close family member or friend has been the victim. The newly laid-off workers join a very large group facing unemployment for the first time in […]