The MVP of Attracting and Retaining Rock Stars I used to teach ballroom dancing. That job actually paid my way through undergrad. Yet I was once a terrible dancer. Before terrible, I wasn’t even a dancer. I’ve handled millions of dollars of legal transactions for small-to-midsized businesses. Yet I was once a kid [...]
Don't Sign Pre-Nup Contracts With Your Employees — At-Will vs. For-Cause Imagine your surprise. You’re conducting the final interview when the candidate abruptly declares, “We need to sign a pre-nup agreement before I start work here. Not a romantic, actual, pre-nuptial agreement, but a boss-to-employee pre-nup for our working relationship. This is a [...]
Using Social Media to Recruit Top Talent: Don’t be Afraid! Worldwide, 3.2 billion of your closest friends use social media. As social media use has exploded, so has your opportunity to investigate and recruit employees. Not surprisingly, the growth of social media use far exceeds the pace of laws regarding employers, employees, hiring, [...]
How to Interview Effectively It’s true! If you hire employees, then you’re just like any team in the NFL, MLS, WNBA, NBA, or Major League Baseball. Like you, they understand that success hinges upon cultivating a high-performance team. So maybe we should consider how they hire their employees/athletes. Actually, for the sake of [...]
Airlines Do It and You Should Too: Understanding the Importance of Job Simulations in Your Screening Plan Imagine this: Just as you are boarding your flight home from a business trip, you hear the following announcement over the intercom: Welcome aboard Alpha Airlines. John Smith will be our captain today. Captain Smith holds [...]
Don’t Judge a Book by its Cover: How to Screen in Rock Stars and Avoid Bad Hires Now that we’ve covered a few topics in our series on hiring and recruiting, let’s refresh our memories on what we’ve discussed so far. From the first post in this series, we learned that a successful recruitment [...]
How To Get The Facts Without Violating the Law Everyone has heard the old saying, “There is no such thing as a stupid question.” Questions show interest, start conversations and create bridges for connection. So, it’s no wonder that, when it comes to recruiting, employers devote the majority of the screening process to [...]
Do you know what every job seeker has in common? They all will read a job announcement at some point during the job hunt. Applicants look to the job post to learn the basics about a position—like location, hours and salary. They also use job announcements to complete hiring applications and prepare for interviews. [...]
When you scan online job boards, inevitably you see a job description with a qualifications section that look something like this: Company X is looking for a new (insert job title here) with the following qualifications: Strong written and verbal communication skills, Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced environment, A Strong bias towards [...]
In today’s business world, the term “funnel” is a new trending topic. There are lead funnels, sales funnels, marketing funnels, revenue funnels, even Clickfunnels! You get the picture. Despite its many names, the purpose of the funnel metaphor is the same in sales and marketing: to illustrate the gradual decline in the number of [...]