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4 Ways To Create Winning Job Descriptions

Job descriptions are an employee’s first exposure to an organization. So, it’s critical to promote values and expectations that accurately reflect an organization’s ideals and mission to entice the right candidates.  Still, many firms tend to fall victim to the same descriptive pitfalls over and over again. Streamlining your recruitment will help you attract the employees you desire, but also will empower your workforce to attain the goals of your company. Here’s what to look out for.   Title Your Positions for Exposure The obvious first step, but it’s never as simple as it sounds. Many businesses are following a vogue trend for [...]

4 Ways To Create Winning Job Descriptions2013-11-13T21:38:04-06:00

Questions To Ask Your Staffing Partner Before Committing

Choosing the right staffing partner is one of the most important decisions you’ll make as an HR leader. Sure, your in-house team may be top notch, but everyone’s plate is beyond full - and if you elect to partner with a recruitment firm, it needs to be the right one: the one whose values, approach and industry understanding complement that of your own organization. In other words, as a core member of your strategic business team, your staffing partner should be able to show up tomorrow morning, meet your staff and hit the ground running.   How Can You Tell? There are myriad [...]

Questions To Ask Your Staffing Partner Before Committing2013-11-13T21:38:39-06:00

Boosting Employee Retention

Employee education begins when a candidate submits an application. Interaction within the company fosters candidates’ understanding of the organization’s mission and goals. Increase your employee retention! Building a stable, talented workforce is the lifeblood of a successful business.   Train In Company Culture The workplace is a learning environment.  New employees learn habits and routines from what they see around them.  Staff orientation is essential to an applicant’s entry into the workplace, but the setting their colleagues and supervisors create will ultimately dictate the long-term behavior of the office.   Each employee is also an individual within the organization.  Demanding uniformity is a [...]

Boosting Employee Retention2013-11-13T21:40:00-06:00

3 Ways to Mobilize Your Recruiting Strategy

The world has quickly gone mobile. Based on data from Ericsson, mobile subscriptions in 2013 reached five billion users; a number they predict will reach 50 billion by 2020. Any job recruiter who ignores this phenomenon is missing out on a massive recruitment base with a large, interconnected network already in place. Here are some low-cost tips to strengthen your mobile recruiting. Make your website mobile friendly: Have you seen a website not optimized for mobile users? The text is unbelievably small and it is difficult to navigate on your screen. Make sure your website and job board are mobile friendly. They need to [...]

3 Ways to Mobilize Your Recruiting Strategy2013-10-01T16:01:19-05:00

Making the Workplace Feel Less Like “Work”

How to create a better quality of life for your staff that boosts results. Given how busy your employees already are, is it possible to get even better results from them? Absolutely! And it all starts with you. Here are some simple ways you can make your employees happier on the job, and increase your own bottom line as a result. It’s About the Environment Ever work in an office with limited natural light, depressing color schemes or excessive noise? How long did you stay? Audit your environment and look for ways to make the workspace feel less like a workplace. Vibrant paint, [...]

Making the Workplace Feel Less Like “Work”2013-09-05T15:03:30-05:00
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