4 Steps To A New Promotion Model

Organizations were truly shaken up and altered by the last recession. In the past, the so-called lessons learned were quickly forgotten as companies lost focus on efficiencies and fell back into bad habits. So far, overall, that is not happening this time around. Here are 4 steps management can implement to build growth-based career cultures.

10 Creative Ideas for Your Office Thanksgiving Celebration

Turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, pumpkin pie?everyone knows the key ingredients to a perfect Thanksgiving dinner. But what about the ingredients for the perfect office Thanksgiving celebration? This year, you don’t need to provide your employees a full-blown feast. Instead, focus on the reasons for the holiday: showing your appreciation, and encouraging them to give back to the community. To help you out, we’ve come up with a list of unique ways to put the “thanks” and “giving” back in your office Thanksgiving.

The Secret to Creating a Great Job Description

“Can you vision the next step in your career?” Are you going to continue reading this job description? The average job description lists job duties, qualifications, and required experience. Job description effectiveness is only 34 percent, and there are 4 million online postings per month. The reality is that most job seekers spend less than 2 minutes reading a job posting. Here is what you need to do to post a job description worthy of grabbing the attention and response of top talent.

Recruiting the Millennial Generation

For years, companies have labeled Millennials as entitled and narcissistic. But as savvy employers can tell you, this simply isn’t true. Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are just different. As a generation, they’re more confident, tech savvy, optimistic, and connected than previous generations. But they also differ in what they want, the skills they bring to the table, and how they communicate.

Top 21 Proven Ways to Engage Employees

Many employees in today’s job market quickly feel uninspired by their work, get bored after 2 years and start job hunting for something new. So we decided to speak with some of the best HR professionals and business leaders around the country to find the strategies they recommend to keep employees engaged.There are also some tips below that have been really successful at our company. Here are the top 21 employee engagement ideas that you should apply at your office.

10 Ways to Attract Your Next Great Employee

Big Business is not the only business that can be successful. In 2015, the U.S. economy is on the uptick, and small to mid-sized businesses must take advantage. Businesses are in strong competition to attract the best and the brightest candidates. The most well rounded businesses are those with a keen sense of brand identity and stand out talent.In this article, we aim to point out ten tips to make sure your business is doing all it can to make your next great hire.

5 Ways to Attract Top Talent for Small Businesses

It’s hard to find great talent. This has always been one of my top challenges, but never more so than now when many tech giants and startups lead recruitment by focusing on the perks. How many job listings have you read that start with: free lunch, a game room, and unlimited vacation? But even though we don’t offer complimentary dry cleaning or supply craft beer on tap at our company, we have managed to find A-list people who are excited to work for us. Here’s how you can do it too.

Supporting Veterans – Career Resource List

The majority of veterans who are referred to our California executive search firm are smart, educated, resourceful and entrepreneurial, leaders, honest to a fault, fiercely loyal and will be relentless on their pursuit to succeed. Many organizations are committed to helping veterans find civilian jobs, and some also sponsor programs targeted at putting military spouses back to work. We started with a list over 200 resources and decided that may be a bit overwhelming for you to try to filter through, so we did our best to organize the list and here are our favorite 45 resources.

What The Best Hiring Managers Look For

The main thing that the best hiring managers look for is culture fit. They’ll check this both through a candidate’s resume and through the interview process. Here are top best practices of the Best Hiring Managers.

3 Things that Drive Bottom-line Results and Employee Engagement

So you’ve taken great care in hiring the candidate who stood tall above the others. The hard work is done right? Wrong. Employee Engagement is work, and as their manager, it is your responsibility to keep your treasured employee engaged to drive bottom-line results for the business.