A sense of excitement accompanies the process of hiring. Your spirits rise as you anticipate the possibilities of a new superstar joining your team. But first, the harsh realities: you have to trudge through the frustrating process of actually hiring someone, putting projects on hold and making due with a short-handed staff in the meantime. [...]
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The average person receives more than 120 emails each day. Taken as a whole, hundreds of billions of emails fly through cyberspace on a daily basis. No wonder it feels like you're overwhelmed. If you're not careful, dealing with emails can take over your entire schedule. That's why you need to be smart about how [...]
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Twenty-four hours seems like a long time. Taken over the course of a year, that's over 8,700 hours to divvy up among all your responsibilities. Yet, there never seems to be enough time. One study showed that CEOs typically worked an average of 62.5 hours a week. Even with those long hours, less than one [...]
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Summer is here! Do you have the workers you need? As you ramp up your seasonal operations in the wake of the pandemic, you've likely run into unexpected problems. A staffing vendor represents the partner you need to build the best team possible. Now more than ever, expert advice will help you maximize your profits [...]
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Finding an executive that fits into your organization can involve a grueling effort. One study found that it can take up to two months just to make a shortlist of candidates, with a final decision likely happening more than three months after the search was launched. It's a complicated process. However, this level of scrutiny [...]
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The search for an executive position doesn't resemble the process for any other job. Relationships and industry profile matter more than with many other professions. However, some of the basic components of any job search still apply, including the presence of a resume. True, you aren't just going to log onto Indeed and blast out [...]
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Networking provides a core strategy in any job search, from entry level to CEO. One study showed that 85% of all jobs get filled through a connection. This becomes even more important at the highest levels of a company, where relationships and reputation become crucial to landing the choicest positions. As such, you should focus [...]
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A tight labor market means you need to use every tool to find and recruit the best talent. There are lots of strategies that can improve your ability to attract top employees. That said, one factor can single-handedly push your hiring efforts to the next level: effective employer branding. In the modern economy, marketing has [...]
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Generally speaking, a company will take about three months to make an executive hire. Typically, this includes a preliminary process of about two months preparing a shortlist of candidates, followed by another month or so of making a final decision. From your point of view, that means even a successful process could involve months of [...]
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Job searches are never easy. When you're just out of school, starting your career, you get turned away because of your lack of experience. Once you build up an impressive work history, you start to feel the pinch of age discrimination. As a result, you need to have an updated strategy for career development once [...]
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June 15, 2022
