To refresh, Negotiating is the transition point in deal making, somewhere between, ?Dearly beloved?? and ?I do.? A great ceremony will not make a great … Read more
The Business Cost And Impact Of Employee Turnover
One of the most critical components of success for the business owner, regardless of size, is the ability to keep the cost of doing business at a minimum. … Read more
Retention – Talking an Employee Out of Leaving for a Start-Up
One of the most common reasons for leaving a large firm is to go to a start up and get “cash out the wahzoo.” Anyone who is not a DAT (dumb as … Read more
People not Paper – How to Begin Digging Out from the Piles of Resumes
One of my clients receives about 950 resumes every single day! That adds up to more than 28,000 per month and over 340,000 per year. Even though the … Read more
Shaking Things Up With Outrageous Ads
I wrote a great recruiting ad the other day. Maybe you saw it — maybe you even answered it! It was the one that asked the candidate to fast-forward … Read more
Pre-Need Hiring and Workforce Planning
Most employment systems were designed in the “dark ages” when business moved at the “speed of rock.” In the past when people … Read more
Why Care About Metrics? Part II
Part I of this series provided a perspective on the importance of interpreting metrics to make business decisions. Essentially, it focused on have a sense … Read more
Job Boards, Robots, and Profilers Help!!
Job boards have proliferated over the past two years to the point where there are so many that recruiters spend most of their time in a smog of indecision … Read more
Negotiating Yourself Out of the Corner You Talked Yourself Into. Part I of II
Life was simple in the Marine Corps, no negotiating. If someone outranked you – you did what he or she said to do. If you outranked them – they … Read more
Ready… Aim… HIRE! Target the appropriate military rank for your opportunities
If you have an established military hiring program for your organization, you may already be familiar with some of the terms to describe the talent … Read more