Top Talent

What Really Attracts Top Talent? 7 Things Candidates Look for in a Potential Employer

Top candidates know their skills are in demand. They can afford to look for an employer that offers the things they want most – and it’s not just a salary. Here are seven things top talent look for when evaluating potential employers and how to make your company’s strengths in these areas stand out: The Chance …

Read More from What Really Attracts Top Talent? 7 Things Candidates Look for in a Potential Employer

shutterstock scaled

6 Thought-Provoking Questions to Ask Every Tech Candidate

There are plenty of qualified tech candidates out there – but which one will offer the best fit with your current IT team, your company’s mission, and your internal culture? To find the candidate who offers a great fit as well as great skills, it helps to ask these six thought-provoking questions: What are two …

Read More from 6 Thought-Provoking Questions to Ask Every Tech Candidate

Employee Recruiting and Retention: Making It Count in 2016

2015 is wrapping up and 2016 is fast approaching. With the holidays and sleepy winter days ahead, hiring may sluggish. Many hiring managers are waiting for a spring rebound to work on hiring strategies – when, in fact, just a few hours spent looking at recruiting and retention now can mean a better 2016 for …

Read More from Employee Recruiting and Retention: Making It Count in 2016

Hire for These Top Soft Skills for Better IT Team Building

IT teams are notoriously isolated and introverted – but they don’t have to be. As Big Data becomes big news and technology becomes an ever more pervasive part of doing business, companies whose IT staff embrace a strong team-building ethic are more likely to provide an “edge” over more lone-wolf competitors. Here are the top …

Read More from Hire for These Top Soft Skills for Better IT Team Building

How to Use Technology to Create a Better Candidate Experience

During the recession, candidates struggled to find the right employer. Today, with the economy in full swing, employers are struggling to find the right candidates. Technological innovations can make it easier than ever to find, recruit, and retain the right candidates – if used wisely. Here are three of the best ways to use technology …

Read More from How to Use Technology to Create a Better Candidate Experience

5 Tactics for Managing Top Performers With Toxic Attitudes

Sometimes, employees with great attitudes turn in mediocre work – and employees with toxic attitudes turn in outstanding work. The conventional advice for dealing with toxic employees is simple: “Just fire them!” But when the owner of the bad attitude is also one of your top producers or possesses a skill set found nowhere else …

Read More from 5 Tactics for Managing Top Performers With Toxic Attitudes

7 Steps to More Productive Meetings

The word “meeting” provokes groans from professionals in nearly every field. Meetings are essential to ensure everyone is on the same page and that work proceeds smoothly – but every minute spent in a meeting that doesn’t pursue these goals is a waste of your team’s time and productivity. Here are seven ways to make …

Read More from 7 Steps to More Productive Meetings

Can You Use LinkedIn to Sell Your Company’s Culture?

As the candidate pool becomes increasingly tech-savvy and starts to take control of the hiring conversation in the booming economy, LinkedIn’s importance as a recruiting tool continues to soar. Companies with a strong LinkedIn presence position themselves to attract top talent in ways that companies with a basic profile – or no presence at all …

Read More from Can You Use LinkedIn to Sell Your Company’s Culture?

Mastering a Leadership Style Isn’t an Accident – It’s a Skill

You didn’t build your business accidentally. You planned, you researched, and you took action. So when it comes to managing the people who make that business possible, why would you let your own leadership style develop accidentally? Leadership is a skill, and leaders who work to develop it find more effective ways to motivate their …

Read More from Mastering a Leadership Style Isn’t an Accident – It’s a Skill