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6 Tips for Letting an Employee Go

“We’re sorry, but we’re letting you go.” These words are never easy to say, but you can end the relationship smoothly and create a situation in which finding replacement staff members is easier. Whether you are letting a staff member go due to cuts or due to their individual performance, here are six ways to …

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How to Increase the Speed of Hiring Without Sacrificing Quality

Every day a position remains vacant in your organization, the company loses money. Work goes unfinished, and other people on the team sacrifice tasks they would have completed to “pitch in” on the essentials. Hire too quickly, however, and you risk hiring the wrong person—further damaging productivity and perhaps triggering the hiring cycle over again. …

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Want to Hire Top Talent? Turn Your Employees Into Spokespeople

Hiring cycles wax and wane, but top talent is always in demand. To continually attract star performers to your organization, you’ll need to match your hiring methods to their expectations—and to preserve your budget, you’ll want to do so in a cost-effective manner. One simple way to achieve both goals is to turn your own …

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How to Scale Your Staffing Strategy to Match a Growing Company

Like a child outgrowing their clothes as quickly as you can buy them, a growing company will soon need a new staffing strategy that “fits” as well. Here are several tips for scaling your staffing strategy to match your company’s growth, so you have better access to the candidates you need when you need to …

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How to Craft an Employee Referral Program That Will Bring in Great Candidates

When you’re looking to find great candidates, not just more candidates, referrals can be your most reliable source. Why? People know the type of work their friends, family and colleagues do, and also how well they do it and whether they will be receptive to a new opportunity. Here’s what referrals can mean to your …

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Tracking Hiring Outcomes

Your company puts a great deal of work into creating job postings, screening and interviewing candidates, and choosing the best among them to hire. But what happens after you’ve made that hire? If asked to describe your hiring outcomes, could you come up with accurate explanations – and do you have the numbers to back …

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6 Reasons You Should Always Be Hiring

Every company looks for good candidates when they need to fill an open position. But companies that take an “always be hiring” approach get better results. Why? Here are six reasons your company should always be hiring: Position your company to reach its goals. By taking a proactive “always be hiring” approach, you position your …

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10X Thinking: Integrating Into Your Organization’s Strategy

In the first part of our series on 10X thinking, we introduced you to the method of focusing on the small things that provide the biggest results. In Part 2, we’ll explore how to apply 10X thinking to your business strategy in order to grow exponentially. Using 10X Thinking to Build Your Team – and …

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10x Thinking: The Key to Business Growth?

What if, instead of adding 10 units to your business growth per month, you could add 10, then 10×10, then 10x10x10? This is the concept behind “10x Thinking,” a leading approach to business strategy that is gaining significant attention in some circles. In this two-part post series, we’ll talk about the rising trend of 10x …

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