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Why Offering Paid Parental Leave Could Give You an Edge on Your Competition

The movement for paid parental leave is gathering momentum in the United States, with several states and localities passing paid leave policies in recent years. If you’re not in one of these locations, offering paid parental leave can give you a significant boost over your competition when it comes to attracting top talent—and if you …

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OSHA Audit: Reduce the Risk of Workplace Accidents This Summer

From slippery snow and ice in winter to the risks of people and materials overheating in summer, every season presents its own challenges to workplace safety. But despite knowing this, many workplaces don’t reevaluate safety or assess new risks on a season-by-season basis. To reduce the risk of workplace accidents this summer, focus on the …

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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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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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The Pros and Cons of Recruiting Talent Away from Your Competition

Companies and their staffing firms have a number of recruiting strategies at their disposal. One with the largest impact is to recruit talent away from your direct competition, also known as poaching talent. While this strategy sounds aggressive, it’s also in line with many other strategies used in marketing and sales, where the goal is …

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"Sell, Sell, Sell!" – Strategies for Pitching Your Company in Job Interviews

When you interview candidates, you expect them to do their best to “sell” their skills, experience, and work ethic in job interviews.  But the best interviewers recognize that interviews are a conversation.  The two-way nature of an interview offers an opportunity for hiring managers to “sell” their company to job candidates during interviews. …

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Do You Have a "Vanilla" Company Culture? How to Turn it Around

A company’s culture plays a huge factor in attracting and retaining talent, which in turn has a massive impact on a company’s productivity and profitability.  A company with a “vanilla” culture will often find itself struggling to attract top talent and to pull ahead of the pack among its fiercest competitors. …

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