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In recent years, and in growing numbers, we’re finding that companies are reluctant to provide References on former employees. In fact, it’s become common that all we’re able to gather is confirmation of employment and job function. Which does little to support the former employee’s candidacy for hire elsewhere….
We’re constantly bombarded with articles and complaints about how hard it is to find good employees and then how hard it is to retain good employees once we find them. As the real estate market has tipped the advantage to the seller, so has the employment market tipped the…
When we came across this “Do Hiring Managers Need to Meet with Recruiters” article by Mark Smith of people2people, an Australian Recruitment Firm, it really hit home. We constantly hear that others in the Recruitment Field don’t spend as much time at Customer locations. And don’t spend as much…
We came across this article by Sally Helgesen in reference to the challenges we face employing, and profiting from, Millennials who we’re told want meaning from their work. Not all businesses can be green, save the environment, or cure diseases. In fact, some of our clients design and manufacture…
This article by Gustavo Razzetti caught our eye because the title seems counter-intuitive to all the modern discussions about hiring people who fit our company cultures. He opens by accepting that “culture is the glue that brings a team or organization together”. Which we all can accept as common…
When we first saw this article “Unconscious Gender Bias Still Obstructs Women in Manufacturing” at www.industryweek.com, my first inclination was to pass it by as outdated since we are so much more enlightened. And then I thought about just how few women we know running manufacturing operations here in SW…
We came across this article by Joel Hans, Managing Editor of Manufacturing.net. Discussing barriers to the recent trend and enthusiasm for Re-Shoring business and jobs back to North America. As the challenges of inconsistent Quality, inconsistent Delivery and rising pricing from Chinese out-sourced manufacturers wear on North American manufacturers….
We came across this article by Richard Wajs at www.globeandmail.com that really hit home with us. It begins by reminding companies how Executive Search Firms can enhance their clients’ brands. Then segues into how an Executive Search Firm can harm a clients’ brands. When we act as ambassadors for…
We found this article by Ram Charan in the Autumn Issue of strategy+business that speaks to a need for business leaders to develop and practice perceptual acuity skills. Clearly written at the “big picture” level for corporate leaders, the core of the article relates well to recruitment strategies. We…
We regularly represent clients whose companies aren’t recognizable by name or products to the average person on the street. Yet they employ people and generate profits. When they post jobs, we often hear that the response is disappointing by way of quantity in addition to quality which is why…
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