Best Practices
Maximizing Your Hiring Dollars: How Recruitment During the Holiday Season Can Stretch Your Recruitment Budget
Hiring top talent is a critical objective for any business, but it often comes with a significant price tag. From advertising each position to conducting interviews, the recruitment process can be costly. However, there’s a secret many successful businesses know: hiring during the holiday season can help stretch your recruitment budget and deliver top-notch candidates. …
Read MoreNetworking through Email
Networking through Email We’ve talked about networking a couple of times before: beginner networking and advanced networking. Well, here we’ll get a little more specific about networking through the use of email. First (and last), remember that networking is a two-way street. This is not about making a contact so you can get something from…
Read MoreThe 3 Golden Rules of Advanced Networking
Not too long ago, we wrote about beginner networking skills. Just to refresh your memory (and, personally, mine needs refreshing about every five minutes), networking is all about building relationships and is a two-way street. With that in mind, how do we build our networking skills? Well, like anything else that’s a life skill, we…
Read MoreCan Fear of Public Speaking Hurt Your Career?
Only if it stops you from trying! Around 75% of us fear public speaking and it is regularly ranked among the top five fears, usually right before death. Being able to deliver a good presentation is crucial to career development, especially if you want to rise within the ranks. Presentation skills are highly ranked in…
Read MoreBody Language for Networking
In the past, we’ve written about appropriate body language for job interviews. Now let’s talk a little about body language for networking. First a reminder: over half of what we communicate comes from our body language, so it pays to think about this. Some of these tips will be similar to what we suggested for interviews,…
Read MoreHow do I prep for behavioral-based Interviewing?
Behavioral-based interviewing is centered on the principle that past behavior is the very best predictor of future behavior. Makes sense, right? How we behave in the past is the most effective way to see how we will behave in the future. For hiring managers, this type of interview technique theoretically helps reveal how a potential…
Read MoreBody Language – how it can affect your job interview
It’s been said that over fifty percent of communication is non-verbal. Think about that. Over half of what we’re telling someone is being said consciously or unconsciously by our body. So how can you use that little factoid to increase your chances of a successful interview? In several ways, actually – all of them aimed…
Read MoreJob search advice for new graduates
We’re hearing from a number of December graduates, and we welcome you to the working world! As many colleges and universities have limited capacity for preparing their graduates for job search, we’re always happy to give advice for how to conduct an effective search. Here’s the best of what we know. Be clear what kind…
Read MoreWhat to do after a negative performance review
It would be nice to think that your annual performance review won’t contain any surprises. In an ideal world, we’re asking for and receiving feedback on a regular basis, so you always know what you’re doing right and what you’re doing wrong. In the real world however, things are likely different. Everybody gets busy. Everybody…
Read MoreElectronic Etiquette
These days almost all communication is electronic. Electronic communication is much faster, that’s one of the great benefits, but in our hurry to communicate everything at the speed of light, it’s easy to get sloppy. Let’s talk email. Email is wonderful. It’s quick and efficient, and can be a great tool for both job search…
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