The Chicken or the Egg?

Can you hire a replacement for someone before you fire them? Or, should you fire them, then replace them? We’ve observed companies (our clients and others) thinking about this more carefully before deciding how to handle a replacement. We applaud this, because it considers the needs of the company, the team, and the current employee.…

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Last post, we were singing …

and now, we definitely need to add to the choir. More jobs! Seriously, please take a look and pass it on to people in your network: Now, there’s a need for: *traffic manager for agency*senior art director for in-house agency*account manager(s) — in-house and agency*admin/recruiting intern for LandaJob*production artist for corporation*on-going temporary designer — avg.…

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The gates have opened …

In the past couple of months, our inbox runneth over. We’re averaging about 50% more resumes than we have in the past several years. It appears that jobseekers know the timing is right for a new job, or just a job, if they’ve been out of work. News sources have been warning companies that a…

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What happened to December? and a January bonus!

Whew. We’re moving f-a-s-t around here. Hiring’s picking up, both in temporary and full-time and it looks like 2011 will be better for lots of people. In that vein, we’re contributing Wednesday work all during January. And, we know, the movie line from Dave was also “Everybody works on Mondays”. The point was it’s good…

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