Imagine a family of five driving along in a minivan and it’s time for dinner. The family has been out all day, so nothing has been prepared at home. The question gets posed, “Where does everyone want to eat?” The Dad is thinking that the steakhouse sounds good, yet the Mom wants to go to the new build […]

The Cost of Going Back to Square One People develop opinions about companies in a few ways. Sometimes their opinion is developed through being a customer or a vendor. Other times it is based on the advertising messages they see or hear word of mouth. I want to discuss another way perceptions about companies are […]

Interviewers ask questions to reveal those necessary details about a candidate that drive a hiring decision. This article provides seven questions that will reveal the hard-to-find information about a candidate’s soft skills, which is vital in hiring. These questions don’t stand alone, though. Each of them needs follow-up questions such as: “Why do you say that?”, […]

As the job market shifts to a more candidate-driven market, the top candidates have become more selective than they have been since before the recession. Now, more than ever, the interviewers and companies doing the hiring need to prepare to attract the best talent. The intent of this article is to help companies realize that […]

Obstacles in Securing Candidates: Overcoming Q3 and Q4 Hiring Challenges I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but it’s getting harder and harder to secure top talent? I thought we were in a recession—so where are all the candidates? Believe it or not, we are in a very candidate driven market, and to compound the problem, […]