True Productivity Always Wins

Being productive gets a lot of attention – sometimes too much. We can often feel pressure to get more done each day than we did the day before – and still achieve life balance, of course. But true productivity isn’t… Read more »

Ensuring a Great Hire

A top position is opening at your company. It’s a position pivotal to maintaining forward growth. A bad hire is never good, but in this case, it could be devastating. What steps can you take to ensure that your chosen… Read more »

Keys to Success as a Temp

More and more companies are discovering the benefits of using temps, increasing the option of making temp work your long-term career. Whether that’s your goal or you’re just biding time until you graduate, get hired permanently, etc.; success – being… Read more »

Embracing 2016 – The Trends and The Issues

It’s the same every year – the new year brings new trends and new issues or, at least, new variations on the old ones. Sometimes being prepared means being able to effectively respond to trends and issues. Sometimes it simply… Read more »

Emotional Intelligence: Is It Important?

Emotional intelligence (EI), that intangible piece of a person that governs how he/she manages the behavior, navigates through social complexities and makes personal choices, encompasses the ability not only to recognize personal emotions but also to understand the message they… Read more »

Keeping your Office Party out of the Liability Zone

It’s that time of year – when it’s time for office parties, gift exchanges, holiday music, etc. but you want to be sensitive to the diversity among your staff. It isn’t as difficult as you might imagine – just follow… Read more »

Engaging & Retaining Millennials

Millennials – the dominant force in today’s workers. While most hiring managers have ditched the negatives and are focusing on the tremendous strengths of Millennials – quick learning, adaptable, tech-savvy, multi-tasking, creative, entrepreneurial thinking, and team oriented, for starters –… Read more »

Putting Away 2015 – Are you Ready?

 In five short weeks, the party will be over and 2016 will be in full swing. It’s time to put 2015 back in the box. We’ve put together some tips to make the process run smoothly. Looking Back: Pull out… Read more »

Giving Thanks

The giving of thanks is always a winner. We are taught it when we are young, we know how much it means to us when a boss, coworker, friend, etc. takes the time to thank us, and we know how… Read more »

Social Media Recruiting

Social media recruiting – a viable tool for HR. The key of course is playing the game wisely. The advantages are easy to understand – it provides connection and ongoing engagement with both active and passive candidates, another layer of… Read more »