How to Assess a Creative Portfolio When Recruiting for Creative and Design Positions
Recruiting for a creative or design position can be challenging. While it’s possible to objectively assess things like education, training, and experience, creativity is much more subjective. If you, or your hiring manager, are not trained and experienced in design, you could quickly find yourself in over your head, and […]
What to Look For When Hiring For a Manager
Managers play important roles at your company. When you’re hiring a manager, you want someone who can properly represent your company to employees and customers. An unprofessional or disengaged manager can alienate clients, discourage employees, reduce morale and productivity. To help avoid these issues, there are some key things you […]
Consider This When Using Recruitment Agencies to Fill Jobs
There are many advantages to using a recruitment agency to fill open positions at your company. If you’re planning to use a recruitment agency, or trying to decide whether you want to use one, consider these benefits they offer. Professional Employee Finders You run a business. Unless that business is […]
Small Business Owners and the Real Cost of Hiring
Recently I have been speaking with a lot of small business owners, actively looking or about to embark on a search for a new employee to fill a hole left by a previous co-worker, or they are expanding the company and have created a shiny new position. A fair amount […]
What It Takes To Hire the Best People
Hiring is one of the most critical on-going processes a company goes through. Employees are your company’s most important asset, and when you invest in bringing the best possible talent onto your team, you help contribute to your company’s success. But how do you make sure you hire the best […]
Engineering an Effective Recruitment Process
Nothing can slow down your business like open positions. Not only do other employees have to take on extra work to cover these gaps, but resources often must be redirected at higher levels while replacement candidates are sought. To minimize the disruption caused by this inevitable process, it’s critical to […]
What to Look For in a Recruiting Agency
It’s a double-edged sword in the business world. As your business grows, more demands are put on your staff. To keep up with the increasing demands, you decide to add more permanent employees. Now, who has the time to pour through the dozens, or even hundreds, of résumés that you’re […]
Recruiting Agencies Can Decrease the Time It Takes to Fill an Open Position
Having open positions at your company is something every manager hopes to avoid as much as possible. Finding the right people for open positions is hard and can take up a lot of company resources. Rather than taking time away from your everyday responsibilities to weed through applications and screen […]
How to Craft an Effective Job Description
Onboarding is an important investment. It’s a huge commitment to hire someone as a permanent member of your organization. To make sure you aren’t wasting time and resources when hiring new employees, it’s critical to put the right people in the right roles. This begins with your job postings. If […]