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Make Your Resume Count (to Six)

Count to six. One-one-thousand, two-one-thousand… and when you get to six, that’s it. Six seconds is how long, on average, a recruiter will look at your resume. This is not according to some sort of

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Use Your Hand to Land the Maximum Job Offer

Congratulations – you’ve sent your resume, achieved a first, second, and maybe even third interview and you’ve gotten a job offer.

So the tables are turned – to quote George Costanza, you now have “h

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Are You a “Crazy” Great Leader?

I am not sure how I got on this topic with our marketing guy, but we were talking about what he would consider the most effective marketing campaigns in our lifetime.  His favorite was Apple’s “Think

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Taking Timeout To Discuss Fantasy Football

Wait for it… you will see plenty of stories next week about all of the “wasted” work time spent on fantasy football. We see the same thing every spring with March Madness.

If you are in HR leadershi

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Networking 101: The Informational Interview

Often in a job hunt you may find that – as hard as you try – interviews are not rolling in and the number of jobs to apply for is lacking. How do you remain productive and continue to get your name o

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Be Accomplished, Not Seasoned

It’s a fact of life – father time always wins – despite all of our efforts. As we mature and gain more experience, it is important critical to keep progressing and advancing your career. Inevitably,

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Slow to Act Means Losing Your “A” Candidates

I am often asked by employers many things about the candidates they are reviewing, interviewing, and considering hiring – from experience to cultural fit to salary requirements. One thing I am rarely

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If You Aren’t Paying Attention to Total Rewards, Candidates May Not Pay Attention to You

Whether you are on board or not, more and more organizations are adopting Total Rewards as a way to look at compensation. As a reminder, a Total Rewards program looks beyond just dollars and cents of

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Signs It Is Time to Move On

Whether you’ve been with your position six years or six months, you know whether you are happy with your HR or payroll position. You may have settled in and convinced yourself that you are happy – or

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Don’t Be This Person: When Interviews Go Bad

The in-person interview. In today’s search for a new HR or payroll position, it is harder than ever to land. Remarkably, as an HR and payroll recruiting firm, we notice some pretty egregious examples

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