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Brand Reputation Begins With the “Apply” Button

You may not realize it, but your company’s brand reputation and engagement can start as early as the second someone hits “apply” on your website.

Prior to pressing that button the candidate may have

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The Idea of Connectivity

Recently, I heeded the advice of so many to start your day off by being inspired by someone you know or want to know better. I met for an early, pre-dawn coffee with fellow HR professional and consult

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Are Your Employees Satisfied or Happy? 

More and more employers are looking past achieving employee “satisfaction” and “engagement” and aiming for employee “happiness.” A recent article on the SHRM website got me thinking about the differe

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What To Look For On a Resume

As hiring professionals, we can be guilty of taking a resume too seriously. We can treat it as a be all, end all document that we line up next to the job description and if we cannot check off a majo

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Approach Interviewing as a Conversation, Not an Interrogation

Interviews can be uncomfortable – and not just for the candidate. That’s because far too often an interview becomes a one-way conversation. You throwing question after question at a candidate while

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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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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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Workaholic Culture: Good or Bad?

Let’s face it; having a team of workaholics can be intoxicating. Your team’s operating at a high level, making major accomplishments, being recognized… what’s not to love? The problem is that it isn

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