Helping managers make every hire count.
May 6th, 2013
Last week, we released the tenth episode of the Down2theHire Podcast. While it really isn’t that big of an accomplishment, it does take a lot of work to put even one five minute episode together. So, we’re going to take a breather this week and reflect on our first ten episodes by sharing with you [...]
June 26th, 2012
Download our new FREE eBook 5 Hiring Missteps to Avoid at Any Cost to find out how you can save between $150K and $750K by simply avoiding some of the most common hiring mistakes managers make. How can we save you $150K+? Hiring mistakes can cost businesses between three to fifteen times the annualized salary [...]
May 14th, 2012
Why Hire? REWORK by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson is the blunt common-sense business book that you have to add to your May 14th reading list! This book will immediately get you thinking and doing differently about your business or job in a way that leads to higher profitability, productivity and satisfaction. Rework gets [...]
March 8th, 2012
2 Tips to Help You Spring Ahead in Your Hiring Process 1. Start with the End in Mind. This tip comes from Eric Herrenkohl’s book How to Hire A-Players. First, start with the end in mind. Ask yourself, what business outcomes do I want to achieve from a successful hire, and then work backwards from [...]
February 14th, 2012
Inundated with thousands of resumes? Don’t know what you’re looking for? Need help defining the job for which you’re hiring? If yes to any of these questions, then consider this video a Valentine’s present from me to you! In How to do a Job Analysis for FREE, I mentioned two free tools that the U.S. [...]
February 7th, 2012
Last week, Lori Goldsmith, senior HR business partner at Tomlin Staffing wrote about how the #1 recruiting mistake that hiring mangers make is not understanding the real job. Before spending hundreds of dollars and hours on job postings and interviews, she wrote, “first you must understand your organization’s ‘real’ needs.” Lori went onto recommend conducting a [...]
January 30th, 2012
This is a guest post by Lori S. Goldsmith, SPHR, GPHR, senior HR business partner at Tomlin Staffing, follow her tweets @HeartofHR. The Cost of Poor Hires and Why Working with Recruiters Make Sense The impact of poor hires and turnover on business results can undermine an organizations ability to remain competitive in the marketplace. [...]
August 24th, 2011
Do you have a Wouldn’t It Be Nice list at work? Wouldn’t it be nice to consistently be blogging? Wouldn’t it be nice to research this topic or research that technology? Wouldn’t it be nice to do a better job managing my network or email database? I do! I have list of things I’d like [...]
