• Turning the Great Resignation into a Great Recruiting Opportunity

    Has fear around the negative impacts of the Great Resignation stopped you from seeing the Great Recruiting opportunity?    It’s nearly impossible to read the news without hearing about the massive impacts that the Great Resignation has had on the workplace. A record breaking number of people have given their notice and decided to leave…

  • How To Know For Sure That They Can Actually DO What You Need

    A fantastic interview gets you pumped, but what happens when they show up and can’t do the job? How can you be sure someone has the experience and skills you need? Background and reference checks aren’t really going to help and smooth talkers can fool even experienced interviewers. Never fear, I have a solution! I…

  • Get Real To Get Results

    Today I’m going to talk about a way to supercharge your hiring results. It’s really simple. It’s get real and get results! Pretty catchy, huh?       Transcript Basically, I want you to get real with your applicants. Don’t paint this beautiful sunshiny picture of this great job that everything’s mapped out, if that’s…

  • How To Stop Wasting Time On The Wrong People

    Transcript Today, I’m going to teach you a major time-saving trick that’s so stupid simple you won’t believe you haven’t been doing it forever, and if you have been doing it already, thumbs up, dude. You’re awesome. This is what I like to call “deal breakers.” It’s a pretty complex idea, but you can probably…

  • 4 Simple Steps To Hiring Better So You Can Manage Less!

    According to the Harvard Business Review, 80% of employee turnover is due to hiring mistakes.  Ouch!  That means 4 out of 5 bad hires could have been avoided before you wasted all that time and energy! So, the point of this blog post is to help you hire better (so you can avoid those hires…

  • Should You Be Doing Background Checks Before You Hire?

    Are you running background checks on new hires? If you aren’t – you really should be. I get it. It might seem too complicated, or pricey to run these kinds of tests on every fresh face joining your team. You want to believe you’re a good judge of character, and that you wouldn’t make the mistake…

  • 3 Questions To Ask Yourself Before Hiring A Friend

    There’s no doubt about it: finding new, high potential talent to hire can be a bit daunting. A ton of factors are at play beyond just resumés and recommendations. You need to make sure you hire a trustworthy person who learns quickly, does their job well, and gets along beautifully with you and the rest…

  • Automate Your Hiring Process

    You’re an entrepreneur – which automatically makes you one of the busiest people on the face of the Earth. Am I right? So when the time comes to bring a new employee or team member on board, it’s critical you have some sort of automated system in place for your hiring process. This system will…

  • Do You Need Hiring AA? As In An Attitude Adjustment?

    In hiring – as in almost every area of life – your attitude often predicts your results. So when you’re starting the process of finding your perfect person, you might want to examine the way you feel about the whole thing. If you’re getting pangs of anxiety or stress: stop, take a deep breath and…

  • Should You Use Pre-Employment Drug Testing

    The idea of incorporating pre-employment drug testing into your selection process is to lessen the impact of drug abuse on your business. A few examples of how drug use can impact businesses: tardiness, absenteeism, turnover, attitude problems, decreased productivity, theft, crime and violence.   While there are many reasons to incorporate drug screening, it’s largely…