The Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Slow Hiring Process
As a company owner or hiring manager, it is important to carefully consider the cost-benefit analysis of your slow hiring process.
The Real Reason Great Sales Talent Keeps Leaving Your Company
If you’re in the business of recruiting and retaining sales talent, you know that it’s a tough job.
3 Ways to Identify Growth Mindset at Interview
Whatever the position you’re looking to fill, there’s one key element you should be aiming to decipher in your next interview, and that’s mindset. Mindset affects every aspect of our work, from the way we tackle challenges to the care we take in execution. It affects the way we communicate with our colleagues, the relationships […]
Why It’s Already Too Late to Start Recruiting
How many times have you heard a business leader, entrepreneur or manager of people say, “We just can’t get the staff,”? Hiring is an ongoing, ever-challenging activity for employers to undertake. Building a solid talent attraction strategy isn’t the half of it – there’s finding them, managing the process, and all the paperwork that goes […]
How to Make Health & Safety a Priority for Staff in Manufacturing
In a manufacturing environment, there’s little more important to keep front and centre than the importance of health and safety. Health and safety governs your workplace in so many ways; it even trickles down into your overall productivity and output as a plant. And, as an employer, it should be your priority. But how to […]
How to Retain Top Performers in Manufacturing
Retaining your top performers is absolutely crucial to continued business success – no ifs and buts. The manufacturing sector can often require a lot of training and hands-on experience to build top performers, which means time, commitment and, of course, resources (not to mention the emotional side of getting to know and love one of […]
First Impressions for Employers & How to Make a Good One
Psst, employers. Here’s something you really need to know: first impressions work both ways. That means, first impressions for employers couldn’t be more important. Talent attraction is no longer merely a case of supply and demand – the “we have a job open and you need one” approach is a thing of the past, period. […]
How to Avoid Unconscious Bias When Interviewing
Here in the recruitment world, we hear the words “unconscious bias” a lot – but what measures are you taking as an employer to avoid it slipping into your recruitment process? Have you educated yourself on how to avoid unconscious bias yet? Because unconscious bias is exactly that – something we’re totally unaware of happening […]
The Benefits of a Licensed Recruiter
We post a lot of articles, here and on LinkedIn, about varying subjects – what’s going on in the manufacturing industry; recruiting best practices; how to manage or engage your staff, among others. But one thing we don’t talk enough about are the simple benefits of partnering with a licensed recruiter. Here’s the breakdown. Focus […]