To increase a company’s success, one of the concepts I teach them is simple: Recruiting great people starts by understanding that people have never been taught how to figure out where they should go to work. The only one who knows who belongs working in their organization… is the one

When I get asked to do consulting work with a company to fundamentally reimagine the way they recruit, retain, and develop talent, that request almost NEVER comes from HR. By far, the most common parts of an organization that decide to bring me in are Operations Managers, VP’s, and owners.

A fascinating observation I have made over the past 20 years of working with job seekers (and the companies looking to recruit them) is the change in motivations of each of the generations in the workforce. Much like your organization has different marketing materials, whether they are selling a product

Have you ever wondered why your great people stay with you? It’s probably not because you are the highest paying employer in the region… because you are not. It’s not because you have more opportunities for promotion than anyone else they could work for… because you don’t. Overwhelmingly, I can

When I start a conversation with a client company about helping them recruit, retain and develop their employees, the first thing that I must do is to scare them. Why? Well, let’s face it, hiring has been pretty easy over the past 40 years. Due to the demographics of the

If your organization is having trouble attracting candidates for your open positions, you might quickly decide that you are not getting responses because you are not the highest paying employer. Let me assure you that regardless of the amount of money your company has, you cannot win this war with