Bridging the skills gap in 2020 – but what skills should we focus on?
IBM and Josh Bersin recently put out an interesting study on the skills gaps that are currently opening and how technology advancements are creating gaps in many companies’ workforces. 5800 executives across 50 countries were surveyed and their findings were telling. (https://www.ibm.com/thought-leadership/institute-business-value/report/closing-skills-gap#) They’re feeling pain identifying, recruiting and retaining behavioral skills. Out of 12 identified […]
The Hidden Costs of Recruiting
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5 Reasons Why Your company Needs an Employee Referral Program
Employee referral programs (ERPs) offer a tremendously cost effective solution in the recruiting marketplace. Not only are referred candidates generally of a higher calibre but the cost of hiring is a fraction of the cost of more traditional methods. Additionally, they stay longer AND they take less time to onboard. Despite that a 2014 study […]
The Power of Excellence is Influence
“Join Us – we’re average” Thankfully not my client. A fellow headhunter had a conversation with a client where they basically said that they loved a candidate but thought he might be too good for them. This got me thinking about how many hundreds of headlines I could write for one of their job ads. […]
How bad customer service actually drives competition
I went on vacation last week. It was lovely. Thanks for asking. My wife and I escaped without children to beautiful, sunny and hot Mexico. A couple of things got me thinking about how some companies are their own worst enemies. Uber is on the verge of launching in Playa Del Carmen, the taxi drivers […]
