Aug 18, 2017
Candidates Please READ the Job Description! The Recruiter for the Role Is Your Friend
As a seasoned recruiter, I have placed professionals in many areas - IT, medical, executive, accounting, and finance. And recruiting is recruiting. In all of those disciplines, a recruiter needs to have a relationship with the hiring manager to truly know what they are looking for in a candidate. Recruiters know team dynamics, cultural fit,
Aug 08, 2017
How Performance Management Aligns with Employee Experience – Part II
Let's face it, talent drives strategy and professional development is critical for both employees and employers. We are passionate about our customer's employer brands and believe understanding their culture and values are imperative for us to help people and companies achieve their goals.
Aug 01, 2017
My Love/Hate Relationship with Texting
I have a love/hate relationship with texting. I can't deny the fact that it's super convenient to quickly send or reply to a text without having to actually call someone. I mean, let’s be honest -- sometimes we just don't feel like talking on the phone!
Professionally, texting has totally changed the way we are
Jul 26, 2017
Don’t Let the Difficult Times Get You Down – Persevere
As someone who is still relatively new in their position at work, the word “perseverance” has had a lot of meaning to me this year. Even though I do my best to keep a positive attitude, there are days when being positive and reminding myself to keep pushing forward become a little harder, especially when
Jul 19, 2017
Understanding the Four Attributes of Emotional Intelligence – Part 3: Social Awareness
In part 3 of this 4 part series we will focus on social awareness and its role in emotional intelligence. As you may recall, emotional intelligence (EQ) is the ability to recognize not only your emotions but the emotions of those around you while being able to adjust your emotions and influence those of others.
Jul 11, 2017
How Performance Management Aligns with Employee Experience – Part I
The buzz and research on culture and the performance management topic is inspiring change. Not surprisingly, many studies have found that managers' least favorite workplace function behind firing employees is conducting traditional annual reviews. Employees dislike this process equally or more than their managers.
Jul 03, 2017
The Cowardly Lion and his Courage Found in the Workplace
Courage. It’s one of the first things that comes to my mind when I think about our veterans and those currently serving our country. I love that we celebrate hard on the Fourth of July, but I never want to forget why we celebrate.
Jun 26, 2017
Aureus Group Recognized by Forbes
We have exciting news from Aureus Group! We have been named by Forbes to its list of the 2017 America's Best Professional Recruiting Firms. Aureus Group is ranked #105 in the group of 250 firms, which represent the best of the best in staffing and recruitment nationally.
Jun 26, 2017
Artificial Intelligence – Coming Soon to an Office Near You!
I was reading an article a couple of weeks ago about how KPMG is using artificial intelligence and encouraging their customers to do the same. I found the whole idea fascinating and it reminded me that this world that we live in is constantly evolving.
Jun 26, 2017
Time to Make a Move…
The IT job market in Omaha has been picking up momentum since the beginning of the year, with Q2 showing a higher demand and more candidate movement. There are many clients looking to add 20-30 IT professionals both on a contract basis as well as direct hire scenarios.