Wow! We certainly live in interesting times. Over the past couple of weeks, most of us have been thrown into a well-executed scramble where we moved our work to our homes as a public safety measure.
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Category: Employers
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion – Let’s Learn Together!
Diversity, equity, and inclusion is an initiative most organizations have in their strategic plan. That said, achieving it is challenging. Despite the diversity strategies, few come up with something that works.
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The Candidate Experience. How to Bridge the Gap Between Employer Perception and Candidate Reality.
We are in the most competitive labor market in years. Qualified candidates with technical aptitude AND soft skills are in extreme demand. In the competition for top talent, it’s more important today than ever before for companies to put their best foot forward.
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Interim Staffing – Make It Work for You!
Have you ever contemplated using interim staffing? This is an option many of my clients use for a variety of situations. If you have never utilized interim staffing, you could be missing out on a valuable resource!
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Executives, Hiring Managers, & HR Professionals: Are Your Salaries Competitive?
Two clients asked me just this week if the salary range they were offering for a position was competitive. There’s not an easy or quick answer to that question! We take many things into consideration when consulting with our clients about compensation.
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How to Create a Job Offer Too Good to Refuse
When any candidate agrees to take a job, the emotional trigger is all about hope. Hope that this move will make a certain pain go away. On the company side, it is almost the same formula. Two sides both engaging in a leap of faith, which hopefully eliminates pain and produces happiness.
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CASE STUDY: The Search for an Industry Specific President
Aureus Group partnered with a $7 billion banking institution located in South Bend, Indiana, on its search for an executive to succeed the retiring and long-time President of its Construction Finance division, a highly specialized area of finance.
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Risky Business
Happy New Year! There are so many articles going around about resolutions and change, and I didn’t feel like I had anything different to add. Quite honestly, resolutions are hard for me. Everything that I want in 2020 feels so intangible and hard to quantify, and most of my desires for this year are what my friends and family want for themselves.
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To Degree or Not to Degree
I am about to say something that is quite possibly an unpopular opinion. Still an opinion I feel worth sharing (naturally because it’s mine and I like people knowing what I think). One of the main conversations I am having with hiring managers every day is about candidates having certain qualifications…
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The Ultimate Juggling Act: Family & Career
I am a working mom with an incredibly busy family. My spouse is in the military, I have three active kids, three German Shepherds, and to round it out, two cats. There is never a dull moment in our house, or a quiet one at that. My job in recruiting is equally busy…
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