Hiring
How to use recruiting variety to hire the best
What do commercial fishing and hiring have in common? You get better results when you “cast a wide net!” Every supervisor and manager wants to improve their chances of hiring a person who brings in more business, reduces costs, has innovative ideas, and takes full responsibility for their work. By using a variety of recruiting…
Read More7 Ways You Should Hire Like You Select a Mate
Have you ever hired someone and later regretted it? Maybe you didn’t have much time to fill the job, so when one of your team members recommended her friend, who seemed awesome, you talked to her once and then offered her a job. Within a few months, you could see that she didn’t have the…
Read MoreHow to Avoid New Employee Turnover in Year One
When unemployment is low it’s not only hard to find good people, but it’s also hard to keep them. With so many employers looking to hire, competition for talent is fierce. You’re at risk of losing people in their first year of work through no fault of your own. New hires go through a predictable…
Read MoreHow to Attract and Retain Top Employees: Pay Competitively!
You may think you offer competitive pay, but do you know for sure? In a 2018 survey, Indeed found that more than half (54%, to be exact) of respondents would consider changing jobs to get a pay raise. There are two sides to this statistic to consider. On one side, if you could be at…
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