By Lydia Abbot Raise your hand if you love asking or being asked the following interview questions: How many golf balls can you fit on a jet? Where do you see yourself in 5 years? What would you like your salary to be? If you’re not raising your hand, we…...
Wait, Where Did Our New Hire Go?
Sue Shellenbarger (WSJ) An abrupt change of heart after saying yes to a job can have career repercussions years later—here’s how to navigate this delicate decision It should be any job seeker’s dream: You’re looking for a job and three offers land in your lap. Or maybe you’re not even…...
60 Business Buzzwords to Delete From Your Vocabulary
Felicia Sullivan and Jack Fehr Business buzzwords have become commonplace, weaving their way into our everyday vernacular and spurring the creation of websites and software programs designed to translate corporate lingo into plain English. In some offices, clever employees place “jargon jars” in conference rooms, where colleagues have to deposit…...
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5 Old-School Recruiting & Hiring Tactics That Need to Be Retired
In Hiring Strategy — by Dave Anderson Recruiting and hiring isn’t the same as it was only a few years ago. Companies are now fiercely competing with each other to attract talented candidates. The ones that are winning are using technology to hire smarter and faster. While there is no…...
Why People Feel More Productive Working Remotely
More companies are embracing remote work and flex scheduling. By: Karsten Strauss An annual public survey of more than 5,500 people sheds light on why many prefer to work outside the office. (Image credit: Shutterstock) It seems obvious that many would like to do their jobs from the comfort of their own…...
Technology in 2025: Prepare for the fourth industrial revolution
You've heard this before —the rate of technological change is accelerating. It's unpredictable and unprecedented. As the World Economic Forum acknowledged in its Future of Jobs report, we’re entering a fourth industrial revolution: Developments in previously disjointed fields such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotics, nanotechnology, 3D printing and…...
The Renewable Energy Industry – Hiring Trends
Top Source Talent LLC has spent the last 6 months researching the Renewable Energy Industry hiring trends. We heard rumors that the Renewable Energy Market is surging, and we all need to ride the wave of this industry for a number of reasons: Renewable Energy or Alternative Energy, as it's…...
Integrity Is the Most Important Trait to Hire For.
Here is an interesting article that posted to INC.com 04/01/18: Warren Buffett Says Integrity Is the Most Important Trait to Hire For. Ask These 12 Questions to Find It Written by, Marcel Schwantes - Principal and founder, Leadership From the Core – for INC.com (www.inc.com) 04/01/18 Billionaire Warren Buffett, chairman…...
Bringing Up Salary In An Interview
Microsoft and LinkedIn HR execs reveal the right time to bring up salary in an interview (copied from CNBC “MakeIT.” article by Ruth Umoh) Imagine this: You're seeking a new job and have scored interviews at different companies. You don't want to waste your time interviewing for a position that…...
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Med Device, Pharma, BioMed hiring: The demand for top talent increases… but what about compensation?
My team and I have spent the last 3 years sourcing, identifying and recruiting top level candidates for medical device, pharma and biomedical companies across the country. With the significant increase in mergers and acquisitions over the last few years, there is an increased demand for top talent in these…...
Distributed Employment (aka Remote Work Environment) for 2016
I read an article recently about Distributed Employment, the new buzz term for working remotely, virtually, or telecommuting. I like the term Distributed Employment, as it describes in more detail the Corporate advantages of having remote workers. Distributed Employment is gradually becoming a new normal for "progressive" Corporate America, as…...
10 Tips for Attracting and Retaining Talent
I've been recruiting for the high-tech industry for over 25 years. In that time, I've seen dozens of innovative incentives for attracting and retaining top talent. Let's cut to the chase. Here are my 'top 10' incentives: 1. Cash (of course). Competitive salaries, generous annual merit increases, attainablebonuses (paid out…...