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What Remote Workers Can Learn From Working in the Office

10 May 2016

I am currently on the last leg of a 33-hour travel day, heading in the direction of home. Three weeks ago I flew 8,797 miles to meet my India-based team members. Going from small-town USA (population 20,000) to Bangalore, India (population 4.3 million) was no small adjustment: acclimating to the 100-degree heat; learning how to…

3 Brilliantly Creepy Recruitment Marketing Tactics to Try

05 May 2016

Studies have shown that nearly two-thirds of fully-employed professionals, while not on the market for a new job, would be open to discussing new opportunities. The thought that two out of every three employees in your workforce might flirt with the idea of exploring new opportunities can be terrifying, especially if you’re a small- to medium-sized…

In a Recruiting Rut? Here are 4 Ways to Climb Out of It

28 April 2016

Ruts, funks, dry spells, slow seasons… whatever you want to call them, they happen to the best of us. Maybe you’re going through a time of organizational change and it’s a tough adjustment. Maybe you lack access to resources you once had due to economic circumstances. Maybe there’s a family health crisis. Maybe the weather…

How to Build an HR Department Without HR People

26 April 2016

You run a growing company. New customers come through the door every day. Revenue is rising. To meet the demand, you need more people. When you think about adding people, you think about the challenges of a bigger workforce. You start thinking about building an HR department. Two things come to mind: The words “Human…

3 HR Technology Integrations to Get Excited About

21 April 2016

A few months ago, I met with a professional acquaintance of mine during happy hour. He’s in HR at a Denver-based technology company, and his organization had just implemented their first applicant tracking system – one that wasn’t Trakstar Hire. I asked him what the primary factor was in the decision to go with their…

Are These 5 Recruitment Mistakes Costing You Top Candidates?

19 April 2016

A company’s road to success is paved by every new hire. It doesn’t matter the size of the business – a great hire can trigger a host of positive results to both big, international companies as well as to small, local businesses. And the inverse is true of a poor hire. Which type of hire you…

How to Make the Job Interview Less Stressful for Candidates

12 April 2016

It’s perfectly natural for even the most talented and eligible candidates to feel anxiety going into a job interview. In fact, they may even feel the largest amount of anxiety: The best candidates don’t just want any job, they want your job. But if a candidate feels the pressure, they may not deliver to the best of…

5 Steps to Make Hiring More Predictable (No Crystal Ball Needed)

07 April 2016

Hiring a new employee can feel like a crapshoot sometimes – and indeed, for many companies, it kind of is. According to Equifax, more than 41 percent of employees who quit their job in the last year did so within the first six months. Another 16 percent quit between six and 11 months on the…

How Negative Employee Reviews Hurt Your Employer Brand – and How to Stop Them

05 April 2016

We love to talk about ourselves and our lives: the things we eat, see, love, and especially what we hate. We watch what others watch, avoid what others dislike, spot trends, learn new lingo, and see the world through fresh eyes. Nothing is too mundane or sublime to post – from how the barista misspelled…

8 Talent Management Strategies for Fast-Growing Companies

31 March 2016

“For a startup, growing too quickly can produce just as spectacular a failure as growing too slowly,” observed New York Times technology writer Farhad Manjoo. Growing pains are inevitable for any company that’s scaling fast. You’re going to make some mistakes along the way – and that’s just fine. The key is how quickly you…