When I started my staffing franchise, a mentor gave me a couple books for suggested reading about business and about recruiting. One of them was the book “Who: the A Method for Hiring” by Geoff Smart and Randy Street. It was fascinating, and I enjoyed reading it, but it applied more to recruiting professional or […]
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I was so excited about the trip to New York City. My company was usually quite frugal, but for the trip to Manhattan it had spared no expense. We would be staying at a beautiful hotel on Madison Avenue, eating at some beautiful restaurants, receiving spending stipend of “fun money,” and visiting Ellis Island and […]
Also, a few quotes about Thomas Jefferson. “Jefferson’s sense of Britain as a perennial foe is unsurprising and essential to understand.” Meacham writes. “He thought he was in a perennial war. And if we are to understand what he was like and what life was like for him, then we must see the world as […]
How often do hiring managers consider the fact that their candidates and the readers of their job descriptions may also be their customers? Several months ago, a candidate came into our office and just about commanded us to find a position for her immediately. She said she had just purchased a car and now had […]
“There is nothing new under the sun.” – Ecclesiastes 1:9 Do any of the following: sound familiar? Two political parties are very distrustful of each other and thought the other party was a danger to the country. One of the most influential politicians of the time, also a future president, becomes very “conspiratorial” and believes […]
