The SITUATION: A client reached out to me one day with a dilemma. “I’m heading into a performance review later this week with a great employee who was given a significant pay raise last year. If she expects the same raise this year, it will put her above the pay grade...
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The BIG Missing In Employee Engagement
These are just some of the headlines scrolling through our newsfeed in the last couple of weeks: Worldwide, 13% of Employees Are Engaged at Work The Worldwide Employee Engagement Crisis Employee Engagement at an All-Time Low In an attempt to validate this, we recently...
How a Manager took the wind out of my sails
You may have heard me tell the story of how when I started my business, with very little experience in selling my services and unable to pay my bills, I had to go get a part-time job bartending. A few articles ago, I shared how I got hired at a TGI Friday’s by a new...
[Wizard Wisdom] New Employees: An Unexpected Source…
The SITUATION: Since many companies are currently dealing with the talent shortage for skilled and unskilled labor, it’s time to embrace and implement some out-of-the-box recruiting solutions as the more traditional methods become less reliable. The SOLUTION:...
[DISC Wizard Q&A] How To Improve Your Employee Referral Program
We have an employee referral program in our company but it’s not bringing us the results we want. We talk about it all the time. People are aware of it. What are we missing? ~ Jayne, HR Manager Dear Jayne, First, I want to congratulate you on having the program in...
[Wizard Wisdom] Recruiting Tip #3: Get Them To Come To You
Remember a long time ago, before the Internet and online dating (and even longer ago when you were single) and you wanted to meet someone, what did you do? The vast majority of us asked our friends and close associates to set us up. Who better to introduce us to...
[Wizard Wisdom] Recruiting Tip #2: Use the Right Bait
Most of the time when we post jobs, we throw out a broad net and end up scooping up the bottom-feeders. Instead, we need the right bait (i.e. a clear, enticing job posting) to attract the right fish from the candidate pool. The way to do this is to know what type of...
[Wizard Wisdom] Finding Talent In Non-Glamorous Industries
Unprecedented growth, constantly changing demographics and the increasing of individual choice have resulted in many companies facing a talent shortage. The U.S. Department of Labor predicts a 12.3 percent shortage of workers in skilled trades during the next six...
[Note from Nancy] Bartender Needed – No Experience Necessary
When I started my business sixteen years ago, I had no idea how to sell my services. So I decided to get a part-time job to supplement my income. And because I needed my days free, I decided to try my hand at bartending. The problem was I had never bartended before. I...
[Tips] DISC: Using It In Hiring…
When using DISC for hiring, we have to remember that it doesn’t encompass the WHOLE person. There are many different aspects to a person and their performance, and likewise, to what each job requires. The first step is to spell out exactly what you are looking for....
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