by Nancy Roberts | Jul 19, 2018 | Blog Posts
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...
by Nancy Roberts | Jun 26, 2018 | Blog Posts
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...
by Nancy Roberts | Jun 13, 2018 | Blog Posts
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:...
by Nancy Roberts | Jun 6, 2018 | Blog Posts
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...
by Nancy Roberts | May 29, 2018 | Blog Posts
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...
by Nancy Roberts | May 22, 2018 | Blog Posts
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...
