The Definitive Guide to Recruiting Creative Talent
Recruiting creative talent. Get it right, and it’s like oxygen to your sales. This guide shows how to get it right and benefit from the most fantastic creatives.
Who’s hiring?
In a “normal” year, we would be in the middle of the busiest hiring season of the year. About half of searches and new hires occur between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. This is far from a typical year, but I still see a fair amount of hiring going on among my clients. We’ve gotten beyond…
How has living in a remote world impacted your business?
Most of us have been doing some version of WFH for at least 5 months now. Things that we thought we’d never do 5 months ago, interviewing candidates, on-boarding employees, pitching for work, doing a kick-off meeting or strategy meeting with a new client, brainstorming and refining creative ideas…we’ve done all those things at this…
Recruiting creative people isn’t easy
Recruiting great creative talent is hard. The best, most talented creatives are always in demand and have their choice of where to go work. Good creatives have high standards! They aren’t going to work just anywhere. If you need top creative talent, you need to build a culture that allows them to do great work. …
Want a high performing team? Stop telling yourself these stories (lies?) about hiring
All of a sudden I have a lot of clients who are hiring. Hiring should be something to get excited by—you’ve got new clients! You have the opportunity to expand your team! But, more of my clients are dreading the hiring process rather than embracing it. Even though their teams are screaming at them for…
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6 Most Common Small Business HR Issues to Avoid
When starting your small business, you should be aware of the impact Human Resources can have on everything your company does. HR is responsible for supporting the business by handling hiring, firing, and classifying employees, as well as investigations. Some of the most common HR problems for all businesses but especially new businesses, include: Recruitment…
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Excellence – or Mediocrity?
Mission Statement: We resolve to be pretty much OK. We won’t make glaring errors, so our customers will be somewhat satisfied. We want people to like working with our team, and feel comfortable working at our company. Now, there’s a mission statement – if you’re on a mission to fail. No business would ever create such…