It’s December. The fiscal year is wrapping up and the days are filled with finalizing budgets, sending and collecting outstanding invoices, and preparing tax documents. Holiday parties are on the calendar, and the office seems a bit quieter as the phones ring less often. It is a time to reflect on the coming year’s plans …
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By Logan Allec Hiring a new employee can result in a variety of overlooked costs, so it’s important to make each new hire count. Attracting and retaining top talent is a major advantage for your business, while keeping subpar employees puts you behind the competition. Improving your hiring practices is one of the best changes …
Entrepreneurs always make mistakes. When you’re building a business, you will get things wrong. Everyone does. It’s part of the learning process. If you’re not failing occasionally, you’re not trying hard enough. Let me explain the biggest mistake your startup is making. Some mistakes, though, are more significant than others—and there’s one mistake that’s the …
Hiring top talent for IT is becoming difficult, with higher skill levels in demand. Reports say, almost half of companies find it difficult to source With digital transformations across industries and domains, the demand for quality technology professionals has increased. The ‘Tech Hiring & Technology Adoption Trends 2019′ report suggests that for 42% of companies, …
By Christine Alemany One of our clients introduced me to a new hire. My immediate thought was the client had hired a chief revenue officer because I could tell right away that he was a great salesperson. However, I was wrong. He was hired to be the chief marketing officer. As a marketer, I could …
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At Single Grain, we’re readers. After all, when we hire employees, we’re not just hiring them for what they’ve done in the past. We handpick our team members because we hope and believe they can contribute now and truly flourish in the future. If that sounds weird, think of your business as a baseball team …
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Many people think that the fastest way to grow a profitable business is to bring in sales reps early in the process to start closing deals and getting customers. For this reason, a lot of startups jump the gun on building a sales team, which can be a costly mistake. I know, because I’ve made …
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Successful interviews should accomplish two goals: getting the best out of the person being interviewed and selling your company as a place where they want to work. In fact, nine in ten people (91%) say the interview process influences their opinion of a company. If you ask the same questions everyone else does — you know …
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You know you need to invest in SEO, but you’re just one person. So how are you supposed to handle everything from on-page optimization to link building and content creation? Most companies figure out pretty quickly that proper SEO requires a team of professionals – each with different areas of expertise – working together to improve organic …
Ask any hiring manager or business leader what they want in a new hire, and they’ll probably tell you “good communication skills.” While a strong ability to communicate is essential for any position, there are other soft skills to look for in a new hire as well. To find out which skills are especially valuable, …
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According to Career Builder’s latest report, 63% of businesses within the U.S. planned to hire full-time employees within the last year. However, many of these companies have also noted that it is a struggle to fill these positions due to low unemployment rates. Your approach to hiring needs to be top-notch in order to capture …
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You’re the founder of your company; that’s one employee down. You might have a co-founder as well, so make that two. Now what? Early days at a new startup are exciting times, but they also tend to be lean times. You can’t run out and hire the best executive team, salespeople, marketers, customer service reps, …
