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Inherent Competencies to Look For When Hiring for Your Start Up
It's exciting to contemplate emerging innovation opportunities as a result of the challenges taking place in the world today. Telehealth, collaboration for cures, solutions for effective tele-work, and transformation of our education system are a few areas and there...
I Asked An Expert-Small Business Cybersecurity Tips During the Pandemic
Published on July 23, 2020 Mid-sized to large companies have I.T. experts on board that have helped transition work to home and remote offices. Smaller businesses like mine don't have a dedicated expert to help with a secure transformation to remote offices for our...
A Challenging Time for Everyone-Approached with Gratitude
The challenge that people worldwide are enduring now is unprecedented. All we can do is wake up every morning and wonder for the first few minutes of the day "am I dreaming?" Thankfully, as time passes, things will continue to get better but many have lost so much....
Should Your Company Hire Conductors, Maestros or Navy Seal Commanders?
By Evelyn Milani People with natural leadership capabilities are worth their weight in gold. Natural leaders are imperative to an organization to the point that an entire team will follow an effective leader when they resign to take a new position, which can be...
Retain Great Employees-Use Employee-Centered Design to Navigate Change
By Evelyn Milani We all go through change in our personal and business lives. Now, more than ever change is a part of corporate America. Whether it be acquisitions, government shut downs/furloughs, new processes and workflows, changes in tech stack, business growth or...
Losing Top Candidates in the Interview Process? Here are Five Dysfunctional Roadblocks in Your Hiring Workflow that Candidates Hate
By Evelyn Milani The competition is fierce for top talent in almost all job functions, especially for information technology and accounting and finance. The unemployment rate for Northern California is 3.1 (Santa Clara County) to 4.6 (Sacramento County) overall. In...
How to Use the Team/Panel Interview Effectively and Make the Right Hire
By Evelyn Milani Many a good manager includes their team in the interview process when bringing on someone new. What a great way to be inclusive and gain buy-in from your team! However, if you do not plan in advance or if you try to "shoot from the hip", the panel...
Career Pathing- Retain Top Talent by Moving Them Up vs. Them Moving On!
By Evelyn Milani Logical Career Paths Based on Competencies-A three-minute read Smart companies keep their best people by career-acceleration. Career-pathing can help accelerate your employee's career and help your company reduce turnover. As a recruiter, I love to...
Lower Than Expected Job Offer? Upsides to Consider
By Evelyn Milani Don't Rule Out a New Opportunity Until You Take These Factors Into Consideration: When changing careers, no one wants to take a step back with salary. However, making a change for the better, especially when it propels you towards your three to five...
WAY Out of Sorts Working From Home? Actions to Maintain Your Productivity and Sanity
By Evelyn Milani We will get through this crisis. We are adapting to a new way to work in order to protect each other, especially our loved ones and our health care providers. We also need to show compassion for those millions of people who have been affected by...
Imagine You – With a Mentor
By Evelyn Milani How to Identify and Approach a Mentor- Transform Your Career, Have Better Success Achieving Your Goals Can you remember that favorite teacher in high school or college or that aunt/uncle, mom/dad, who really believed in you, encouraged you and...
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