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Rule #1 is clear AND supremely counterintuitive when hiring great people- Don’t ever, ever hire somebody just like yourself. Why is that so hard? And what has happened to executives and companies that...
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What’s it going to take for your company to be successful next year? In may cases the last quarter of the year is when most companies start thinking about the business challenges of the coming year....
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The Harvard Business Review published a great article, “The Gap Between What Leaders Want and What Recruiters Deliver” written by By Sue Marks on February 16, 2016. This article addresses the subject...
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Why is talent (the young candidate in particular) choosing to leave the most beautiful city on the planet and moving away? This is a very unfortunate reality in the Vancouver lower...
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Talent Defined What do we think of when the term “talent” is used in a conversation? Do we think of Einstein, Mozart, Picasso, Spielberg, Streep or Hawkins? Twenty years ago, those kinds of...
View ArticleHiring Wisdom – Want. Need. Must Have.
Is it time to think about hiring talent? Will making an investment in people help fuel the growth of your business? Has your team had too much to do lately? Are people increasingly overworked and...
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