You know what they say: Unless you’ve worked at the Gap, you don’t ever want a gap on your resume. That’s changing, though, as two years of complete uncertainty in almost every area of life has normalized job gaps for a lot of people. In fact, LinkedIn found that there was a 39% jump in career gaps in the first year of the [...]
Want to find better employees? Offer better benefits. Because while benefits don’t often make or break a contract with a potential hire, they are certainly a factor in a hiring market where talent has a lot of choices. For this reason, according to a recent national study, 88% of HR managers confirm that they’ve upgraded their employee benefits since the pandemic began. They’re [...]
As a hiring manager, a recruiter can save you a lot of time and effort in the early rounds of hiring. We specialize in screening candidates with initial communication. But what exactly do we find out? Every recruiter is different, and I can only speak for myself, but as a recruiter for the past 25+ years, I think this is a pretty good [...]
A few years ago, if you had told me that you wanted to land a job as a “Chief Metaverse Officer,” I would have thought you’d gone down a sci-fi k-hole. This morning, I did a quick search of my network and found more than 110 such executives listed on LinkedIn (1st, 2nd & 3rd connections). Since my practice & network focus on [...]
While established employees often tend to favor remote work and champion it loudly, we hear less from the newer, younger professionals who may actually NOT want to work at home. Working remotely can make it challenging to tap into company culture and conduct the kind of networking and rapport that naturally happens in an office setting. For younger folks just getting starting in [...]
“Tim, we’d like to let you know we’ll be sending over an offer this afternoon.” If you’ve been in the hiring world for long enough, you probably have an ingrained belief that a phone call is far more personal and professional than a message. But that mentality is a bit, well, old fashioned these days. Younger candidates in particular often prefer messaging and [...]
Finding new ways to talk about the Great Resignation has practically become a pastime of HR pundits. Now, they’re calling it the Great Renegotiation. The truth is, people aren’t just quitting. In many cases, they’re moving on to greener pastures, different and/or better roles and more money. One recent piece of research by The Hustle showed that of more than a thousand people [...]
When David Novak, the longtime CEO of Yum Brands (think Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell) was a college student, he made ends meet serving tables at a Holiday Inn, where Engelbert Humperdinck once stiffed him on a tip. Novak credits this experience with helping form who he is as a leader today. He wrote in his biography, “I’ll remember until the day I [...]
If you’re going through a time when people are departing your company en masse, it can be hard to keep morale up. And it’s actually extra important, because research has shown that “social contagion” is a real thing. When one or two influential people opt to leave, often, more follow suit. On Harvard Business Review, a piece of advice I enjoyed: CREATE TERRA [...]
“Tim, I don’t know what I want to do to, but I don’t want THIS job.” For people who are discontent in their jobs or careers, but not clear on which direction to go in, the future can seem daunting. You may have an inkling of what you want to do, but you’re not yet ready to commit to a full pivot. And [...]