3 Ways to Protect Yourself From a Job Search Scam
By Catherine Lang-Cline Yes, job search scams are happening. Just when you think people can’t get more terrible, criminals are preying on people looking for work. They are also misrepresenting actual companies. We are hearing about this more and more. People are gathering your information to file for unemployment, get your social security number, or […]
Synchronous vs Asynchronous: Leveraging Time to Maximize Productivity
By Kristen Harris We’ve been helping clients hire for and elevate their marketing teams since 2005. Saying the structure of work has changed since we started is a major understatement. Remember when you were hired for a job and assumed that you would be going to that company’s office every day to work? Yeah, me […]
Beyond Diversity: Equity and Inclusion Drive Retention
By Kristen Harris We help companies elevate their marketing teams and firmly believe that a more diverse marketing team leads to better outcomes. Not only do we want to live in a more equitable and inclusive society, but the importance of having a diverse marketing and creative team has been proven repeatedly. I can think […]
How Not to Piss Off the People That You’re Interviewing
By Catherine Lang-Cline Talent is always a challenge to find and sometimes you find “the one” only to end up getting “ghosted” or ignored. What happened? There are a lot of explanations, such as; they changed their mind about looking or they got a better offer. More often, another company moved quicker or you simply […]
Post-Pandemic Hiring Trends: Remote Work and Employee Expectations
By Kristen Harris As experts in creative hiring, we work hard every day to help our clients find exceptional marketing talent that elevates their team. To keep doing that well, we’re constantly elevating our team too. One way we do this is by attending the American Staffing Association’s annual conference, Staffing World. While there was […]
A Day in the Life: Q+A with Fariha Tayyab
Hi y’all – I’m Fariha. I’m a storyteller and transplant from Texas! I’ve been self-employed as a writer and photographer for a few years. Check out my website here. I reside in Northwest Columbus with my spouse, foster son, and two kitties. Among other things, I’m a lover of language and culture. A lot of […]
The War on Talent Continues
By Catherine Lang-Cline If you are thinking that you can just wait out the frenzy to find great talent, you might be waiting a long time. All signs are pointing to the “war on talent” to continue into 2022, as reported in a survey by Staffing Industry Analysts.* According to their survey, “73% of employers […]
A Day in the Life: Q+A with Terry Cline
Worked too long on the assembly line at Whirlpool building microwave ovens. Discovered OSU had a film school so I stopped shooting screws and learned how to shoot film and video. Graduate of The Ohio State University, Department of Photography and Cinema. BFA should be an MFA; certain classes only being offered every three years. […]
Are You Following Me?
By Catherine Lang-Cline Jobs open and close quickly. Once they appear, if you are not submitted within the first week, chances become less likely that you will be selected to interview unless they are struggling to fill it. How can you make sure that you know ASAP that a job is open? Follow your recruiter. […]
Four Steps to Winning in a Tight Candidate Market
By Kristen Harris We’ve been through plenty of hiring cycles as recruiting and hiring professionals but have never seen one quite like this. Despite still-high unemployment rates and lower-than-expected job growth reports, companies continue to report extreme difficulty hiring the people they need. We keep hearing (or saying) “it’s a tight candidate market,” but what […]