Ready to level up your recruitment game? Learn how bottlenecks can keep you from hiring the best candidates and discover ways you can create a smoother and more efficient candidate experience.
By Catherine Lang-Cline Why am I talking about startups? Because recently the Women’s Small Business Accelerator asked me to talk to a group of small businesses and startups about goal setting. It reminded me of some of the goals that Kristen Harris and I set before we even opened our doors. That made me think, with all of the startups popping up, maybe we can help. If you prefer listening to reading, here is a link to our podcast, Illumination Bureau, that we did on the topic. All of you
By Catherine Lang-Cline Let’s face it, all of the great people are already working. Is this new? No. But as businesses flex, hire, and lay off, it is all about timing and the very best people getting picked up first. And once they are hired, the smartest companies try and keep them happy. So how can you get an opportunity to get the best people? Make sure that you have the best offer. The definition of “the best offer” has changed a lot in the last couple of years. It’s
By Catherine Lang-Cline Can we all right now just admit that we are exhausted? If we do it all together we can start this year in a place that makes every single one of us aware that we are all trying to function a bit broken. We have learned a lot and carried on this past 2 years, which is why I think we need to rethink New Year’s resolutions. Sure, you can say, “You are right. I am tired and I am not making any resolutions.” That is your
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 too. For many roles, especially in the creative industry, that is no longer the case. Whether you’re adding someone new or deciding how your current team will work going forward, there are so many questions
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 of several situations where a more diverse and inclusive point of view could have saved the company from embarrassing public failure. For a few strategies on improving diversity through your hiring process, check out Inclusive
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 pissed them off in the interview process. Here are a few ways that you can claim that person it took you so long to find. Include the salary range in the posting. Having candidates apply
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 variety of content at the conference, I heard three things in every presentation–remote work, the talent shortage, and leveraging technology. We’re not out of the woods (yet) with this pandemic. But clearly, it’s going
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 are having difficulty attracting employees, up from a similar survey last year that found only 26% were having difficulty. It’s also up from 56% in a survey earlier this year. And 70% of employers expect
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 does that mean? It means that this is a hiring market with plenty of available jobs, rising pay levels, frequent counteroffers, and all moving extremely fast. Highly sought-after talent has the upper hand right now;
