Posts by Chris Gardner
Corporate Insights: Contingent vs. Retained Recruiting Models
It’s very important to consider which type of relationship you want to have with a search company when you are looking to engage a firm to assist with filling your top level talent openings. Two approaches are fairly common practice, but which one is the right fit for your needs depends on what you want…
Read MoreReasons Why Giving Career Help is Good Karma
A career has a long shelf life. Its journey often begins in nervous days of rejection but can wind up in the comfort of a Herman Miller desk chair. Some days are long, and some years are hard. Business is competitive. It can even seem like businesses are in a Darwin-esque survival of the fittest.…
Read MoreFour Ways to Invest in Yourself to Advance your Career
I recently made an investment. It is high-yield with low-risk. And, if I follow through on it, it will pay in dividends. I invested in myself. Sounds cliché, but I decided to step back from my day-to-day work life and identify areas of professional growth. Then, I sought out ways to advance my knowledge and…
Read MoreThe Unexpected Benefits Recruiters Provide
Time equals money. And when a company’s positions stay unfilled, the costs add up quickly. There is a measurable cost in a loss of production. And there are unmeasured costs in a loss of morale of the employees who absorb the workload. So, when a client recently asked us to find five experienced salespeople, we…
Read MoreWriting a SaaS Sales Manager Job Description that Stands Out
You don’t want an average SaaS sales leader on your team. In this economy, average isn’t going to help your business rise above. You need the sort of SaaS sales professional who can direct and coordinate sales efforts, turning vanilla software into mint-chocolate-cookie-dough-with-graham-cracker-sprinkles solutions for your clients. Writing a SaaS Sales Manager job description requires…
Read MoreWhy Some Employees Don’t Feel Like Working
“I don’t feel like it,” says a teen asked to clean his room. “I don’t feel like it,” says a tired mother asked to an after-work yoga class. Just how many employees don’t feel like working? What happens when “I don’t feel like it” comes from an employee asked to do a job? Whether this…
Read MoreWhy You Need a Chief Technology Officer With People Skills
In today’s C-suite, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) has a bigger role than ever. Without the right individual occupying the position, ineffectiveness is the best you can hope for, and widespread failure becomes a very real risk. As you look for CTO candidates, make sure you don’t focus on tech, management, or business skills alone.…
Read MoreTalent Pool Gets Deeper as Positions Go Remote
The pandemic has forced employers to dip a toe into the waters of remote work. And companies such as Nationwide and Facebook have decided to dive right in, noting the benefit of a wider talent pool when hiring. In an increasingly remote world, the talent pool gets deeper as positions go remote. Without the geographic…
Read MoreFive Smart Solutions for the New Work Normal
Lots of people are talking about the new normal. The partially open normal. A normal where COVID-19 is still around but we navigate ways to resume business as usual. We need smart solutions for the new work normal. We need solutions oriented people and actions to help us move on, support one another and advance…
Read MoreRecruiting Recipe – 10 Key Ingredients
Many of your recruiting headaches can be alleviated with a well-designed process. Similar to following a popular recipe, if you properly prepare and have the right key ingredients, you’ll likely achieve a desired outcome. “Prep things in advance so that you don’t have to cook everything at the last moment.” – Wolfgang Puck Here are…
Read MoreWhat the Coronavirus Lockdown Reveals about your Team
Take a moment to step back and think about the past month or so. It’s not easy to process all of life’s changes. You may now be working from home. You may be flexing your work schedule around your kids’ education. Your company may be reducing its workforce. It’s time to study what the coronavirus…
Read MoreThe 5 Keys to Success I Learned from y Father
Whether it’s life, relationships or business, the best advice in the world can sometimes come from dear old dad. Here are 5 keys to success I learned from my father. Looking at my resume, it wouldn’t seem like I’ve had one career interest- my jobs have ranged from running political campaigns, managing multi-million-dollar retail stores…
Read MoreFive Ways to Jump Start Your Career
A new decade is the perfect time to take your career to the next level. If you need some inspiration, here are five ways to jump start your career: Listen to Podcasts as you Commute Activate your mind by listening to top-rated podcasts. Available on just about any topic you can think of, podcasts are…
Read MoreRecruiter Shares How to Evaluate Potential in a Potential Employee
We all remember the classic middle school science demonstration: a ball is perched at the top of a steep hill teetering on the edge. Mesmerized students listen to a lesson on potential energy, while eagerly squirming in their seats, eyes fixated on the ball. Potential energy. It’s fascinating. It is defined as “stored energy that…
Read MoreHow to Make Offers Candidates Can’t Refuse
As a recruiting firm, Artemis Consultants (and its competitors) are seeing more candidates than ever decline offers. Between 2008-2014, candidates seemed to be doing more of the selling, but that is not the case today. Top candidates are being courted by multiple companies, and hiring managers are doing all they can to win talent. We…
Read MoreHiring Challenges for Online Fraud Prevention Jobs
With the almost daily coverage of the latest cyber attack or data breach, it’s not surprising to know that companies are spending more to make their data more secure. In fact, the amount of funding in fraud prevention will increase by 30 percent over the next four years, making spending on online fraud prevention more…
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