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Culture still counts in a tight talent market

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The talent market is tight.  With executive unemployment hovering around 1.7% companies are scrambling to fill critical roles.  The shortage of talent with “Soft skills” – communication, teamwork, adaptability – has led to a shortfall of 1.4 Million executives. Larger companies with strong employer brands and dedicated recruiting teams have a distinct advantage over their […]

Get Better Talent Sourcing Results

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The latest data from LinkedIn provides great information to work with in developing your talent strategy in today’s labor market. Talent strategy should be done prior to beginning your talent sourcing. You can read the full report here. Hiring was strong in April, up 19.8% from last year at the same time. There is a […]

Values Fit Improves Business Performance

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Whether you are the employer interviewing a candidate or a candidate interviewing an employer, understanding the values fit is key to finding the best fit. Laszlo Bock, Former Google Head of People Operations, in the attached video Landing a job 101: What you need to know discusses the best questions to ask to define culture/values for […]

Job Postings Cannot Close the Skills Gap

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US job openings soar to record high of 6.3 million This January saw the largest increase in job postings in 2.5 years, with 645,000 new jobs being posted.  The economy is booming, and at 4.1% unemployment is at a 17 year low.  And that’s for jobs across all industries and levels.  When you look at […]

AI and Executive Search – Art meets Science

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I, Robot Over the past few years Artificial Intelligence and Machine learning have become popular subjects of debate.  Incredible technological advances are disrupting industries from Advertising to Finance to Transportation and seemingly everything in between.  And AI has sprung up as a component of talent acquisition with everything from Chatbots as part of the initial […]

Design a better talent strategy using workforce data

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LinkedIn published a helpful blog on the SF Bay Area hiring and workforce trends for 2017. This workforce data can greatly improve your company’s talent strategy in 2018. I have included the link to the article here:   https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/blog/linkedin-workforce-report-january-2018-san-francisco-ca   Valuable workforce data on migration to the San Francisco Bay area is included in the […]

Hiring Trends for 2018 | How to Make a Positive Impact

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As we have just began 2018, thought it a great time to focus on the Employer hiring trends for 2018. Indeed published a great survey highlighting hiring trends for the upcoming year. I have included the link here. http://blog.indeed.com/2017/11/27/employer-outlook-2018-survey/ To sum up the hiring trend findings, here are the key points:   61% of companies […]

Understanding the Different Types of Executive Search

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This blog post on understanding the different types of executive search has been our most successful so thought it worth a refresh as some of the information has changed since we originally posted. There are different types of Executive Search and each is effective in its own way. The difference is primarily in the level of […]

5 Reasons Why Executive Searches Fail

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With the recent announcement that the unemployment rate has dropped below 5%, the task of finding top executive talent has gotten that much harder.  We’re in the midst of a talent market which means that A-level executives will need a compelling reason to move from their current role to a position with your company.  And […]

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