Employers Want Self-Starters By Dan Charney, President, DRI

A big deal is being made about self-starters these days because it is at the top of a hiring manager’s list. It’s considered one of the key traits that employers are looking for in their employees. However, in the real…

WSJ: Number of Job Openings Hits 13 Year High!

By JOSH MITCHELL CONNECT Oct. 7, 2014 9:47 p.m. ET The number of job openings across the U.S. reached a fresh 13-year high in August, a sign this year’s strong job growth could stretch into the fall. Employers had 4.84…

Hiring Game Changers… Mike Silverstein Interviews Greg Miller, Former SVP Sales & Mktg Medicity

Greg Miller, formerly with Medicity and now the Principal of Storyleaders, shares how he redefines success and offers words of advice for sales professionals in Healthcare IT. (Mike) Tell me about yourself and the company: (Greg) For the last 28…

7 Recruiting Trends for 2010

Over the past year, my colleagues and I have worked with dozens of major companies using the latest recruiting and sourcing methods. Based on our experience, it’s not a far reach to state that how companies will find, recruit, and…

Wake Up! Seismic Workforce Changes are Looming in MH & Packaging

According to the US Department of Labor, the unemployment rate for March 2010 stood at 9.7%. At a time when the unemployment rate is so high, imagining too few workers could prove difficult. However, a seismic workforce change is looming…

Social Media Could be Harming Your Company

Social media is transforming the business landscape. It allows people to connect in an online world to forge business relationships. As the prevalence of social media continues to grow, organizations of all types and sizes will benefit by using this…

Top 10 Reasons Why Good People Quit

According to the US Department of Labor and Statistics, turnover can cost an organization 33% of an employee’s total compensation including both salary and benefits. But the impact is not only financial it also affects employee morale. Therefore, it would…

The 10 Job Interview Don’ts

We all know the simple don’ts of an interview such as don’t arrive late, don’t dress inappropriately and don’t show up looking unprepared. However, I have compiled a more in-depth Top 10 List of Don’ts derived from the feedback of…

The Millennials Part III

Retaining Generation Next Kudos to all those resellers, systems integrators, manufacturers, and distributors who have followed this series about the Millennial Generation and are currently implementing new hiring initiatives to meet the fierce competition for Millennial talent. No doubt, having…

The Millennials Part II

Attracting & Recruiting Generation Next In the first article of this 3-part series regarding the Millennial Generation, I encouraged our audience of resellers, systems integrators, manufacturers, and distributors to prepare for the invasion of nearly 80 million new age thinkers…