Three Reasons Most Employee Referral Programs Don’t Work

In a perfect world, companies could find new workers by taking tips from their current staff through the employee referral program. However, ours is not a perfect world—many employee referral programs don’t go as planned due to several common stumbling blocks. By identifying these frequent pitfalls, you can take steps to avoid them and set… Read More »

Four Common Traits of Employees Who Get Promoted

You may be wondering what you can do to get promoted. If you’re looking to advance in your job, you can take steps to develop the qualities that employers look for when promoting staff. If you have these common traits when an advanced position opens up at your company, it’s much easier to promote from… Read More »

Strengthening Your Personal Brand is Easier Than You Think

Your personal brand defines you as a unique individual and sets you apart from the competition. It’s a very useful tool in marketing yourself to potential employers, and you can use it in your resume, on your social media pages, and as an introduction when you network with colleagues in your field. Perhaps you have… Read More »

How to Build a Company Culture That Makes Competitors Jealous

Your company culture is a huge deal to attract and retain top talent. So to remain competitive in the market, you’ll want to be sure your culture is viewed as great by your staff. Consider companies with well-known (and well-respected) cultures, such as Google or Apple: employees flock to places like this because they seem… Read More »

Impress and Stand Out | Proving You’re “The One” During an Interview

If you’re interviewing for a job opportunity, the best and most important thing you can do is stand out from the pack (in a good way, of course). Most likely, many if not all of the applicants will have the same qualifications as you, so you’ll need to make yourself shine brighter than all the… Read More »

4 Confirmed Ways to Improve Employee Retention

You’ve worked hard to find your staff. You’ve spent countless hours posting job openings, interviewing and on-boarding all the right workers. So after all that time—and time, as they say, is money—you want to hold onto your talent. In fact, employee retention should be one of your most important goals, and you should have a… Read More »

Four Online Courses to Better Your Career and Advance Your Skillset

Knowledge is power. When you take steps to expand your skill set, you can become more valuable on the job. The good news is, you don’t need to spend hundreds of dollars to learn new things—through the Internet, you have a wide variety of information, and online courses, available at your fingertips. Still, it can… Read More »

Seven Ways to Hire the Best Employees in Atlanta

The best and most successful companies in the world employ talented, motivated and highly creative individuals. But even top companies started somewhere. So what steps does it take to begin to fill your business with top employees? You’ll need to take some very important and strategic steps to start the process. Here’s what you can… Read More »

Four Soft Skills that You Need to Become a Star

Are you currently working on your resume or do you want to enhance your job performance? You can do both by developing certain “soft skills”—general skills that can help you in any job and any field. Soft skills allow you to do your job to the best of your ability and work well with others.… Read More »

The Cost of Losing Talented Employees: Are You Prepared?

It costs less for companies to retain employees than to replace them. That’s because the cost to replace employees is really quite staggering. Research indicates that, on average, the cost to replace an employee can be: Between 30%–50% of annual salary for entry-level positions. More than 150% of annual salary for mid-level positions. At least… Read More »