Tips to Boost Your On-the-Job Confidence

Confidence is absolutely essential for career growth and success.  Why?  According to a recent Forbes.com article, How To Be More Confident At Work, a healthy level of confidence: ensures you will be taken more seriously at work; makes you more likely to engage in challenging but manageable projects; helps you get you outside your comfort […]

Think You Can’t Afford Administrative Staff? You May Be Missing the Boat

In recent years, businesses across middle Tennessee have been under tremendous pressure to cut costs and reduce head count.  At the same time, e-mail, mobile devices and other new technologies have made managers and executives more self-sufficient than ever.  You might think that, as a result, administrative staff would be rendered all but obsolete. According […]

Recruiting and Interviewing Technology is Changing Rapidly – Is Your Company Keeping Pace?

Recruiting and interviewing technology is changing rapidly.  Is your company keeping pace? Online postings used to be the most cutting-edge way to connect with potential job candidates.  Recent advances in technology (including smart phones, tablets, social media and free online video technology), however, have dramatically changed our recruiting landscape. While job boards should remain part […]

HR Responds as Older Workers Delay Retirement

U.S. workers are working longer – and retiring later.  Why? According to the Employee Benefit Research Institute’s Retirement Confidence Survey (as reported by Workforce.com): about 36 percent of respondents cite the poor economy; 16 percent say their lack of faith in Social Security is forcing them to postpone retirement; 13 percent claim they simply can’t […]

Finding the Right Fit: Is Values-Based Recruiting Right for Your Organization?

One of the biggest challenges facing HR and other hiring managers is finding candidates who are the “right fit” for their respective organizations. But just what, exactly, is the “right fit”? For many employers, it means finding a candidate who shares the same belief systems and values as the company, and who meshes with the […]