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    Best Practices

    How To Connect On LinkedIn

    September 25, 2013  |  Best Practices, Career Advice, Job Search

     

    LinkedIn is a great tool for professional networking. In fact, it’s probably the only professional networking tool you need. As of June, 2013, LinkedIn reported 225 million users in over 200 countries with 178 million unique visitors a month. That’s a lot of professionals to connect with!

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    The Job Search: When Experience Isn’t Enough

    September 5, 2013  |  Best Practices, Job Search

     

    A nationwide study conducted by CareerBuilder has uncovered the factors that influence a hiring manager beyond matching job skills. The survey included 2,076 hiring managers and human resource professionals across a variety of industries and it asked them to reveal which factors would make them more likely to choose one of two equally qualified candidates. […]

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    How To Optimize Your LinkedIn Profile

    August 31, 2013  |  Best Practices, Career Advice, Job Search

     

    PhotoA nice, professional photograph is a must for your LinkedIn profile. Take into consideration your industry and profession and use a photo that fits. For example, are you a graphic artist? A picture that’s a little more creative makes sense. Or are you an accounting professional? Something more conservative is probably the way to go. […]

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    We Don’t Want Your Business and Here’s Why

    July 23, 2013  |  Best Practices

     

    We recently had an experience that doesn’t happen all the time – we decided not to submit a proposal in response to an RFP that we received. Sounds crazy to turn down the opportunity for work but it really isn’t. We (and I’m sure others) do it more than you might think, though not often. […]

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    Which Department Should Own the Contingent Workforce Program?

    June 25, 2013  |  Best Practices, Staffing

     

    The question of where a company’s contingent workforce program should reside is one that continues to be asked – Procurement or HR? – Which is better? If there were an easy answer the question would not pop up so frequently, nor would companies like mine find themselves working with both groups depending on the client. […]

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    Are You Tapping the Most Underappreciated Talent Pool?

    May 31, 2013  |  Best Practices, Hiring

     

    As you are probably aware, the rate of unemployment for the “long-term” unemployed is at an all-time high; 40% of those currently unemployed have been out of work for six months or longer according to DOL statistics. In his column Hiring is Broken, HR professional Steve Gifford has an interesting take on why we need […]

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    The Importance of Proper Grammar in the Workplace

    March 7, 2013  |  Best Practices, Career Advice

     

    The website Grammarly, touted as “The World’s Best Grammar Checker,” recently conducted a small study to see if they could find a correlation between proper grammar and professional advancement. The results were interesting. According to Grammarly, they reviewed 100 LinkedIn profiles of native English-speakers in the consumer packaged goods industry. Each professional had worked for […]

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    8 Basics for a Successful Job Search

    January 3, 2013  |  Best Practices, Career Advice, Job Search

     

    It’s a new year and hope springs eternal. Hope for health, happiness, and perhaps a new job. Finding that new job, however, can be a daunting task. But nail down the fundamentals of a good job search and your pursuit will be easier and more productive. 1. Resume The foundation of any job search is […]

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    The Essentials of a Contingent Workforce Program (part 1)

    October 10, 2012  |  Best Practices, Staffing

     

    As regular readers of Staffing 360 know, last month I attended the SIA’s CWS Summit in San Diego. This year, also for the first time, the SIA held what it called a Case Study Competition. They invited submissions from CW Program Managers that highlighted their recent challenges, solutions and successes. There were six finalists that […]

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