Top Five Career Seeker Job Hunting Tips
Ever wondered where to go and what to do to find that job you’ll love and be good at? Don’t worry, so has every one else. Good news though — there is hope. Here’s a list of some useful tips and tricks as you’re looking for a job and career you love. 1) Do your […]
Experience Is Overrated: Three Reasons Why
Hiring a new employee? If that’s the case, make sure you aren’t making decisions based on experience alone. Don’t get me wrong, experience is important — it’s just overrated. Employers hire candidates based on their previous experience for the same reason they might continue to use marketing tactics from the 40s — it’s easy, obvious, […]
What poker can teach you about interviewing job candidates
Three famous poker tricks, and how they can help us “read” our potential employees If you have ever played poker with any likeness of professionalism, you have probably heard of Mike Caro, the legendary “Mad Genius of Poker”. Caro is a professional poker player, casino consultant, and highly influential poker theorist. Although making a dent […]
Four BIG Hiring Mistakes Small Businesses Make (and How to Avoid Them!)
Imagine this scenario:You’ve just spent weeks posting your job, screening resumes, interviewing, negotiating, and preparing to bring your new hire on board. Then, your shiny new employee shows up for work…and just doesn’t cut it. Maybe they’re habitually late. Maybe they just don’t get it. Maybe they want to do things “their” way and not […]
Five Tips for Hiring Employees from Serial Entrepreneur Craig Morantz
This week, we call upon my friend Craig Morantz to instill his entrepreneurial knowledge upon us. Craig’s company, Leed’s, is the second largest hard goods supplier in the $15B promotional product industry. They focus on bringing to market the innovative but useful products that will ensure the corporate brand or message lasts far longer than any […]
Shotgun Hiring! Why It Will Fail You Every Time
Hiring on Impulse: A Very Common Case for Hiring Managers and Business Owners You need help at your workplace, and you need it now. But you don’t have the time to sort through an endless stack of resumes, so you base your hiring strictly on impulse. Not necessarily focusing on the candidates’ particular behavioral traits and […]
Hiring Tips from Marketing Guru Scott Armstrong
Scott Armstrong has become an important business advisor for us here at ClearFit. His strategic take on customer interactions frequently shakes our paradigm and challenges us to think more like our customers. So I thought it would be a great exercise to ask Scott for some hiring tips that we could share. Scott’s company, the BrainRider Knowledge Marketing Group, helps […]
Six Hiring Tips From Profit 50 CEO Peter Ferrante
When we started this blog, one of our main interests was to share stories from fellow business owners and entrepreneurs whom we respect. Today we’re getting 6 Employee Hiring Tips From Profit 50 CEO Peter Ferrante. Here’s my friend Peter Ferrante, Founder and CEO of Ferro Canada Inc. Ferro, a firm of 30+ employees, scored #32 on […]
Sample Job Interview Questions
I. Tips to ensure a useful interview: A. Prepare: B. Things to pay attention to: II. Potential Job Interview Questions to Ask: The following are a series of potential job interview questions organized based on the type of skill you are assessing: How decisive is the job candidate? (Able to make decisions quickly on available […]
How Neil Spivack, CEO of Direct Sales Force, Avoids Hiring Mistakes
Today, I’m excited to interview my friend Neil Spivack, who started and runs the 800-employee Direct Sales Force. Neil recently sold DSF to Pareto, after ranking 7th in the Profit Magazine Profit 100 list, with 4,374% growth. DSF is a leader in face to face marketing services. They focus on generating new customer acquisition for their clients via sales […]
