Attracting & Retaining Stellar Staff

Tips, Tools & Teachings for Attracting & Retaining Staff Who Help Move Your Organization Forward This is the digital bibliography for “Attracting & Retaining Staff Who Can Move Your Organization Forward,” a presentation to be delivered by Tim Cynova in June 2013 at the Dance/USA conference in Philadelphia, PA.

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How to Hire Rock Star Employees

Is there a trick to finding stellar employees? These five resources can help you quickly and easily find the best workers for the job.

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My #StellarStaff Presentation

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#STELLARSTAFF Trailer

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How to Win the War for Talent

Economic uncertainty has made top talent all the more difficult to find.

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RECRUIT ME LIKE YOU MEAN IT (v2.0): Don’t Recruit Lexus Candidates If You Drive a Hyundai, People….

Knowing where you stack up in the brand pecking order impacts the following things you’re going to use in the recruiting process...

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The Secret to Putting Together an Insanely Successful Team

What are 13 of the most common words that keep companies from realizing their full performance potential? (Hint: They are 13 words that are very difficult to argue with.)...

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Are You Recruiting Loyal Employees?

Earlier this month, New York City-based realtor firm Rapid Realty made headlines by offering their employees a 15 percent raise if they got a tattoo of the company logo. The company’s owner got the idea when a loyal employee decided to get the company logo tattoo without any incentive, and the owner felt indebted to him. Even more surprising is that since proposing the offer, 40 employees have followed through with it...

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Want better employees? Ask better questions in job interviews . (And TEST them!)

A new study has found that as many as 25% of new employees don't work out after they have been hired and they are subsequently dismissed or simply quit. This means that 1 out of every 4 new hires is going to be a problem for most employers or they will end up having to be replaced.  No matter what the reasons are, the results are the same - increased turnover and additional costs associated with the recruitment and replacement of inadequate employees...

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Motivating people: Getting beyond money

The economic slump offers business leaders a chance to more effectively reward talented employees by emphasizing non-financial motivators rather than bonuses…

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THE #1 CAUSE OF BAD HIRES

Poor job fit is the #1 reason most people fail at a job...

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How One-Sentence Job Descriptions can help you get back to basics

Enough said.

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A Few Smart Hiring Lessons From Summer Blockbusters

Don’t create your own Super Villains (Iron Man 3)

Supercharge your hiring (The Fast and the Furious 6)

Don’t get too focused on the green light (The Great Gatsby)

Teamwork works (Star Trek)

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How to Win More, Lose Less, and Ultimately, Land More Candidates

Seven ways to help you win more:

Unclear compensation

Counter offers

Uncertainty about what they do

Lack of control of the offer

Poor closing of the candidate

Questions not asked

The last big question you should ask

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6 Tips to Help You Manage Temporary Workers This Summer

Access talent across generations

Manage roles and expectations

Empower your staff

Move the job from temporary to permanent

Refer them to other temporary jobs

Be a mentor

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What does your Company Culture say about your Future?

Today, job seekers not only want to know what jobs are available, or what kind of salary they’ll earn or even what the company culture is like, they also want to know how rosy the outlook is for the company’s future...

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Making The Case For Creating Meaningful Work

If there’s one ailment most of us can agree on that’s found in today’s workplaces it’s a lack of engagement between employees and their work...

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Dealing with the Employee Engagement Skeptics

Of the many obstacles to improving employee engagement in an organization, creating buy-in for employee engagement surveys and respective change initiatives is perhaps one of the most challenging—and the most prolific.  Are senior executives actually indifferent about employee engagement?  Are managers too close-minded to realize the positive effects of engagement?  Are employees too needy or too hard-to-please?  The answer to any of these questions is simply “No.”  Don’t believe me?  Keep reading.