Millennial Employee Retention: Insider Tips From Recruiters Who Know Millennials now outnumber all the other generations in the workplace. Their lack of loyalty to an employer is often viewed negatively, but in reality millennial employees have adapted to function in a professional world dramatically different from that of their parents and grandparents. “It was once…
Read More6 Reasons Why Employees Quit: What Recruiters Hear From Candidates The average tenure of an employee these days is 1.5 years, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. All of that churn is expensive. It can cost tens of thousands of dollars or even surpass an employee’s salary to replace them, according to HuffPost…
Read MoreHow to Know When It Is Time to Quit Your Job Some jobs make you eager to go to work. Others don’t, to put it mildly. Persevering and working through problems can redeem the situation, up to a point, but sometimes leaving is the best solution. How can you tell? When is it time to…
Read MoreHow to Ask for a Promotion: 9 Steps Toward Landing Your Next Role If you are visiting the blog of a recruiting firm like Bradsby Group, you are probably at least considering whether your current employment fits into your career goals. Sometimes this question means it’s time to look for a new job, but other…
Read MoreDisengaged Employees Can Cost You Dearly: What Business Leaders Can Do A staggering 85 percent of workers globally are disengaged employees, according to Gallup’s most recent numbers. The cost to employers in lost productivity can be measured in trillions of dollars. Employees who aren’t engaged at work are not motivated to give more than minimal…
Read More“How can I tell if they’re really working?” Too often, this question nags at managers of remote workers. It indicates a deeper problem: lack of trust at the core of the working relationship. This dysfunction might crop up even when both parties are in the same space, but without care it can really blossom when…
Read MoreHow to Build Civility in the Workplace and Create a Positive Team Culture Road rage. Obnoxious diners bullying the server. Social media snark. Break room blowhards. Unfortunately, these are not isolated incidents. We might become weary of hearing about the loss of civility in the workplace and in our culture, but there is no denying…
Read More9 Zoom Etiquette Tips to Put Your Best Foot Forward Professionally By now we’ve all experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly of virtual meetings. Zoom has reported 300 million daily participants using their video-conferencing platform during the second quarter of 2020, according to Betsy Morris in this article for The Wall Street Journal….
Read MoreWhat Recruiters Actually Listen For in an Elevator Pitch Job seekers always need to be “on.” Whether the interview just started or you are at an informal business networking event, you only get about 30 seconds to make that crucial first impression. What you say and how you say it up front matters. In this…
Read MoreYour resume has six seconds to impress busy hiring managers positively enough to say yes to the next step. A 2016 Career Builder survey found that 42 percent of hiring managers receive at least 50 resumes for each open position they are working to fill. Will yours make the cut? And do you know what…
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