Dating Advice for Hiring
50 First Dates is one of my favorite movies and my wife’s, go figure! Adam Sandler has a way of making a “date-movie” entertaining for dudes too. Imagine you were out on a very first date - or 2 or 3 or even 50 first dates. It is not likely [...]
What Jerry Maguire Taught Us About Hiring
Yesterday my wife and I had a laugh about how when she was a very small child her mom would let her go down, alone, to the corner store to get a quart of milk or carton of eggs — that would never happen nowadays. The world is a [...]
“Honest Abe” Hiring Advice
During our economic recovery, companies are expanding and needing to not only hire new employees, but also to hire the best and brightest. Customer experience and service can make or break your business in today’s information age. So the caliber of candidates you interview and hire should be a [...]
#ASKGARYVEE: The Naked Review
Some books just kick ass; and some really suck. Gary Vaynerchuk’s new book kicks ass like Muhammad Ali; with a whole lot of word-weaving finesse and then a champion’s beating. Beginning with the title: #ASKGARYVEE One Entrepreneur’s Take On Leadership, Social Media & Self-Awareness. Which then continues with the sub-title of: And [...]
Follow-up Or You’ve Given Up
If you really want to get hired, don’t blow it AFTER the interview. I will assume you’ve used my other tips, so the opportunity should be yours for the taking. Anyone loves a bit of appreciation, right? I recently gave a speech at UCLA to a group of amazing [...]
Be Obsessed Or Be Average: The Naked Review
Miami, FL - The newest release by New York Times Bestselling author Grant Cardone (The 10X Rule) is my new infatuation! Be Obsessed or Be Average is a heartfelt, motivational, practical workshop for you and your business from cover to cover. I say heartfelt because he cared enough to tell his life’s [...]
Confidence Is Critical When Interviewing
With the US adding 209,000 new jobs in April, unemployment (6.9 percent) is finally at its lowest since 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Employees — it’s time to get confident! As I begin to wrap up my Get Hired advice I want to share with you the [...]
Microsoft Layoff Victims Read This
The hottest technology industry news right now is not iPhone 6 or the Destiny game beta release; unfortunately. It’s that Microsoft is eliminating 18,000 jobs. Pretty scary, for a company that could afford to re-allocate all of those people onto developing the next big thing; which would cause the [...]
Should Employers Beware?
Imagine you were out on a very first date. It is not likely you would culminate that evening with a marriage proposal, is it? So goes the first interview of a potential candidate for employment. No matter how well it went, there should always be a callback, a second [...]
Avoid ‘Replacement Ref’ Hires
The NFL has found itself in a predicament that captured an abundance of negative national media attention. Why? Because of some bad hires! Last week I wrote about the rule “be diligent, not desperate” in hiring and this is a perfect case in point. While replacement officials for nationally [...]
Hiring: Trick or Treat?
Trick or treat? That is the question when you make a new hire while crossing your fingers. Oh, the regret of being fooled. It can cost a business thousands of dollars and countless headaches. Believe it or not, some people talk a good game, but don’t have the background, [...]
Could A Bad Hire Change Your Destiny?
How many of you remember a teacher who deeply affected you or changed your life? Someone you still remember fondly? Or not so?I’ll never forget a particular character forming experience during my 13-year-old Freshman year of Creative Writing Class. I won’t name names, to protect the guilty party! But, if you went to High [...]
Cost of a Bad Hire?
The True Cost of a Bad Hire! The Hiring Academy has an unwavering dedication to one ultimate goal: ensuring you hire the right person the first time and every time. Developing your own A to Z hiring process while proceeding through The Hiring Academy online courses is pain-free [...]