Candidate Preparation

For recruitment and staffing agencies, good recruiters are not just a joy to work with but a strategic competitive advantage. As such, retaining your best recruiters has become a top priority of many successful staffing companies. This challenge of retaining top talent is especially difficult in the recruitment and staffing industry where turnover [...]

Staffing and Recruitment:  Gifting Employees at Christmas Part 1
Are bonuses better than gifts or should they be given on top?
Again in my view, it is important to distinguish between gift giving, reward and compensation (see comments above).  As for monetary vs. non-monetary, I think monetary rewards should be given as part of the compensation package [...]

In November 2008, Susan Hollis of BCBusiness magazine approached Mike Lam of HRinmotion with questions regarding Gifting Employees at Christmas. Below we offer our experience from a corporate human resources perspective.
How and what do you budget for gifts/extras at Christmas?
I think it is important to separate any gift giving and bonuses.  While ultimately both items [...]

Great recruitment and staffing companies know how to provide feedback to their candidates, especially when they are not placed.  In this article, we will focus on providing recruiter tips on easy ways to have difficult conversations.
Whether you are on the agency side or client side, staffing professionals often focus their attention on the candidates they [...]

In today’s talent short employment market, it is wise to assess the possibility for a counter offer.  This is particularly true the more senior or specialized the position and if the candidate is a key player in the company.  It would be wise to have a discussion with your candidate about this possibility and how [...]