Job Seekers: Pay Attention to Your Punctuation
Your words are incredibly powerful business tools that you use each and every day.
4 Steps to Better Brainstorming
At its best, brainstorming is an energizing conversation in which team members pool their unique strengths to generate exciting new ideas and solve complex challenges.
Leaders, Do You Have a 'Traffic' Problem?
Recently, I came across a popular unattributed quote floating around online (in a meme, of course).
Why You Should Build Your Core Values into Your Performance Management Process
The performance management process often gets a bad rap. In fact, only 55 percent of employees feel performance appraisals are effective.But it doesn't have to be this way.
4 Keys to Recruiting and Retaining Engineering Talent
It was three years ago, and The Muse had finally gotten to a point where we could justify hiring a third person on the engineering team.
Past due: Freelancers, small businesses struggle to get paid
For many freelancers and owners of small businesses, signing up clients and completing projects is just one part of the work.
6 Online Talent Sources You Probably Aren't Leveraging (But Should)
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers!
4 Tips for Really Unplugging on Vacation
Article by Mark RoyalThese days, when work is just a phone call, email, or text away, "unwinding" and "unplugging" are no longer synonymous with "vacation."Technology, which makes connectivity possible in all but the most remote places, is only part of the problem.
5 Tips for Hiring Seasonal Employees
As we usher in the fall, our thoughts turn to the upcoming holiday season and all the demands it brings along.
Face Your Fear: How One Entrepreneur Learned to Scare the Pants Off Her Customers
Most people carve a jack-o'-lantern or hang a sheet-clad ghost from a tree around Halloween, but we all have that one neighbor who loves the spooky holiday so much they go way over the top.
Greece finally growing, but taxes crushing new businesses
If Greek business needed a role model, Stathis Stasinopoulos would make an ideal candidate.
The Recruiter's Guide to Content Marketing
Recruiters, how often have you heard one of these lines:"Sorry, but I'm really not interested.""No interest.
To Combat Veteran Underemployment, Let's Make the Transition Into the Civilian Workforce Smoother
Unemployment rates for veterans have been falling in recent years, declining from a high of close to 9 percent in 2010 to roughly 4 percent today.
Nailing the Interview Process, Part 7: Sending Thank-You Notes
Some job seekers believe the interview is over once they've shaken the interviewer's hand and left the room."That went well," they think.
To Diversify Your Workplace, Diversify Your Job Posts
Diverse workers bring different viewpoints, ideas, and talents to the workforce, which drives innovation and breaks down cultural barriers between workers.
6 Questions Every Candidate Should Ask During the Interview
Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers!
Having Trouble Converting Candidates to Hires? Here's What You Should Do:
Some of you reading this may remember when the primary way to get applicants was to place an ad in the local papers.
The Recruiting Reel: How to Empower Candidates During the Hiring Process
Every company needs a strong hiring process – but "strong" doesn't mean "rigid." If your hiring process is too prescriptive, candidates may feel boxed in.
LinkedIn's 'Recruiter Dad' Is the Recruiting Parody You Didn't Know You Needed
Corporate recruiting: not a particularly funny business, is it?
I'm Interviewing With a Startup. What Should I Wear?
With casual dress codes becoming more common, especially among startups, many job seekers are wondering just what they should wear to their interviews.