IMPACT This Day Selected as Finalist for the Direct Selling Association Partnership Award
We Are Honored to be Nominated. We proud and honored to be one of the selected finalist for the Direct Selling Association’s 2016 Partnership Award. As per the Press Release – pr.com. The Direct Selling Association annually nominates select companies for their DSA Partnership Award. The award is given to recognize a DSA Supplier that…
Read MoreREFERENCE CHECKS
Reference Checks – One of the Most Important Steps in the Hiring Process You have interviewed a number of candidates and have finally narrowed it down to the one you want to hire. In a haste to hire, you skip the reference check…big mistake. The reference check can often be overlooked. Although this may seem…
Read More8 TIPS FOR YOUR INTERVIEW
Follow These 8 Tips For Your Interview, and You Will Be Off to a Great Start. Over the past five years, the majority of our clients have indicated a preference for us to conduct interviews via Skype as a cost saving measure. Although nothing can truly replace an in person interview, Skype has proven to…
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Let the Games Begin. Are You Prepared? You’ve spent the last several years of your life in sports. Training and working hard to be the best you can be and secure that starting position. You may have made first string at your college or university or you may have been one of the still important…
Read MoreWHY USE EXECUTIVE SEARCH FIRMS
Why Use An Executive Search Firms? Finding the right candidates for executive level positions is an important part of the employment process for many companies. Filling a position with the wrong person can be an extremely costly decision. From the costs of training and re-training, to credibility with your field sales force, the dollars lost…
Read MoreGOALS REVISED
Did You Complete Your New Year’s Goals? As the end of the year rolls around again many people are feeling harassed by those annoying pokes and prods. “So, did you complete your new year’s resolution? Huh? Did ya? Did ya?” A part of you wants to scowl at them and tell them to go away…
Read MoreTHE ART OF THE FOLLOW-UP
Follow up…an important but often overlooked part of interviewing. Following up can be what makes you stick out above the rest. Companies receive several employment applications each day. As an executive search firm, we receive several resumes and interview hundreds of people. I can tell you that the candidates who I remember most, are those…
Read MoreRIDE THOSE HORSES!
Many of you may have heard of the adage: Feed Your Tigers, Ride Your Horses, Shoot Your Dogs. The prescribed wisdom in this statement deals with the assumption that every organization has these characters in their ranks and that each of them needs to be treated differently. Tigers; or the stars of your organization need…
Read MoreJOURNEYING IN THE DIRECT SELLING INDUSTRY – Treading or Re-Treading
A few years ago I had the interesting experience of receiving a complaint from the Direct Selling Association on whose Board I sat; that someone in my organization had tried to recruit their Director of Finance over a drink at a DSA function. They cited the provision in the DSA By laws regarding cross recruiting.…
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