Welcome back! We hope that you enjoyed a wonderful summer with family and friends. As detailed below, the fall hiring season can be as challenging as it is critical to your company’s near and long term success. Regardless of whether your hiring needs for the fall are planned or come by way of unexpected attrition […]
Nuances in Evaluating Digital Talent
Down is up. Right is left. The right people look wrong. Evaluating and identifying the “right” digital talent for leadership roles can be confusing and even counter-intuitive. We no longer live in a world, particularly as related to digital, wherein a professional sticks to a single career path in hopes of developing expertise in a […]
Taking Control of Your Digital Career Path
Maintaining relevant skills in a time of digital revolution is crucially important and having a responsible job can leave you feeling overwhelmed. To be an effective colleague and leader you must prioritize your own continuous professional development. In our roles, we are often placed in situations that require us to give more of ourselves than might normally be appropriate. This can […]
Growth of Internal Agencies and Impact on Talent Acquisition
Growth of Internal Agencies In news that’s surprising to no one, in-house agencies are on the rise. What is new, however, is just how much. The vast majority, or 78 percent, of members of the Association of National Advertisers have some form of in-house agency, according to a new report by the group, which surveyed […]
5 Tips on Hiring Technical Salespeople Who Succeed and Stay
Hiring salespeople who will succeed and stick around is difficult enough, but add the complexity of technology-driven solution and/or services sales and you’ve got a whole other level of challenge on your hands. In fact, a recent Accenture/Burning Glass/Harvard Business School “Bridge the Gap” report found technical sales and sales management positions to be among the hardest […]
Career Advice for 2018 Graduates and Aspiring Digital Professionals
As happens each year at this time, Spring brings a fresh flood of college graduates ready to conquer the world. The unfortunate reality is that most are unprepared to ‘wow’ prospective employers due to a lack of practical experience and marketable skills. If you’ve recently wrapped-up your studies in a digital business (marketing, media, analytics) […]
Maintaining Your Brand Promise While Recruiting
Marketing 101 taught us that a brand is a promise; a faithful and timeless representation of an organization’s values and commitment to its stakeholders. Many consider that such a promise is applicable only to the customer base, but in truth, it extends to business partners, shareholders, communities, candidates and employees. Recruitment and brand integrity: it’s […]
7 Secrets of Great Résumés
We recently ran across an excellent article by Forbes contributor, Jon Youshaei, and decided to share his insights while adding one of our own. Enjoy! The day I landed my job at Google was the day I decided to pay forward all the help I received on reworking my resume. After going through many resumes, […]
Why Scrum Works in Recruiting
For those who may be unfamiliar with the Scrum framework, it is an agile methodology most often utilized in managing software development projects and processes. With Scrum, a product or system is built in a series of fixed-length iterations called sprints that give teams a framework for delivering specified outcomes in a timely and consistent […]