Summer often brings a tide of events to the workplace, including social gatherings, vacations, performance reviews, and sometimes a transition in employee allocation. For employers, the need for a new hire during the summertime is a challenge that affects the whole team and one which must be evaluated from many angles.

The Challenges of Summer Hiring

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Examining the costs of hiring the wrong B2B Sales person can be a little like peeling the layers of an onion, as one looks at intangible costs, cost of missed opportunities and actual hard costs.  Actual costs are easier to measure and include things like hiring costs, base compensation and incentives, training costs, projected lost … Read More »

Fort McMurray will enter uncharted territory when it starts reconstructing houses and businesses destroyed by last month’s wildfire. The fire forced the evacuation of 94,000 people, shut down half of the region’s oil production and destroyed 2,400 homes and businesses. Rebuilding Fort McMurray will need to be a coordinated approach between construction companies, insurance companies, … Read More »

My son Will Goldbeck wrote this article and posted it on LinkedIn.  It is a review of a book on stoic philosophy that he found very inspiring and motivating.  He writes about how businesses can learn from this book.

Build A Corporate Citadel: How “The Obstacle Is the Way” Can Strengthen Your Business

by Will Goldbeck

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What is between the lines of a job description?

That is a question that job seekers often ask themselves. A job description is the first impression for any attracted candidate in the world of online recruiting. If the job description is monotonous and uninspiring, that may affect the type of candidate you’ll attract especially in regards … Read More »