Author: Daniel Abramson

Put a process in place to get new hires up to speed faster

Emotional intelligence might be even more important than IQ for achievement

You might need to brush up on your skills if you work with customers and staff

Boost productivity and shorten the hiring process by turning to your existing employees By Daniel Abramson, HRSource Do you offer

See how well you understand your workers

And a score sheet to grade them

Tap into your local vocational school.

In a recent Gallup study, 72 percent of companies predict they’ll have an increasing number of leadership vacancies over the next two to three years.

I’m not going to bore you with how hard it is to find people out there with 12 million open jobs and an unemployment rate of 3.9 percent.

Instead, here are some practical recruitment strategies for you to employ…

Think about it: If a friend recommends a product or new restaurant to you, you’d probably be inclined to try it, right?

Employers often ask us where they can find the going pay rates for various jobs.

How many times have you interviewed someone in person and realized in the first five minutes that the candidate was a no-go dud? And then spent the next half hour trying to excuse yourself from the interview?

As I talk to BrandSource members around the country, I hear more and more stories about hiring deals that go sour as a result of candidate counteroffers.