Earn their loyalty now – before someone else buys it! If you haven’t had to do any hiring lately – CONGRATULATIONS! If you have, then you know how very difficult it is to find great talent, not to mention the task of employee retention. This is may be the wildest market I’ve seen – in…
The credit for this month’s article goes to Don VanWinkle. Don is a management savant, master of small business finance, and generally brilliant man. I have been honored to know him as a friend, mentor and banker for more than a decade. Don and I were having lunch a few weeks ago and one of…
The hardest part of the interview process is preparing for situational or behavioral questions. The reason for this is that you really don’t have a clue what will be asked. How in the world do you prepare for the unknown? Here are some tips that will allow you to trump your competition. Become a…
9 ways to ensure that you DON’T get the offer It’s summertime! Feeling like I’ll take a lighthearted theme this month. One of the coolest things about my job is that I get a firsthand recall of the best—and the worst—things that happen during an interview. The following are actual occurrences – I’m fairly certain…
This is a video that Kelley and I did for Hangar30. This organization is dedicated to life skills and wellness education for our National Guard members and their families. Much of the information is relevant to anyone so I thought we would share. http://www.ready54.org/read-articles/2013/december/work/video-how-to-nail-a-job-interview/?cat=work Enjoy! Kimberly For more information on getting hired – and for…
Last year, the Society for Information Management (SIM) teamed up with the Denver Business Journal for the first annual CIO of the Year. It was an amazing success as Christopher Avery delivered the awards ceremony keynote address and SIM named four winners: Corporate – Greg Lems is a problem-solving rock star at ClickBank Emerging Business…