Onboarding: What’s Needed to Successfully Onboard Sale-Focused Pros in Small Businesses In the latest episode of the CPSA Recruitment and Talent podcast, Kevin W. Grossman and John Hirth discuss ways to successfully onboard new salespeople into SMBs and start-ups. We’ll consider why employers should get salespeople off on the right foot and three things that […]
Why Employers Should Care About Musculoskeletal Health
HR and Why Musculoskeletal Health Matters The term “musculoskeletal health” might not be the catchiest phrase you will hear in the workplace; indeed most offices won’t ever use the term at all. But it’s certainly true thatwhat more and more businesses and organisations workplaces are taking health and well-being seriously, making it a core component […]
Podcast Interview with Jay Goldman: How to Successfully Onboard New Team Members
Onboarding: What’s Needed to Successfully Onboard a New Salesperson In the latest episode of the CPSA Recruitment and Talent podcast, Kevin W. Grossman and Jay Goldman discuss the importance of successfully onboarding new salespeople into the enterprise. The show considers why keeping an onboarding checklist is so important, why immersing new salespeople into the […]
How Chatbots Can Solve the Most Annoying HR Problems
Technology is an integral part of our lives. Take for example ‘Siri’, the famous and widely used voice-based mobile assistant, which plays a huge role in our day-to-day lives. Yes, the popular intelligent personal assistant can help you with almost everything right from ordering your favourite pizza to showing you weather stats, all at lightning […]
Podcast Interview with Mira Greenland: Recruiting for SMBs: Challenges and Opportunities
In the latest episode of the CPSA Recruitment and Talent show, Kevin W. Grossman talks with Mira Greenland, SVP Strategic Accounts and SaaS Social Recruiting Sales at CareerArc. Discover the personal character traits recruiters should look for when sourcing candidates for sales roles in SMBs, what the technical skills needed to succeed in sales today […]
HRchat Podcast Interview: Performance Management Tech and Strategy with Jilaine Parkes
In the first episode of HRchat in 2018, we hear from Jilaine Parkes, President and Founder at SpriggHR, about tactics and tools which can help ensure companies accurately measure and support the development of employees. SpriggHR is an online performance management platform that provides the software, support and methodology to transform performance management processes. The […]
Podcast Interview with Jennifer Koss: Hiring for Sales-Focused Positions
In the latest episode of the CPSA Recruitment and Talent show, Kevin W. Grossman talked with Jennifer Koss, Sr. Account Director of Strategic Operations at WilsonHCG about what recruiters really should look for in sales candidates. CPSA members get to listen to full episodes and access interview transcriptions. Non-members can check out bonus soundbites […]
HR Lessons from The Crown
After indulging in the guilty pleasure of binge-watching season two of “The Crown” I was amazed at how little I knew about the history of the British royal family. While I appreciated that some details were likely spiced up to present the story in a more salacious manner, I was drawn into the plot line […]
Project Failure and How to Learn From Mistakes
Choosing Your Goals Wisely While there are no sure methods of succeeding in life or business per se, you might end up searching for ideas and methodologies to figure out the best way of dealing with project planning, objectives and execution strategy, but nothing can help you until you understand the real meaning of project […]
How Human Resources Can Take Action to Mitigate Wage Theft
“Wage Theft” is the illegal practice – both intentional and unintentional – of not paying employees for their legally or contractually promised wages. Common forms of wage theft include violating minimum wage laws, not paying overtime, misclassifying employees, forcing workers to work off the clock, and much more. Wage theft takes place on all levels of the […]