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Interviewing Tips & Techniques
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Over the Thanksgiving holiday a few years ago, my daughter and I were listening to the radio. A song came on that we both love. I began belting out the tune at the top of my lungs and sang along to the chorus of the Zac Brown Band song. I sang “Long Gone” along in...
Quiet Quitting is QUITE the trend
I have a client who is really worried about “quiet quitting”, and he called me to discuss his concerns. I said, “do you know what quiet quitting is?” He said “Yes! It’s when employees quit working but are still on your payroll!” It’s easy to see why he is worried....
A Thanksgiving Message
My daughter, Katy, and I would like to wish everyone a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving holiday. I am so grateful for all of my clients, friends and family for supporting A-list Interviews, as we continue to grow and thrive. A giant thank you to my team for a great...
Podcast Here I Come
As part of A-list Interview’s commitment to spreading our mission and vision for changing the world through hiring people that are a great fit for their job and company, I will be on CompTeam’s podcast on December 7th. As employers head into a new year, they are...
Zombies in the Workplace
Halloween has been very hit-and-miss in the workplace, in my experience. Some companies really promote it by buying pounds and pounds of candy and giving out prizes for the best costumes. Some companies don’t celebrate it at all with the mindset of “Please don’t bring...
Bloody Thursday
Currently, I am working with an organization to completely re-vamp two departments. They are the fastest growing business in the country in their industry according to Inc. magazine, and they have grown from just 15 employees to over 85 in roughly two years. I had a...
Speaker School
As many of you know, this past April I became a proud graduate of the Mikki Williams Speaker School. I flew to Naples, Florida and attended three days’ worth of speaker tutelage. In addition, I met some of the most amazing people in my speaker class. I returned to...
Where Are All the People?
For the past several months I have spoken to 11 groups of CEOs, and every group has asked the same question: “Where are all the people?” “What secret island has all of the employees on it?” AND the unemployment rate isn’t zero, so where are all of the candidates? In...
Why Your Employees Feel Unappreciated
Last week in my Vistage meeting, one of my colleagues brought up that she is hearing about lots of employees who feel unappreciated, and she asked our group what we thought was going on. Back when we had paper checks that we handed out to employees every Friday or...
The Festering Fart after a Cultural Terrorist
This past week, I followed up with the client who fired the cultural terrorist, and I asked him how things were going. He sighed. Then he said, “We have lots of issues. For example, now we have to complete all the projects that she sold. We are interacting with her...