11 Ways to Overcome Procrastination: Easy Tips to Stop Putting Things Off

Article Link: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/better-perfect/201703/11-ways-overcome-procrastination By: Elizabeth Lombardo Ph.D.   Source: Dean Drobot/Shutterstock Everyone has put off a task at some point in their life. (Take, for example, this article that I had planned on posting yesterday…) But have you ever wondered why you — or others — procrastinate? While some view it (in themselves or other people)…

4 Ways to Make Your Business More Eco-Friendly

Article Link: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/324150 By: Syed Balkhi   Going green isn’t only better for the environment — it can also be beneficial for your business’s bottom line. Pivoting towards more eco-friendly processes can save your company money, and it can also add to the list of things that set you apart from your competition. If you’re looking…

Inspiration from the Top Down: The Importance of Culture on Your Workplace Design

Article Link: https://workdesign.com/2019/08/inspiration-from-the-top-down-the-importance-of-culture-on-your-workplace-design/ by Andre Filip and Laura Brophy   For better or worse, the design, appearance, and functionality of your workspace communicates a lot about your company culture. Proper alignment between workspace design and company culture can be inspiring, motivating, and promote the values of an organization. What do you see when you look…

The 10 Best Skype Interview Tips of 2019

Article Link: https://www.lifewire.com/best-skype-interview-tips-4172800   by Mark Thomas Knapp   Do a Trial Run The last thing you want to do is get on Skype minutes before a job interview totally unfamiliar with Skype. Even if you use Skype somewhat regularly, it’s a good idea to have a Skype call with a friend shortly before your…

What’s it all Worth?

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A business coach who often coaches top executives told me this tale: It happens quite often that when I coach top leaders, they end up realizing that while they have indeed achieved all the outward signs of success, they’re just not happy at work or in life. They have the corner office, company Mercedes, million…

Love and Work. Part II

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Who are you?   Just a few decades ago people had many sources of identity: Religion, class, nationality, political affiliation, family roots, geographical and cultural origins and more. Today many of these, if not all, have been subsumed by work. When you meet someone at a party, what’s the first question you ask? “So, what…

Facebook Remorse?

Will Gen Y feel Remorse for their Facebook Pages? When we think candidate’s Facebook pages, we’re thinking about beer bong pictures and other adolescent behaviors that tell us if the candidate has basic character and discretion. Don’t we? We’re certainly not thinking about predictive analytics designed to guess the probability of disease, pregnancy and the health issues…

Talent Management

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How to Go About Predicting Performance in Talent Management There are problems in using “predictors” of suitability for open positions within a company. Hunter and Hunter (1984) showed that interviewing is one of the worst predictors of future job performance.  Using reference checks (.26), education (.22) or biographical data (.37) did not improve the odds…

Our Recruiting Process

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Here at Professional Recruiter Associates, we follow a very simple process in order to do our Recruiting. We separate it into 6 different steps. The first portion is what we called the “Information” stage. This includes us gathering information from the client as to what exactly they are looking for. We do this by researching…