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Why Using More than One Recruiter is a Bad Idea

Posted on February 1, 2016 by AndrewPetrick

From NPAWorldwide by Veronica Scrimshaw Many employers believe they’ll get a better result and widen the pool of candidates by briefing more than one recruiter. But that’s simply not true for so many reasons. I know what you’re thinking, of … Continue reading →

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How Does Leadership Play a Role in Recruitment?

Posted on January 31, 2016 by AndrewPetrick

From NPAWorldwide by Veronica Scrimshaw “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” – John Quincy Adams This can be applied to your role as a recruiter and also … Continue reading →

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In Recruitment and Fishing, It’s All About That Bait

Posted on August 31, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

From NPA Worldwide, Veronica Scrimshaw: In New England, a favorite summer activity for many is fishing. I saw some folks fishing off a local bridge last weekend and it got me thinking – recruitment is a lot like fishing (minus … Continue reading →

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How to Select a Recruitment Agency

Posted on June 30, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

From NPAWorldwide, Veronica Scrimshaw Whether you’re an employer with ongoing hiring needs or have a one-off role to fill, using a recruitment agency is definitely an option worth considering. There are many traits and characteristics to consider when you are … Continue reading →

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Great Group Collaboration

Posted on May 15, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

As we head into the long weekend for some R&R, I thought you might enjoy some inspirational thinking for our profession. Here is an excerpt of the thinking of Warren Bennis: Organizing Genius by Bennis is one of my favourite … Continue reading →

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Humility – The Key to Leadership

Posted on March 31, 2015 by AndrewPetrick

Author Jim Collins (Good to Great & How the Mighty Fall) has given us a useful leadership model in his July 2001 & 2005 Harvard Business Review article: “Level 5 Leadership -The Triumph of Humility and Fierce Resolve”. It is … Continue reading →

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Executive Search – A Key to Success

Posted on July 31, 2014 by AndrewPetrick

We can say what we like about all the bells and whistles in our company: we know our core competencies we know why our product sells so well, and how great our services are, but what really makes our company … Continue reading →

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Copy Cat Your Way to Success

Posted on October 30, 2012 by AndrewPetrick

Part 1 According to Rob Adams, author of If You Build It, Will They Come, more than 65% of new products introduced by established companies, with already entrenched products, will fail; for start-up companies the failure rate is over 90%. … Continue reading →

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Innovation: The Need for Focus

Posted on May 31, 2012 by AndrewPetrick

Big ideas come from insights that center on solving customer problems. Not everyone would exercises agree with this; some think that the best ideas come from wild and woolly brainstorming, unfocused ideas that get way “outside the box”. However, the … Continue reading →

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Finding Our Innovation Champions

Posted on November 29, 2011 by AndrewPetrick

Imagine if each and every person in our business arrived at work believing they could influence the destiny of our company through their ideas and innovations. Then imagine we could do this without creating major chaos. Can we delight our … Continue reading →

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