Author RSSChoosing a Holiday Destination Resort in New Hampshire
New Hampshire is a superb vacation destination, offering a unique balance of the cultural and the active, of the historic and the adventurous, of urban sleekness and village quaintness. Choosing a resort in New Hampshire that achieves the right balance fo...
Planning a Wedding in New England
A wedding in New England is lovely at any time of year, whether choosing to marry during the majestically beautiful foliage season, the cool, white elegance of winter, the new greens and first flowers of spring, or the sunny warmth of summertime. Planning...
Preparing Your Business for the Slow Recovery
Mixed signals are always the most uncomfortable. When the economy is booming, you work the new business angle, spend a little extra on execution and worry more about the company party than costs. When things are sliding downhill, you cut unnecessary exp...
Startup Toolbox – Essential Business Tools for Success
Silicon Valley is the capital of Startup Nation. When most people think about startups, they picture mom and pop hanging a sign outside their new widget shop and working behind the register. The Silicon Valley image of a startup can be very different. ...
Careers Page: The Essential Guide to a Solid Corporate Recruiting Portal
Careers page…what kind of imagery do those words bring to mind. The obvious answer is a customized job board connected to your corporate website; a listing of open positions and requirements for each job opening at your company so to speak. The big pi...
Hiring: The Big Picture in 2010
As 2009 winds down, the economy is beginning to show signs of a pulse. The Dow is creeping towards 11,000 and some companies are seeing profits make an uptick. 2010 holds promise for a recovery of the job market. Experts expect sectors such as complian...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission gets a $23 million boost
On December 13th the Senate passed the 2010 omnibus appropriations bill. Under the new funding bill an additional $23 million dollars will be directed to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to help tackle a growing backlog of discrimination compl...
Rebuilding your HR department after the Fall: A Golden Opportunity
Let's face it; the recession has been a mess. It seems like overnight we went from slurping up caviar at the Ritz to scavenging cigarette butts on the sidewalk. And while it helps to face things with a sense of humor, all kidding aside, times have been ...
Recruiting Metrics: An Evolving Hiring Process
Let's face it, the hiring process is and always will be a competition. From the perspective of the applicant, they are in a competition to beat out other applicants and get a job offer. On the other hand, companies are in a competition with other compan...
Is Twitter a Recruiting Tool?
Once depicted as a trendy social media experiment, Twitter has officially arrived. From cell phone integration to CNN broadcasts, we can no longer escape the fact that Twitter is not a passing fad. The site once criticized for a complete lack of utility...
Simplify your Hiring Process: One less headache
Recruiting is a misunderstood art form. For the shortsighted hiring managers out there, the word recruiting brings to mind hours of distraction that could be better spent on their "real job". One thing the recession has taught us (particularly the mortg...
Applicant Management: how not to shoot yourself in the foot
In the hiring business filling a position is very similar to finding a date to the prom. Each prospect has a unique set of experience that may or may not apply to the job. Each candidate represents a place along the spectrum between absolutely wrong for...
The International Space Station: Picking the right talent for the job
This weekend Space Shuttle Endeavour looks to add another piece the space station's Japanese Kibo laboratory. At 335 tons in weight and coming in at a staggering price tag of around $100 billion dollars, the International Space Station is the largest engi...
Top 5 Business Tools to Automate, Add Efficiency and Increase your Bottom Line
Let's face it. The recent technological revolution has made the concept of "best practices" a moving target. As companies attempt to keep pace with the competition, sometimes the most difficult decisions involve adopting new tools just to keep up. T...
Cisco Buy Back and Recycling: Saving Money and Mother Nature
When buying electronics, do you ever get the urge to just wait a few more months and see what new products hit the market? Purchasing network hardware for your company can leave many decision makers in the same bind. This dilemma is especially true if y...
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