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Tips for Job Seekers

Jul29
2010 1 Comment Written by Jason

Whether you are seeking a job with a staffing firm or a Fortune 500 company, the process is pretty much the same. Start by crafting a compelling résumé. This will help you identify your marketable skills. Then, before you apply for a job, make sure that your skills match what the company is looking for. If so, prepare an effective cover letter and send it to the prospective employer along with your résumé. If you get an interview, get ready for it well before you go. There may be more than one. For example, your first interview may be with a staffing firm and your second one with its client. READ MORE »

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Are Your Employees Feeling Disengaged?

Mar11
2010 Leave a Comment Written by Jason

When it comes to your company’s success, you’re only as good as your employees. But when your employees are disengaged–just doing time on the job to collect a paycheck–they aren’t driven to help your company achieve its objectives. This eBook will show you how to keep your people happy and productive.

Click this link:  Employee Engagement

Disengaged employees are more than just apathetic. They’re dispirited, disconnected and discontented, and can easily derail organizational goals.

According to Gallup research:
• disengaged employees’ low productivity erodes a company’s bottom line;
• their negative attitudes detrimentally affect morale organization-wide;
• within the U.S. workforce alone, employee disengagement costs an estimated $300 billion.

So how do you prevent tuned-out employees from undermining your company’s success?

Click this link:  Employee Engagement

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Avoid Costly Mis-Hires

Jan14
2010 Leave a Comment Written by Jason

Dr. Brad Smart, in his book Topgrading, gives a scary statistic that should make any Manager or Executive cringe:

“[Only] 25% of people hired and promoted by most companies turn out to be high performers.”

At Masiello Employment we are constantly looking for ways to improve our interviewing techniques.  We do this not only to help ourselves, but to share this information with our clients.  Anyone that has taken time to search the web for interviewing and recruiting techniques knows there is no shortage of advice.  Clearly, Topgrading is something any hiring manager would/should be interested in.

You can also download a free 52-page  e-book titled “Avoid Costly Mis-Hires”.  I highly recommend downloading and reading this book.

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10 Reasons Your Business Needs a Handbook

Oct03
2009 Leave a Comment Written by Jason

I recently did some research on the subject of employee handbooks and I was pleasantly surprised.  Most of the information available emphasizes the importance of a handbook not being a book of policies and rules.  It helped me realize that the reason most businesses avoid getting a handbook is because that is exactly what they don’t want – a book of laws and decrees.  Fear not!  This can be a chance for any business to evaluate its philosophy, lay out a strategic plan, share positive information about the type of work environment it sees as ideal. READ MORE »

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Favorite Quotes

"If we don’t get the people thing right, we lose; it is THE most important thing in all our business."

—Jack Welch, CEO General Electric

“The ability to make good decisions regarding people is one of the last reliable sources of competitive advantage, since very few competitors are good at it.”

—Peter Drucker

"The toughest decisions in organizations are people decisions - hiring, firing, and promoting people. These are the decisions that receive the least attention and are the ones that are hardest to "unmake.""

—Peter Drucker

"Those who build great companies understand that the ultimate throttle on growth for any great company is not markets, or technology, or competition, or products. It is one thing above all others; the ability to get and keep enough of the right people.

- Jim Collins
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