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How To Plan Your Employee Recruitment Strategy

The hiring process can be long and difficult. But, you can save a lot of time and energy with a thoughtful recruitment strategy. So here are a few things you should consider before your next round of interviews. Determine Your Hiring Goals/Needs Be thoughtful about...

Advice from Joe Esparraguera, COO of Lifematters

In episode five of the Second in Command Podcast Cameron sat down with Joe Esparraguera, COO of Lifematters. Joe’s Background Joe first served in the U.S. Army after graduating from the University of Maryland at College Park. After his service, Joe began his...

How to Successfully Map Out Your Hiring Process

Several years ago, I was mentoring Jason Lew, one of my clients who lived in Boston and was growing chain of bilingual preschools called Pine Village Preschool. He needed to hire twelve new teachers by the end of August. In our discussion I asked these questions about...

Use A Rifle To Find Top Leaders

If you’re contemplating the use of a search firm, chances are you are looking for top leaders to join your team. There are thousands of search firms to choose from and making the right choice depends on the criteria you use in your selection process. Here are a...

Tips for COOs – #1 The Skip Level Meeting

A skip-level meeting is when a COO skips over one of their direct reports, like a VP of marketing, to meet with their marketing team. The reason for the skip level meeting is to gain insights from that team and be able to talk to them without the leader present. It is...