SmartHire - Better Hiring Tips
February, 2009
Greetings!

What a difference a year makes.

With 'a little help from our associates' we are presenting...

A New Look!  A New Focus!  A Renewed Commitment.

Attract, retain, entice, and develop true "A" and "B" players - for the long term.

Based on your feedback, we are now offering articles from other known professionals in the recruitment world - with topics that are relevant to western Canada today.  In addition, there are always our online links for your review.

As staffing professionals, SmartHire's focus is:

Productive Employees through Attraction, Retention, and Development.

How can we help you today?
 
This Month's Contributing Author:
Adam Robinson


Adam RobinsonAbout the Author

Five Signs Your Hiring Process Needs Help

It's a widely accepted maxim of the business world:  Great companies begin with great people.  When you have the benefit of top-shelf talent at all levels of your organization, the possibilities are limitless. There's just one small hitch - great people don't just show up in your lobby, ready to get the job done.  You have to find them.  (Full article)

Recruiting Is A Sales Process
 
My friends in the HR profession are always telling me that recruiting is
the toughest part of their job.  HR executives catch heat from their
executive team for a good many things, but recruiting is typically the
lightning rod issue that generates the most visible pain.  Why?  (Full Article)
 
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Interesting Tidbits


Blogs and Reference Libraries
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Focus Groups

Grasslands Group of Companies Inc. (in conjunction with Erikdale Sales & Image Consulting), is pleased to offer our 'Employee and Customer Focus Group' survey development, group facilitation, and reporting services.

Allow us to facilitate a process to tell you what your current or prospective customers really think!  Let the people you serve know that you want to do an even better job.  They will help you improve your products and services.  (Click the graphic for more details)
Join us next month as we provide additional interesting articles, blogs, reference libraries from professionals in the world of work.

 
Sincerely,
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Blair Clark
SmartHire

Productive Employees through Attraction, Retention, and Development
A Division of Grasslands Group of Companies Inc.
Quote of the Month:

"In the past, employers were like an absentee host who paid the bill but never showed up at the table. Now they are intimately involved in planning the menu."                                                                     

Bernard R.Tresnowski
Retired President and Chief Executive Officer
of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association