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A turtle with a rocket on its back - Kathbern Management - Toronto Executive Headhunters

Don’t Fail to Launch Your Employee Search

As discussed in our earlier post, Decision Makers Make Lousy Screeners, the odds of success in any recruiting project is positively correlated with the time and effort committed to the search project in a rather compact time frame. Developing the short list must be intense. The first phase of a
A picture of an overwhelmed business man - Kathbern Management - Toronto Recruiting Agency

Decision Makers Make Lousy Screeners

Sure, they might be effective at it. After all, if they are the final decision makers as to which of several very qualified candidates will get an offer after a rigorous selection process, then they probably are actually excellent screeners (in theory). But in reality, the screening activity is certainly
A Venn Diagram of Cash Time And People - Kathbern Management Toronto Recruiting Agency

You Need to Grow Your Business… So What’s Stopping You?

Time, cash and people. That’s it. Most companies want to grow, and to grow profitably, but they are often hampered by a few critical weaknesses in these three key areas and the lack of a clear plan to grow over the next 3 years. This is very typical, particularly for
A Turtle Crossing a Start Line - Kathbern Management Toronto Executive Headhunters

Going Too Slow

In our previous post, “Beware of Under-Sizing the Job”, we drew attention to a common error whereby companies focus their search effort for senior candidates on skill sets that satisfy immediate business needs without weighing the additional capabilities that are likely to be required in the coming years as the
Two Brown Shoes - Kathbern Management - Toronto Recruiting Agency

Beware of Under-Sizing the Job

Your company is growing fast and, as result, you are occasionally adding to your team. You are being careful not to expand payroll costs too quickly and you are keeping a keen eye on the cash balance. We all know that growing companies have a habit of eating money, as
A Business Team - Kathbern Management - Toronto Recruiting Agency

Are You Hiring? Show Courtesy to Applicants

We all know how critical it is for applicants to exhibit and maintain great manners when applying for jobs. However, as one of my readers recently pointed out, we don’t often talk about employers being courteous to job applicants. Ask any current or past job seeker and they can easily spout off