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Controlling Your Turnover Rate: Learning the Art of Accommodation
A little accommodation goes a long way toward stemming the flow of quality workers from bleeding out your doors.

AJ Cheponis
Nov 30, 20222 min read


Streamline Your Hiring Process
Companies are scared of making bad hires, as a result, they have designed bloated bureaucratic hiring processes. Learn how to solve it.

AJ Cheponis
Nov 16, 20224 min read


How To Attract Candidates by Reference Profile.
Let’s say you’ve determined that only certain profiles will truly thrive in this position. How do you attract the right people?

AJ Cheponis
Oct 4, 20225 min read


Understanding Generation Z In the Workplace.
Entire industries will rise and fall in the wake of Generation Z. Yet few industries or organizations seem to be ready for it. Are you?

AJ Cheponis
Jun 28, 20223 min read


How to Create an Applicant Tracking System Friendly Resume
An ATS-friendly resume can prevent your applications from being rejected before a human recruiter gets to look at it.

AJ Cheponis
Jun 7, 20223 min read


Hiring A Sales Manager? Here’s What to Ask in The Interview Process.
These behavioral interview questions can quickly confirm or deny your hunches.

AJ Cheponis
May 17, 20223 min read


How To Hire a Human Resources Manager.
Wondering how to hire a great human resources manager? Start with questions that get right at the behaviors & competencies the role requires

AJ Cheponis
May 3, 20224 min read


Attracting Top Talent In 2022
Today’s top talent may not want anything different from their predecessors—they’re just in a better position to get what they want.

AJ Cheponis
Apr 12, 202213 min read


How To Hire a Graphic Designer.
If you want a graphic designer who can make an immediate impact, you’ll need to understand the underlying traits they need to......

AJ Cheponis
Mar 29, 20226 min read


Why You Should Develop a Job Target
A Job Target is a set of behavioral and cognitive requirements for a specific job.

AJ Cheponis
Mar 23, 20222 min read


The #1 Reason Good Employees Quit: Job Fit
So why do good employees quit? If you’ve been dealing with high turnover, and you can’t figure out exactly why - call us.

AJ Cheponis
Mar 15, 20223 min read


How To Hire An Accounts Receivable Specialist
Identifying a good accounts receivable specialist isn’t always easy. Sure, there are qualifications, but how can you be sure?

AJ Cheponis
Mar 3, 20224 min read


8 Tips for Hiring a Great Candidate
You can’t select a great candidate if you don’t know what you’re looking for, which is why you need a candidate profile.

AJ Cheponis
Feb 24, 20225 min read


Is Education A Predictor Of Job Performance?
How important is education to an employer? That is, does one’s education predict job performance?

AJ Cheponis
Feb 11, 20223 min read


A great process for hiring salespeople
Once you learn and adopt this seven-step hiring process, you will see an improvement in your ability to identify and attract sales talent.

AJ Cheponis
Dec 16, 20216 min read


The under-management epidemic
We hear relatively little about under-management and yet it plays a role in organizations’ not achieving the results they need.

AJ Cheponis
Nov 17, 20202 min read


Identify your hiring priorities
Are you overwhelmed with the number of job openings in your organization? Do you feel like you need to fill all the jobs, right now? If...

AJ Cheponis
Nov 5, 20203 min read


Meyers Briggs vs. Predictive Index
Meyers Briggs vs. Predictive Index

AJ Cheponis
Nov 3, 20203 min read


How to recruit diverse engineering talent
While some companies succeed, your team tells you that there are no diverse candidates out there. What can you do?

AJ Cheponis
Oct 29, 20204 min read


How one trucking industry CEO is solving his turnover problem
Job fit can tell employers a lot about whether or not an employee will thrive in their role and be engaged while performing it.

AJ Cheponis
Oct 22, 20203 min read
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