News & Resources

How Do You Find Four-Leaf Clover Employees?

Heather Nezich, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE “A great employee is like a four-leaf clover, hard to find and lucky to have.” We all want to have four-leaf clover […]

March 12, 2021

New Report Shows How Virtual Recruitment is Impacting New College Grads

By Kevin Marrs, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE A recent Forbes article pointed to the impact of the pandemic on talent acquisition. The article, among other highlights, suggested that […]

February 11, 2021

The Importance of Note Taking During Interviews

By Sheila Hoover, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE Notes – it seems we write notes in almost every aspect of our lives. Grocery shopping, honey do, chores, etc. I don’t know […]

February 10, 2021

New Survey Finds that Despite a Tumultuous 2020, 2021 Hiring Outlook Is Optimistic

By Heather Nezich, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE The long-term impact of the coronavirus pandemic on hiring and career development is just coming to the surface and will likely […]

February 7, 2021

A Checklist for Performing Background Checks

By Susan Chance, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE When requesting a background check it is important to provide complete and accurate information to your screening company to get the […]

February 1, 2021

Student Loan Repayment Benefits Get a Boost from the Pandemic

By Kevin Marrs, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE Looking for ways to attract talent, some employers saw the student loan debt challenge as a potential recruitment tool and began […]

December 21, 2020

Remote Hiring is Here to Stay

By Sheila Hoover, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE 2020 brought Human Resources a multitude of unprecedented issues to manage with the COVID-19 pandemic, which has left many HR leaders […]

November 29, 2020

A Hiring Manager’s Top Recruiting Metric

By Sheila Hoover, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE Time to fill, time to start, days open, response rate, time to conversion, cost per hire, candidate experience…which one is the […]

November 5, 2020

Future Hiring Projections

By Sheila Hoover, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE We are all aware of how COVID-19 has impacted hiring within our business since March 2020. A majority of businesses froze […]

October 30, 2020

The Challenges of Hiring During a Pandemic for Both Employers and Candidates

By Lorri Rishar, MBA The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it a storm of business-related challenges. For those fortunate enough to have hiring needs, they faced a whole new set of […]

October 24, 2020

It’s All Good News!

By Sheri Welsh, originally featured in our FOCUS Magazine Last year, talent acquisition issues were at the top of the list of what keeps small business owners up at night. […]

September 25, 2020

The Advantages of Hiring Unemployed Workers

By Sheila Hoover, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE The United States’ unemployment rate in February 2020 was 3.8%, and in April 2020 it shot up to 14.7% due to […]

September 11, 2020

HR Jobs of the Future – Are You Prepared?

By Kevin Marrs, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE Have you ever thought of becoming a Distraction Prevention Coach or perhaps an HR Data Detective? How about a WFH Facilitator? […]

September 4, 2020

How to Avoid Illegal Interview Questions

By Sheila Hoover, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE Under the laws enforced by EEOC, it is illegal to discriminate against someone (applicant or employee) because of that person’s race, […]

August 14, 2020

Hiring for Culture Fit – Good or Bad?

By Sheila Hoover, courtesy of SBAM Approved Partner ASE Culture fit in a company is just as important, if not more important, as skills fit. We can train on the […]

December 5, 2019

Many organizations set goals and plan to execute projects at the start of the year and in many cases additional staff is necessary to achieve said plans. However, recruiting can be difficult, especially during the …