Have you been relying on the same stock interview questions for years and years? Do the questions make it difficult to differentiate candidates and get to the core of their professional qualities? Has a bad hire negatively affected your company? If you answered yes at any point, consider adding these questions to your next interview:… Read more »
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It’s always better to be employed and searching for a job than unemployed and searching for a job. But how do you make the most of your limited time while also keeping up with your obligations at work? Here are a few tips and tricks that can help you take a step upwards while avoiding… Read more »
As a manager, if you’re not motivating your team, your team is not improving. After all, how can you expect people to be more productive, more efficient, and more innovative if they don’t have the motivation to do so? Unfortunately, motivating in an honest, effective, and lasting way is notoriously difficult. Too often, efforts at… Read more »
Job fairs don’t get the credit they deserve. They gather together dozens of motivated employers in one place and allow job seekers to make their first impression face to face, with someone who is eager to speak to them. Think of how much better this is than the typical recruitment process. If you are looking for… Read more »
Sparking creativity is one of the most important and most challenging responsibilities faced by any manager. It’s one thing to get people to work harder, faster, or longer, but how do you get them to be innovative, unexpected, and wholly original? It’s difficult, but experience has shown that it’s not impossible if you know how… Read more »
Engineering, like all professions, requires some skills that are timeless, and others that change with the calendar. And sometimes the pace of change is so rapid that skills which seemed irrelevant or nonexistent just a year or two ago are now professional imperatives. We’ve listed five skills that we believe will be vital for engineers… Read more »
Happy New Year from all of us here at JH Technical Services! Now that the holidays are over and your team is back to work, it’s time to start thinking strategically about the coming year. The plans you make now, and the steps you take in the first month of 2015, can have a major positive… Read more »
Going through a salary negotiation is both a huge opportunity and a major source of stress for most job seekers. There is a lot of money on the line, and the exact number could go up or down significantly based on your performance during the negotiation. Get the best offer you possibly can by employing… Read more »
Keeping employees focused from the start to the finish of the workday has been a challenge for as long as employment has existed. It’s difficult for anyone to stay focused on anything for 8+ hours. But as an employer, this challenge falls on you. If you want to get the most out of your team… Read more »
The best and worst thing about contract jobs is the same – they’re temporary. Some people like being able to work for many companies and accept different responsibilities. But others take a contract position as a way to get their foot in the door and dread the day the contract is up. If you’re looking… Read more »