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Any hiring manager will tell you that the cost of turnover in your company is anything but inexpensive. Productivity suffers greatly when a department can’t gain momentum because of constantly having to search for, interview, hire, and train new team members. In this day and age, employees are becoming less and less patient when it…

As a hiring manager, conducting interviews is a somewhat regular responsibility of yours. Perhaps you enjoy meeting candidates and learning about their background experiences and personalities, or perhaps this is a task that you rather dread. Either way, trying to determine which candidate will be the best fit for the position and the company culture…

In this day and age of being wise with one’s spending habits, companies are being much more cautious about where they spend their dollars. While using a recruiter to help fill open positions may seem from first glance as an unnecessary expense, here are three reasons why it can actually be extremely beneficial to the…

Firing an employee is probably the most dreaded event a manager faces. Regardless of the reasons behind the termination, no one truly relishes the confrontation or the hurt feelings or the aftermath of clean up that follows. Additionally, the concern of potential lawsuits, unemployment demands, slander and libel is oftentimes enough to keep the manager…

What are the advantages of using JL Nixon Consulting for your search needs? That’s a legitimate question to ask, so allow me to give you a brief overview of a couple of the key benefits we offer our clients. Personal Service In this virtual era, personal service takes more effort than it used to. Nowadays,…

What tools does JL Nixon Consulting use to find great candidates for a position? In today’s technology and information era, there is no shortage of options available, so we strive to take advantage of as many avenues as possible. Here are a few of the resources we use in our search process. Searchable Database JL…

The onboarding process for new employees can often be stressful for all persons involved. For the new hire, it’s learning company culture, personnel, and job responsibilities, and for the managers and coworkers, it’s training him or her and still completing their own responsibilities at the same time. A strategic system for this process is the…

I came across a great article recently by Jeff Haden entitled “The Worst Hiring Mistake Any Company Can Make,” and being a recruiter, it naturally it caught my attention. According to the article, the answer is neglecting to follow up with each and every job applicant. Haden explains that the simple act of providing closure…

Email has become one of the most prevalent forms of communication today; after all, who can argue with the prospect of free letters sent and received instantaneously? With its prevalence, however, comes a cost: becoming overwhelmed with the volume. For those of you in executive and leadership positions, you are especially familiar with this concept….

I don’t know how many department managers view themselves as teachers; in many situations, the general sense is that the manager is there to answer questions, delegate tasks, handle crises, and give performance reviews twice a year. But if managers also viewed themselves as teachers to the other employees in their department, instructing and encouraging…