Posts tagged recruiting
Unveiling the Truth Behind the Skills Gap

In the business world, the term "skills gap" is frequently thrown around, often as a scapegoat for hiring and recruiting challenges. However, it's essential to dive deeper into the concept to truly understand what the skills gap is, its implications, and why it might not be the root cause of the issues employers face.

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The Dollar-Per-Hour Math

The Fractional Executive does not come with any of the add-ons (paid days off, benefits, recruiting fee, productivity losses), and their engagement is also right-sized to the business needs in terms of talent and time, and they are immediately available.

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Q: What Guarantees Do You Give?

The simple answer is that the guarantee is inherent and built into our model. Our placements are neither retained nor made on a contingency basis. There is no upfront investment of up to $70k into recruiting before the executive even has their first day.

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Hybrid Work Is Just … Work

Months into hybrid work, not everyone agrees on how it’s going. Employees and employers are divided. Many leaders yearn for the office life of 2019—hallways abuzz with chatter, coffee overflowing.

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Top-Notch Soft Skills Eat Experience for Breakfast

And top-notch soft skills eat experience for breakfast: According to Forbes, 94% of recruiters believe that top-notch soft skills outweigh experience when it comes to promotion to leadership positions.

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Do Not Hire

Especially in the startup world, pivots on everything from product to GTM strategy are very common. Most of those directly impact employees. And even without major pivots, startups go through phases or stages in their growth process.

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Hybrid Virtual-Selling Best Practices

Hybrid virtual-selling best practices are now based on building new strategic sales systems to achieve remote sales results going forward. Recent customer behavior and interaction with remote salespeople has changed and will continue to remain this way into the future.

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Remote Sales Teams Need Sales Management Work To Achieve Results

Remote work is the new normal for many professionals, and salespeople are being tasked with achieving and exceeding their sales business while making a swift transition to working from home. Stellar sales work is possible outside of a traditional company office. As a sales manager, it is important to lead your remote team with the intention of helping them reach their goals while adjusting to a new way to work.

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Addressing Recruiting, Retention, and Performance Issues

Hybrid working is simply another way of describing flexible working arrangements. Its prevalence has been accelerated by COVID-19. The pandemic has presented an unprecedented opportunity for employers to re-examine their approach to flexible working. And for many, it's not a case of making a simple switch.

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