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"Yes and No"

From:   Our President

A lot of people have asked us if this is a good time to change jobs.  For some it is and for others it is not.  The answer we must give is “Yes and No.”  The correct response is a personal one that is different for each person.  The optimum timing of job changes is almost never determined by what is going on ‘out there’ in the business world.  It is best decided by what is, or is not, occurring ‘in there’ in a person’s own job career and life. 

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Expanding the Scope of Your Retention Efforts

By:  Dr. John Sullivan

As the economy heats up and firms once again look to build up their talent strength, it's only logical that senior leaders, managers and HR professionals will increasingly look at retention as a major business imperative. But as a professional who has been designing retention solutions for corporations for well over a decade, I can attest to the fact that most newly enacted retention efforts will not only fail — they will do so miserably.  Read On.....

3 Ways Recruiting Can Help Succession Planning

Kevin Wheeler (kwheeler@glresources.com), 

the President and Founder of Global Learning Resources, Inc.

I have heard hundreds of complaints from candidates about the increasing efforts by organizations to find exact fits for narrowly defined positions. While part of this is done to filter out the few from the many, mostly it is misplaced effort that will, in the end, reduce your own recruiting effectiveness and that of your organization. 

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