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Pre-Employment Assessment

The employee assessment process involves much more than simply asking a series of questions. There’s a science involved, and that’s where KeenHire comes in. We work directly with your company, asking specific questions about your needs in order to...

You want to make the most of your human capital investment. The right people doing what they do best are the driving force for any successful business. Keeping your workforce happy and on the job is a winning proposition for you and for your employees....

KeenHire offers Key Contributor and Mission Critical Benchmarking and Role Analysis Consulting Benchmarking and Role Analysis are the key steps most often missed when a company starts a search for their next hire. The problem is that most companies are...

Whether you are an emerging start up or established midsized company, employee retention is most likely a nagging concern. For most companies, the first group of employees they are eager to retain is the sales and management workforce. While a well...

If you have been concerned about how your company can compete for key talent now and in the future, it is imperative to sit down with the business leader and discuss the need to develop a compelling talent strategy. An effective talent and workforce...

This weekend I had the opportunity and privilege to meet Bruce Loeffler, a teacher, trainer and leader of building service centric teams in the hospitality, healthcare and retail industries.

Recruiting millennials takes economy of communication and a compelling message, and it also takes relationship building. This is the challenge and the opportunity if you want to have millennials in your workforce.

I recently read an article for employees about how to position themselves for a promotion. In a corporate culture where the path to the goods is getting on top, getting that promotion is the key to nirvana. The next step up the corporate ladder means...

Why do people leave your employ? Why do they think about it? Various estimates indicate that somewhere between 60-70 percent of employees are not personally invested in their workplace. What does it take to engage people so that work is exciting, not a...

Come Listen to KeenHire's CEO Margaret Graziano on the leading trends in Human Capital, Recruitment & Talent Management - Silicon Valley Talk Radio - Saturday 9.1 @ 3:00 pm KLIV AM 1590 if you can't make it tune in on the SVLG website...

In the News HR Retreat Maximize your personal effectiveness. Influence people for organizational alignment. Impact a culture centered on people, purpose & profit. Build alliances with like-minded professionals. Join us August 27th in Palo...

You have found a star employee. They fit the profile of the job perfectly, the resume is superb, in action on the job they are unstoppable and their experience means that you have little to do in terms of nurturing them into their new role. The issue...

Even if you have a team of brilliant, devoted and effective employees who love to work and live for every second of it, you still need to invest time and knowledge in the development of employee motivation to ensure that your workforce remains happy and...

Some say the great thing about being a third-party recruiter is that there are no firm rules on how to recruit. Well, this is just not true. If there wasn’t a right and wrong way to recruit it would simply fall apart. Every client differs, every position...

The rise in unemployment tax is giving companies around the country a reason not to boost hiring. Having a significant rise on taxes such as this forces companies to dish out to their laid off works instead of focusing on their currently employed or...

According To Noah Webster, retention is the act or power of keeping or retaining, but Corporately, retention is the power to keep employees actively engaged and committed to being an integral part of the organization. So what is retention like in this...

There are many extremely effective leadership styles. The purpose of this program is to enable new and experienced managers to breakthrough leadership barriers that inhibit freedom, self-expression and joy in the workplace.

You are a full life cycle recruiter who loves what you do! You experience yourself as a person who operates with a high level of integrity, and you want to work in an environment that rewards your high quality standards and precise candidate...

As business leaders of scaling organizations you know that the success of your organization depends on the quality of the people inside. KeenHire Talent Management’s Conscious-Hiring webinar enables you to learn how to identify the right people for the ...

As many of us have experienced, hiring a new manager can be tough; especially if they have big shoes to fill. For any hiring team, the selection process can be long, drawn out, and even destructive if you don't have a cemented hiring process. You'd...

Think about it: Your company's only truly sustainable competitive advantage, which cannot be copied by competitors, is your corporate culture and the strength of your leadership. Does your company reward innovation, reinforce positive results and...

Talk of trust-building and teamwork in the office may sound a bit touchy-feely to some. These terms connote awkward exercises and ridiculous activities right out of a Dilbert cartoon. Instead, let's think about trust in a professional sense. ...

You are a results-driven individual, with three or more years of proposal writing and oversight experience. You have proven success with governmental RFP’s, proposal writing, and are capable of leading a team through an efficient proposal development...