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World-Class HR Director Role Now Available! Chippewa Falls WI

by Margaret Graziano | Aug 08, 2011 | Chippewa Falls Jobs, HR Best Practices, HR Roles, WI HR, HR, HR Director, HR jobs, HR Strategy, Human Resources Management Consulting

You are a dynamic HR professional with a can do attitude who enjoys implementing Best HR practices in a company hungry for improvement. You are looking to support a company that utilizes all of your expertise and knowledge in HR & Talent Management in a...

The 6th Annual NHRC Forum May 5th in Schaumburg

by Margaret Graziano | Apr 20, 2011 | Hiring, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, Human Resources, Leadership Development, staffing, NHRC Forum, Recruiting, Talent Management, War for Talent, HR

The 6th Annual NHRC Forum is just two weeks away! Where else can you see top-notch presenters deliver credit-worthy material at such an affordable rate? Members: $150 Non-Members: $200 What are you waiting for?! Register Now! More Forum...

An Employment Rant From An Outsider's Point Of View

Getting hired hasn't been a problem for me, nor do I foresee it becoming one in the future. Saying that may surprise many people, especially given the current state of employment in this country, but I'm not done... I'm 20. Now I know what you're...

If the Job Could Talk...

by Margaret Graziano | Feb 03, 2011 | behavioral interview, Behavioral Interviews, Better Hiring, Employee Engagement, get hired, Hiring, Conscious Hiring, Executive Coaching, Executive Recruitment, Hire better, employee performance, Employee Performance Reviews, Employee Retention, Employment Selection, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, HR Best Practices, Human Resources, job performance, Keenhire, leadership, Leadership Development, Managing Change, margaret graziano, On-Boarding, Performance Management, staffing, TTI, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, performance reviews, return on investment, ROI, Personality Assessments, Recruiting, Recruitment Strategy, Recruitment Training, Return on Hiring Investment, RPI, RPO, Succession Planning, Talent Management, War for Talent, Workforce Performance Management, Assessments, HR, HR Strategy, Human Capital Management, Human Resources Management Consulting, Management Training, Organizational Development, Recruitment Process Improvement

By Bill J. Bonnstetter JOB TALK If a job could talk, it would explain precisely what was necessary to achieve superior performance. We could ask it to tell us about the: Knowledge a person needs, Personal attributes required to drive success, Rewards...

Choosing To Win During A War For Talent

by Margaret Graziano | Jan 25, 2011 | Human Capital, Behavioral Interviews, Better Hiring, Emerging Leaders, Hiring, Conscious Hiring, Executive Coaching, Executive Recruitment, Hire better, Employee Retention, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, how to hire, HR Best Practices, Human Resources, Keenhire, leadership, Leadership Development, margaret graziano, On-Boarding, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Strategic HR Professionals, Turnkey HR Solutions, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, recruiters, Recruiting, recruiting strategy, Recruiting Training, Recruitment Strategy, Recruitment Training, Return on Hiring Investment, Succession Planning, Talent Management, Talent Shortage, Talent Strategy, War for Talent, workforce, HR, HR Strategy, Human Capital Management, Human Resources Management Consulting, Organizational Development, Recruitment Process Improvement

By: John Kurzatkowski. I currently work with Margaret at KeenHire as a Sr. Recruitment Consultant, and wanted to share with you a bit more about how to win in the midst of a war for talent. As the business-news media competes for our attention by...

Lets Talk Retention

by Margaret Graziano | Jan 20, 2011 | Behavioral Interviews, Emerging Leaders, Hiring, Conscious Hiring, Executive Coaching, Executive Recruitment, Employee Performance Reviews, Employee Retention, Employment Selection, Hiring for Start Ups, Hiring Process, Hiring Talent Management Professionals, HR Best Practices, Human Resources, Leadership Development, Managing Change, On-Boarding, people roi, Performance Management, Reduce Unwanted Turnover, Strategic HR Professionals, Training, Turnkey HR Solutions, workforce planning, Organizational Effectiveness, People ROI, retention, recruiting strategy, Recruiting Training, Recruitment Strategy, Recruitment Training, Return on Hiring Investment, Succession Planning, Talent Management, War for Talent, Workforce Performance Management, Coaching, HR, HR Strategy, Human Capital Management, Human Resources Management Consulting, Management Training, Organizational Development, Recruitment Process Improvement

According to Noah Webster, "Retention is the act or power of keeping or retaining. Corporately, retention is the power to keep employees actively engaged and committed to being an integral part of the organization."

Adding The Alliance HR Network Blog

by Margaret Graziano | Feb 27, 2008 | medical recruiting, Alliance, HR, Keen Alignment

One of the things I'm learning about how the web works is the importance of staking out territory early. Alliance HR Network is an affiliated company to KeenAlignment. It's the recruiting engine that gave me so much expertise over the course of the last...

Career Discovery Workshop

by Margaret Graziano | Feb 23, 2008 | Workshop, career, HR, Keen Alignment

We provide a monthly Hire Ground: Career Discovery Workshop at Alliance HR Network. Don’t spend the rest of your life wondering if you’ve made the right career choices. Take part in this high value, thought provoking seminar that has you ask yourself key...

About Your Author

by Margaret Graziano | Feb 01, 2008 | margaret graziano, HR, Keen Alignment

Margaret Graziano has worked in the recruiting industry since 1983, and has been using pre-employment assessments and behavioral based interviewing for her company’s selection and placement process since 1999.

Mission: Benchmarking Seminars

by Margaret Graziano | Jan 23, 2008 | benchmarks, seminar, HR, HR Strategy

Keen Alignment is my company, started to help recruiters do a better job hiring candidates for their clients, and helping staffing firms get deeper into the employment process. HR Executives get mobbed with phone calls all day from cold-calling salesman...