Tag Archives: candidate
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Escaping the “Wave” with TalentConnection
Posted on 06.19.2018
Have you ever felt that the day to day running of your business takes up all of your time? That you couldn’t possibly add anything else to your plate? Operating in the ‘whirlwind’ is exhausting and draining. You may think “if I just had more hours in the day, I’d be able to do it … Continue reading
Posted in TalentConnection
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How Achilles Group Acts as Both Your Teammate and Coach
Posted on 03.06.2018
Fundamentally, leadership is all about getting others to follow the course you set with full competency and commitment. However, the challenge of a leader is that you’re often too busy to sit down and engage your team in a way that allows them to understand your goals and align under the same strategy, so it … Continue reading
Posted in Strategy Alignment
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Is Your Recruiting Strategy Paying Off?
Posted on 02.26.2018
So, if your company works really hard to identify your mission-critical talent needs, produces targeted ads, sorts and screens the responses, selects the top candidates, then extends the offer and closes the deal, you’ll be successful, right? No, not necessarily. In fact, more often than not, management teams fail in their recruiting efforts due to … Continue reading
Posted in Recruiting Effectiveness
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Ready for your business to move forward in 2018?
Posted on 01.18.2018
“Don’t look back—you’re not going that way!” We like that phrase; it serves as a reminder to grow from and move past hard times and to keep focused on the path ahead. At Achilles Group we believe Houston is, in fact, moving forward, and a key indicator for us is how much our clients recruiting … Continue reading
Posted in TalentConnection
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Peanuts, Cracker Jacks®, and People Performance
Posted on 12.04.2017
When you think about winning teams in professional baseball, the New York Yankees are one of the first teams that come to mind. But have you ever thought about why that is? Maybe lots of great players? Well, while they’ve certainly had many amazing players throughout the years, they’ve also been led by fantastic coaches, … Continue reading
Posted in People Performance
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How to Receive Feedback with Grace
Posted on 11.03.2017
Inviting feedback can be hard enough, but receiving it can be even harder. Any sort of criticism (even constructive) tends to bring out all of our insecurities and defensiveness, but truly great leaders resist this impulse and readily accept feedback with grace and an open mind. It can touch on sensitive areas, but it’s important … Continue reading
Posted in People Performance
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Recruiting Effectiveness at First Presbyterian
Posted on 10.23.2017
Recruiting the right candidate for your organization doesn’t always mean filling the position with someone similar to the person who you had in the role before. Instead, it should depend on the future direction of the company, so always remember to keep the big picture in mind. Character and experience are just as important as … Continue reading
Posted in Recruiting Effectiveness
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5 Tips for Virtual Workforce Engagement
Posted on 09.22.2017
Two of the hot topics in business today—employee engagement and workplace flexibility—can often seem at odds in terms of the virtual workforce. As working from home, at client sites, or second locations has increased, this has led to a decrease in employee engagement; however, there’s more to it than mere distance. The number-one reason virtual … Continue reading
Posted in HR Risk Mitigation
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Compliance Update – I-9 Breaking News!
Posted on 07.26.2017
USCIS released the latest I-9 form (Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification) today, July 17, 2017. The changes are summarized below: Name update: “Office of Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practices” changed to “Immigrant and Employee Rights Section”. Deleted “the end of” from the phrase “the first day of employment.” List C addition of “Consular … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance
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How Effective is Your Recruiting?
Posted on 06.02.2017
As you may have noticed, we’ve been talking a whole lot about Recruiting Effectiveness this month. When working with business leaders, their company’s ability to discover, employ and retain good people is always at the top of their list. However, in reality, we often find that many organizations are not equipped to proactively find the … Continue reading
Posted in Recruiting Effectiveness
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Achilles Recruiting Effectiveness “Playbook”
Posted on 05.17.2017
At Achilles Group, we encourage and even insist on Recruiting Effectiveness becoming a vital component of your business strategy. Our Motivation We bring the expertise and resources to install Recruiting Effectiveness as a competitive advantage. We partner with your leaders to build a solid recruiting game plan and then help you make the plays that … Continue reading
Posted in Recruiting Effectiveness
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Promises Delivered
Posted on 01.17.2017
“First Presbyterian Church, Houston, first came to Achilles Group after our HR Director we had on staff was leaving. It was our former HR Director that actually recommended that we outsource since it was so hard to find one person to keep up with everything. When researching different firms, we found that the larger firms … Continue reading
Posted in Client Success Stories
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A Partner, Not Just a Vendor
Posted on 09.13.2016
“Achilles Group was recommended to us when our HR functions started to become bigger than our skill set and a major HR issue arose that nobody could have foreseen. We were looking for a partner, not just a vendor, and that was something we have found with the Achilles Group. Since then, Achilles Group helped … Continue reading
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New FMLA Poster and Employer Guide Now Available
Posted on 05.10.2016
The Department of Labor has issued a new FMLA Notice poster and Employer Guide. Employers are not required to update their FMLA Notice posters at this time; the new version simply features a more reader-friendly layout. All FMLA-covered employers are required to display the FMLA Notice poster prepared by the Department of Labor in a … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance, HR Risk Mitigation
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Creating a Bond with Remote Employees
Posted on 04.04.2016
With more employees working remotely than ever before, it’s important to make sure everyone feels like a part of the team. Research has consistently found that an engaged workforce is a more productive and profitable workforce, so how can you create a bond with remote employees? Create a “virtual water cooler.” When employees work remotely, … Continue reading
Posted in People Performance
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Interviewer: What Is Your Body Language Telling Your Candidates?
Posted on 10.07.2015
Picture it: You are interviewing a great candidate whom you want to fall in love with your company. Be careful of the message you’re conveying via your body language. You don’t want to scare off the very person who could be a great add to your company and make you a hero in the office! … Continue reading
Posted in Recruiting Effectiveness
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To Sell or Not to Sell – Fundraising in The Workplace
Posted on 10.01.2015
When employees occasionally sell or solicit fundraisers during work hours it is usually noninvasive and doesn’t necessarily need to be addressed. These sort of activities typically involve parents selling their children’s school fundraiser items or employees seeking pledges for participating in a charity walk. However, if selling or soliciting in the workplace is causing disruption, it may be time … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance, HR Risk Mitigation
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Social Media In The Workplace
Posted on 09.16.2015
Does your company allow your employees to use social media while at work? There are definitely pros and cons to allowing social media in the work place. One thing is certain, social media is not going away so it is important for employers to think about how social media might fit within their culture. As … Continue reading
Posted in Helpful Tips
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The Most Memorable Job Interview I Ever Gave:
Posted on 11.11.2014
Push Back. During an interview a few years ago, I benignly asked a candidate, “Have you ever had to push back against a difficult manager?” He responded,“Once my no-good boss yelled at me and got all up in my face. I’m a MAN and you don’t talk to me like that!” While energetically acting out … Continue reading
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