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There are plenty of reasons a particular job ad may not work well. Sometimes these mistakes are tough to recognize and even harder to learn to avoid. Here are seven mistakes that can cause an ad to provide less bang for the buck than desired:

1. Not writing good ad copy

The key to writing good ad copy is to grab the job seeker’s attention, give enough details about the position to make it clear what the candidate will be doing, keep job requirements brief, outli… Continue

The top 5 things to keep in mind when interviewing and hiring sales reps for medical sales, healthcare sales, DNA sales, medical supplies sales, clinical diagnostics sales, pharmaceutical sales, laboratory sales, biotech sales, pathology sales, or imaging sales: what to make sure you do, and how to avoid common hiring mistakes. 1. Use a results-based decision-making process. What does this mean? Look at your current reps (most importantly -look at the high performers). What are their characteri… Continue

We see a lot of information on both sides of the employment aisle and thought it might be fun to compile some of it on various market and employee segments into top ten lists. The newest employee group, the "Millennials", just entering the job market seemed like a great place to start since their interests and work style are still becoming known. This first list targets key job, career and personal issues relating to finding, hiring and retaining this new talent group as they enter the workplac… Continue

Two recruiters from Todays Office Professionals, Sean Rice, district manager in Dallas, TX; and Kenneth Davis, account manager in Alpharetta, GA gave insight to all the things recruiters have to consider when working with entry level job seekers. 1. What is the recruiter's responsibility to the candidate?… Continue

Online training has a number of benefits for companies who deal with the challenges of providing effective training to their employees on an ongoing basis. Delivering high-quality, consistent training classes and programs to diverse populations of employees via traditional learning methods can be very challenging for a number of reasons. Challenges of Traditional Training in Corporate SettingsScheduling time for a number of employees to attend instructor-lead training sessions at a particular t… Continue