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Attracting & Retaining Exceptional Workers Through Employee Benefits

During an employees’ market, especially so in terms of undergraduate or graduate candidates who have already invested a great deal of money and time in their training, you will need to consider job offers that will attract and retain exceptional employees. We wrote an article about a survey of well-educated Millennials that suggests as many […]

3 Most Important Factors to Review in a Job Search

As a job candidate who has invested a great deal of money and time in your education, you want your investment to pay off! It’s time to bring all your problem-solving skills into an assessment of your potential employer.  We’ve created a simple three-point checklist to help you begin this process as there are many […]

The Job Seeker’s Toolbox–Great Cover Letters

In part 1 of this series, we discussed how a proactive approach to your job search begins with a great resume. In this article, we’ll share tips with you about great cover letters. Planning Your cover letter will probably be your first opportunity to demonstrate your grasp of business writing. Because of that, you should […]

How to Answer Questions in a Job Interview Without Losing the Interviewer’s Attention

“Tell me about yourself.” This question, or similar ones, are likely to come up in that next interview. Your ability to score big points with a touchdown, or fumble and not recover the opportunity, resides in how deliberately and effectively you handle such questions. Here are our top five ways to be up for the […]

The Job Seeker’s Toolbox – Great Résumés

Go it alone, or get some help? We hope you chose the latter! Step Up Recruiting helps job candidates and companies. In part 1 of this series, we want to discuss a proactive start to your job search by pulling great resumes out of your jobseekers toolbox.  Great Résumés There are many do’s and don’t […]

Coach your Employees to Success

According to Gallup, only 2 in 10 employees strongly agree that their performance is managed in a way that motivates them to do outstanding work. That’s only 20% of your team helping the company be outstanding! You’re probably wondering how to improve that metric. Coaching may be the answer!   The sporting industry has understood how […]

How to Reject a Job Offer Without Burning Bridges

As the shortage of skilled laborers continues to worsen for American companies, those applying for the open positions have a different kind of problem.  With multiple offers on the table, job seekers often have the choice of several positions after interviewing with multiple companies. Turning down a job offer can be challenging, especially since it’s […]

Asbe Foundation

Community involvement is an opportunity to provide life-changing opportunities to others and ourselves. There is a correlation between community involvement and employee retention, 60% of hiring managers consider volunteer work when hiring, 80 percent of hiring influencers agree that active volunteers are more likely to move into leadership roles. When choosing a charitable organization to support, it makes sense to […]

5 tips to make your resume copy stand out

Have you ever seen an Amphicar before? Part car and part boat, this is an amphibious vehicle that can drive right into the water! The Amphicar was built in Germany between 1961 and 1968. I had the opportunity to ride in one recently, and it sure does get a lot of attention! Anything different from the norm […]