Forbes recently posted top workforce trends for 2017.  I was delighted to see at the top of the list that companies are focused on strengthening their candidate and employee experience.  There are several ideas around this that make it so powerful and relevant. First, a great candidate experience means first understanding the power of common courtesy.  Being respectful of others matters for it reflects on who you are as a person and how your company brand is experienced. Our

Search and selection is a high stakes game and there’s pressure to get it right. As we all know, great talent is hard to find! Our clients see the value of strategic approaches in the search for talent. More important than finding great talent is finding “the one” person who is not only adept at the technical skills of their role, but can also seamlessly integrate into the culture of your organization. At S. Benjamins & Co., our creative intention is about helping you find th

This past week we hosted a Great Starts Breakfast, SBCo's learning forum in LA on the topic of "Why Brand Matters."  Our guests were heads of HR, Talent Management leaders and those managing the Talent Acquisition function.  It was a lively discussion about branding, which is one of the most misunderstood concepts in business. What does it mean to create a compelling brand message that lines up with your culture?  Our experience is that messages and experiences on the inside

We recently talked with long-time friend and respected talent leader, Jared Flynn, Senior Director, Head of Talent Acquisition for T-Mobile. Having joined T-Mobile in 2009 when they were not the most popular mobile phone carrier, Jared has taken part in their amazing transformation, a business transformation that has resulted in nine consecutive quarters delivering more than 1 million total net customer additions. We sat down with him to discover how and why T-Mobile reinvent

This post was originally posted on LinkedIn on January 9, 2015 Thousands of years ago, cavemen most likely roamed this earth. They survived and evolved the human race by assessing their competition, future mates, and caveman friends by how they looked. Strength, agility, and resilience all signaled that you could survive the harsh terrains, thus making you ideal talent to carry on the human gene. Fast forward a few hundred/thousands of years and we had telephones, electricity

Our colleague, friend, and longtime supporter of our HRoundtable, Ed Eynon, was recently featured in Forefront Magazine and naturally we had to share! Eynon relates workforce talent to something most of us are familiar with… sports and athletes. “In his HR selection processes, Eynon assesses an individual’s talent in three ways: skills, knowledge and natural behavior. He gives priority to natural behavior every time.” Natural behaviors are reoccurring traits that are “deep do

We had the rare opportunity to hear from one of the most whimsical and well-known organizations in the world; The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Sherry Benjamins: What has surprised you most about your first three years with The Academy? Kim Congdon: What really surprised me is the responsibility that comes along with working for one of the most recognized and celebrated global brands. Having worked for Time Warner Cable and Sony Pictures, I was used to the fasc

Corey Protzman joined our firm last year and has been learning our sourcing and selection business at an accelerated rate! She brings experience in the tech business as well as a Graduate Degree in Organizational Leadership. Corey is guiding our clients with fresh insight and taking them to the next level in social media recruiting. I was relieved to hear our amazing millennial team member say that we didn’t have to master every aspect of social media overnight. She said, “fi

14.4 million people in the United States have used social media to search for jobs. That is 14.4 million active job seekers, but there are millions more who are passive candidates actively involved in social media, but not using social to job hunt. Don’t leave Social Recruiting up to the Intern: We have all been interns at one time or another and while they are an amazing source of work and ideas, they are not qualified to man your social recruiting ship. Your team should be

Our team is always striving to keep up with the latest trends in all aspect of search. We recently tuned into to a webinar hosted by Glassdoor and found out some compelling statistics: 51% of candidates have “buyer’s remorse” due to inaccurate picture of the job 70% of people trust online reviews for product and brands 95% of candidates are influenced by brand reviews when taking a job Glassdoor has 300,000 employer profiles and 15 million jobs posted There’s no doubt that th