The Carlton Connection

What To Do When a Candidate Rejects Your Job Offer

  When candidates reject your job offers, what does your hiring team do? Do they take time to discover the cause of rejection, or do they simply move on to other candidates? Establishing a general strategy for handling candidate rejections can be instrumental for present and future hiring outcomes. Think about it – if you’ve… Read more »

How Temporary Employees Can Solve Staffing Headaches

Do your employees seem to leave you during the craziest of times? At many companies, the expression, “when it rains it pours,” often applies when it comes to unpredictable staffing levels. When one major staffing shift happens, often a dozen more come along with it. If poor retention and increasing labor demands are causing numerous… Read more »

Interview Questions that Discover a Candidate’s True Personality and Cultural Fit

As a hiring manager, have all your candidate interviews begun to feel like a blur? Even with the best intentions, many hiring professionals struggle to get a sense of a candidate’s character, personality and attitude during the interview process. Unfortunately, failing to “break through” and learn more about a candidate can often result in a less than ideal hiring outcome for your organization.… Read more »

Why It Pays to Promote Employee Wellness

There’s a lot of buzz these days about culture-building, but many leaders underestimate the role that corporate wellness plays into developing a positive and productive workplace. Giving your employees more opportunities to lead healthier lives will show that you value their well-being and want to provide a healthy, productive environment in which they can thrive.… Read more »

Why You Should Be Contacting the Interviewees You Don’t Hire

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Do you often find yourself passing up on great interviewees because they aren’t a fit for your current openings? Just because a candidate may not be the best hire for a position right now, doesn’t mean you should dismiss them altogether. In fact, these individuals may end up being prime candidates for future positions. As… Read more »

When Should You Choose a Direct Hire Over a Temporary Employee?

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With unemployment at an all-time low, there are more jobs on job boards than there are candidates to fill these roles. Nowadays, companies must be proactive in making their job opportunities as appealing to candidates as possible to lure them away from the competition. In many industries, recruiting temporary and contract employees, and working with… Read more »

Four Ways Top Hiring Leaders Make The Right Hire

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Struggling to find quality employees? As the workforce development landscape continues to change at a rapid rate, hiring and retaining top talent has become a major struggle for all types of employers in recent years. While there’s no exact recipe or formula for making the perfect hire, staffing firms in Houston can help you determine… Read more »

The Three Leading Benefits of Direct Hire Staffing in Texas

Are you struggling to grow your team and find quality workers? There may be options you haven’t explored! There is certainly a value to using temporary and seasonal employees, and bringing new employees in as a direct hire often helps you find the best employees that your business needs to grow. Understanding the benefits of… Read more »

Three Questions to Assess a Candidate’s Self-Awareness

As it becomes increasingly harder to identify top-notch talent, employers must revisit not only their recruitment strategy, but also their interviewing process. While candidates’ experience, education and hard skills are certainly important, assessing a candidate’s self-awareness is also a critical part of the interview process. Why is self-awareness such an important trait to search for?… Read more »

How to Make the Hiring Process Personal Again

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As the job market becomes increasingly competitive and fast paced, the majority of job seekers believe the hiring process has become less personal in recent years. It’s fair to say this can be attributed to many factors – including new recruiting technologies and the reducing number of face-to-face interactions during the hiring process. While the… Read more »