Hiring employees with the right combination of skills, mindset, and experience is crucial to your company’s bottom line. A study by the Society for Human Resources Management found a poor hire can cost up to five times that person’s annual salary. A mis-hire impacts productivity goals, as well as the morale of existing employees. This holds true whether you are seeking direct hires, or seasona Read More

Companies often scale back or even skip the onboarding process for temporary hires since their tenure with the company is brief. However, onboarding new temporary employees matters. Whether they are the face of your retail business in the busy season, or helping a construction project finish ahead of schedule, temporary hires are essential to your company’s success. Onboarding is the process tha Read More

To increase the productivity and focus of your employees – encourage them to stop working. Taking occasional five- or ten-minute breaks, along with lunch breaks, helps restore your workers' energy levels, reduces their stress, and helps them avoid physical injury and muscle strain. Breaks also reduce the occurrence of fatigue-related accidents, which can hurt people, damage equipment, and throw Read More

The simplest way to improve how your company manages temporary and seasonal employees is to put yourself in their shoes. Imagine you are entering an unfamiliar warehouse, catering facility, office, or construction jobsite. What do you need to know to do your job well and feel comfortable doing it? Read More

While the long, sunny days of summer bring thoughts of flip-flops, outdoor fun and BBQs, it’s also a time when many young people consider finding a summer job. It’s a smart move. Whether you are a college student who depends upon summer work to help with tuition, or a recent high school or college grad considering your next move, taking a job for the summer doesn’t just build bank – i Read More

Among the most valuable ways to say “Thank You For Your Service” to a veteran is to give them a job. Work plays a crucial role in their transition from military to civilian life. Employing an Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine veteran helps show them the many ways their hard-earned skills are transferable to the private sector. Hiring a veteran is a smart business practice that benefits both the Read More

Our Mindsets Represent the Way Our Thoughts Influence Our Behaviors I stumbled upon the concept of “mindsets” a few times during my college years. Dr. Carol Dweck, a Psychology Professor at Stanford University, developed the not-so-complex study that links our thoughts to our behaviors. Dr. Dweck describes two types of people: those with a Fixed Mindset, and those with a Growth Mindset. Read More

The Best Sales Tactics Are About Much More Than Just Closing Deals Being successful in sales is an artform. This means that sales is comprised of skills that can be mastered – and you can always learn new tactics or better strategies. The most experienced sales people I know are always looking to find ways to ask better questions, which will increase their probability of success - and, ultimatel Read More

Many Office Jobs Don’t Require Any Physical Activity At Work When was the last time you actually stopped to think about your health at work? Sure, many of us wake up early for a run, or playing tennis after we leave work…. But what about those 8+ hours we spend at the office? Read More

Sales Coaching Can Teach Employees How To Be Top Performers Sometime last week I had the honor to learn from Bill Eckstrom, President and founder of the EcSell Institute – a business whose mission is to impact performance of sales departments by increasing quality of sales coaching. Bill came all the way from Nebraska to Link’s headquarters in Houston, TX, to share with us his knowledge and w Read More