How important is a sense of belonging to happiness at work? Long before the pandemic sent many of us home to work, a substantial number of people reported feeling “physically and emotionally isolated at work” per @HarvardBiz review circa 2019.

2020 has been the year of toddlers interrupting Zoom calls. In fact, if there’s one thing companies have learned this year amidst all the remote work and scrambling, it’s that creating a family-friendly work culture is critical to both serving and retaining employees.

Sometimes, the best candidate for a job you’re trying to fill doesn’t even realize they’re looking for the job. That’s where passive recruitment comes in. Encourage employee referrals, make sure people know about your company, and mine social media for potential hires.

#ThoughtLeader has become one of those buzz phrases you hear all the time. But you can’t just call yourself a thought leader. You have to take the right steps to get there. Read our latest blog post for more.

Want to polish your team’s Zoom skills? @HarvardBiz reports on what we can learn from deaf people when it comes to nonverbal communication.

Occasionally I hear from a job-seeker that they’re interested in a role but would like to negotiate the title. Is this kosher? Sometimes. The answer depends upon your motivation for wanting a different title.

Should you share interview questions with a candidate in advance of the interview? This is a contentious question for a lot of hiring managers. Pros — gives the candidate the best shot to shine. Cons — takes away the element of surprise and spontaneity.

Many companies start out with a somewhat haphazard hiring process. They need to fill a role, STAT, so they bring in a few candidates, ask ad hoc questions and attempt to go through the paces of hiring in the best way they know how.

As you grow and mature as a company, however, your hiring process has to grow and mature, too. This post includes a few simple ideas on where to start.

Are you looking to hire a purple squirrel or purple unicorn? These are terms recruiters use to identify the mythical perfect hire who checks every single box. Do they exist? Maaayyyybe. Regardless, working with a sourcing specialist at the Source and Recruit Company will get you as close as possible.

“Our perceptions of the culture associated with a given language can impact our behavior.” Which is why being bilingual can be a way to find fresh perspectives.

“Matt, what question should I ask you that will make me want to hire you?” This seemingly lazy interview question is actually a stroke of brilliance according to @angeladuckw on @qz.

A little #jobsearchtip for you: On your resume and LinkedIn profile, make job titles specific, like “VP of Sales,” not quirky and creative, like, “Sales Ninja.” Read on for more of our LinkedIn Profile tips.

In 1980, the novice U.S. Hockey Team won the gold medal in the Lake Placid Olympics, beating the heavily favored Soviet Union team, who had won the gold 4x running. You can hire all the dazzling talent in the world, but without solid teamwork, you simply cannot win.

One of the great challenges of identifying leaders with the potential for success is looking beyond the sum of their experience to truly understand the approach they’ll bring to guiding their teams and shaping their organizations.

If we want to be happier and work better, should we be fighting against “noise pollution?” An article from Wired thinks “yes”.

There are few things people procrastinate more than working on their resume.

I chalk this up to a mental block. After all, a resume is a sheet of paper — or, more likely, an electronic file — that's supposed to represent you completely. It’s a lot of pressure, and most people would rather do just about anything else than work on it.

But if you’re looking for a job, you’re not going to make any progress until you get that resume done — and done well.

Even the most enthusiastic recruiter will give you this advice: You still have to network.

That used to mean a lot of in-person pressing of the flesh at things like conferences, business mixers and networking clubs.

Now, remote networking has become the norm. There’s social media, of course. You’re already on LinkedIn, obviously.

But have you ever thought about using Slack to network?

This might seem incredibly counterintuitive, but I recently advised a client not to hire a candidate they thought would be a great fit.

As a PXT Select™ Authorized Partner, we’ve learned how to use pre-hire assessments to measure job fit. Just because a candidate checks all the right marks on paper and interviews well does not mean that candidate will be happy in a role — or that they’ll perform.

Layoffs don’t necessarily scream “good news” to the market or those personally affected. But for hiring managers, they can be excellent news indeed. Suddenly, the job market is flooded with talented folks eager to find their next great job.

Recruiters like those of us at The Source and Recruit Company are selective about who we work with, because we know our own strengths. We want every relationship to be a win, so we intentionally choose to work with the clients we think we can help.