XP3 Blogs & Vlogs

Reducing Your Cost and Time To Hire

As you may be aware, it is of utmost importance to grow your business at a healthy rate which means that you need to keep costs under control. One of the primary problems with reducing the cost of hiring is the difficulty in capturing all of the associated costs that are not obvious. These include…

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Filling Your Applicant Pipeline: How to Source Candidates

By Michael Matalone The number one reason it is difficult to find top talent is that most hiring managers have a hard time clearly defining the role. And one of the reasons this is difficult is because the job description is the tool most people use to accomplish this. Unfortunately, most job descriptions simply describe…

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The Life Of a Background Check: Start To Finish, What You Should Know

Do you know what happens during an employment background check? If your answer is no, you are not alone. Here I share with you a step by step guide to the Life of a Background Check. You will see what I do and why during each step of the process. Read on……. My first step –…

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What Makes A Leader?

There have been many books, articles and facilitated discussions (I have even led many over the years) about the many ways in which people define leadership or what an effective leader is comprised of. We did some research, made our own list, and would like to ask you all for your answers to the question: What…

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The Best Interview Question: What Are You An Expert At?

An “old” colleague of mine (he was about 90 years old at the time) once told me that the secret to staying young was this: “As long as you’re learning, you’re green and growing; the minute you stop learning, you’re brown and rotting.” The message there was, of course, never stop improving yourself. It was…

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How You Can Use The “10th Man” To Help Promote Your Business

Today, we share with you a post from Kim Kline of Access Profiles, Inc.’s blog on small business and background check issues. Enjoy! My favorite baseball team was fortunate enough to make a run into the post-season ~ for the first time in 20 years! Needless to say, the city was in a frenzy when, during the…

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5 Things Every Job Candidate Should Do When Applying For A Job

Very little is guaranteed in today’s business world. A lack of certainty in the global economy cannot only take its toll on your everyday life, but it can also be a dark cloud on your job search. In an effort to educate the active and/or passive job seeker, today I will provide the best advice…

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