Hire Power Radio Show

It is imperative to have comprehensive job descriptions! Robert Yonowitz and I discuss why this is important and how they are used in the workplace. Lawsuit prevention, ADA accommodation, Performance Reviews and disciplinary action are the cornerstones of why.  Learn the components of an effective "defensive driving" job description and a description that attracts top talent! Bob Yonowitz is a par...

Emotional Intelligence, or EI, describes an ability or capacity to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, and of others. Our EQ, or Emotional Quotient, is how one measures Emotional Intelligence. EQ is the Motivation, Empathy, Self Awareness, Self Regulation, and  Social Skills. Emotions have the potential to get in the way of our most important business and personal relationship...

How do you REALLY discover if the person you are trying to hire is competent? Great incites shared by today's guest to avoid this major hiring mistakes that those before you have made. Besides having a Hiring Plan in place, providing in-depth evalution of your candidates, and implementing the right questions, will help hire the right people for your company.  Craig Cooke brings more than 20 years...

It is pertinent for companies to manage properly the rate of their spending through the varies stages of the business life cycle.  Each level of growth, development/seed, startup, growth, expansion, and maturity has its monetary and talent challenges. But incorporating specific plan of expectations at each stage, hiring and delegating experts, and monitoring the burn rate accurately will encourage...

To build an outstanding Company, you need to start caring about your people. That is to listen, understand them and achieve mutual loyalty. Caring about your employees can be incorporated through Leadership, Investing time to get know the person at the Interview Process, having an Interview Structure with Behavioral Questions, and focusing on Engagement and Growth. When you really appreciate your...

There are two types of engagement, before the hire and while employed. Recruiting is not about you or your needs anymore. The proper engagement in the recruiting process is focusing on work life balance, social consciousness, benefits… opportunity for growth.  To retain talent once you have a person as an employee, you need to build the right cutlure by providing growth, communication, and having...

It is important to have a strong technical leader for the success of your company. Entrepreneurs often make the mistake of bringing in the wrong type of person. Today we discussed best options for technical leader for your business. How do you get a strong leader to join your company? You need to know what a strong technical leader looks like and have a plan of action to make sure the right ingred...

As of January an employer can no longer ask a person's salary history. They also can not ask about any form of compenstion and benefits. This includes 3rd party recruiters and reference checks. Companies with 5 or more employees will also be required to Ban the Box on job applications. This means that the criminal history section will be omitted and can no longer be asked during the interview proc...

If you can find a purpose for your company above and beyond just making money… You will ignite passion in your Influencers & Advocates. YOUNGRY™ - an united community of entrepreneurs that hustle, profit, expand, and inspire with original content, events, and e-commerce. Ash Kumra, CEO and Co-Founder is an award winning entrepreneur, author, speaker and syndicated radio show host. He has been reco...

We learned about a company that was truly built by: Valuing people more than anything else. Invested in people first. Foster education first, allowing room for growth. Doesn't cut corners and gives benefits freely. He caters to the company and is big on creating value for company and clients. Dalip Jaggi has been recognized as a young entrepreneur, an active soul who is always looking to do more a...

Most companies look to HR for Compliance and today we take a look at how Human Resources can positively affect profit rather than holding down costs.  Rod Swartwood is the Founder and President of HR Prime, a full-service HR consultancy specializing in the strategic and tactical creation of best-in-class talent management practices and world-beating teams.  From HRIS roles with government agencies...

This is a bit different of an approach to investing where the investor takes a much more active advisory role in the company and is often adopted into the leadership team. Hiring challenge- How to solve your issues when the root of the issues is YOU! Focus not on what you want but what the company needs. Robert Davis grew up here in HB , started in Aerospace, to a snowboard manufacturing , Thermal...

One of the most critical elements to being funded is the team who are leading the charge. Know your weaknesses and have a plan to fill those gaps! Be honest in your approach and realistic in how your company will grow. Points covered: - Importance of a strong team - Having a Plan & When to Pivot - Strategy for how and when to engage a recruiter - Position your team to be attractive to investors Pe...

The results can be astonishing just by giving people the opportunity to learn & develop new skills! Take Aways: Maintain “family culture” & Creativity Daily/weekly engagement, focus on keeping people involved Promote creation of games through contests. Pitch ideas, if they are not interested, the IP is the employees to develop on their own. Use the company’s resources to build. Winning with unique...

The trials and tribulations of when a founding member of a team should step away from his company in order to let it grow.  When to exit and how to do it in such a way to benefit the company! John R. Crittenden, is the Founder and CEO of Mondigi. He is an entrepreneur with broad experience across asset management, sales and marketing, consumer financial brands, and digital wealth management platfo...

How does the baseball theme transfer into their interview process. Strength finding exercises Provide growth plan in interview Put gameplan together for each employee Involve different departments in interview process in a panel interview process. Sean Ferrel founded Managed Solution in 2002. He recognized the need for consultative IT services for small-to-medium and enterprise clients and with li...

Jon Shower a multi industry entrepreneur here in Orange County with his most recent venture being in the tech space.  Currently, Jon is the founder and CEO of iNK, a new business networking platform geared towards helping people build better networks.  They were funded earlier this year and are finishing testing an alpha version while preparing to launch live within the next month.   Following you...

While there are many hurdles out there, the biggest legal challenges companies have in hiring today boils down to two main issues: when employees don’t disclose the truth during the hiring process and when employees bring over trade secrets from their previous workplace. When potential employees don’t tell the truth during their interview process, whether they’re hiding things or holding back cruc...

Robert W. Price enjoys world renown as an expert in the field of entrepreneurial capitalism. He is the Executive Director for the Global Entrepreneurship Institute and has a bio that looks that it could belong to three people! He is a respected strategist, innovative thought leader, public speaker, creative educator, and prolific author. Robert has written or edited more than a dozen books includi...

Stopping the Revolving Door of Employee Attrition. People leave your company because they are dissatisfied. If you are running a company and driving things too fast, you really need to take a minute to look around you and ask yourself, “are the people around me getting what THEY need from our organization”? Brian Montes of Strategy & Business Development for KEB joins us to discuss Organizational...

Having a strong team is so important and how to build it properly. Carey Ransom is an experienced Internet and software entrepreneur and executive, having started, grown and led many technology companies during their startup and growth phases. Most recently, he was Chief Innovation Officer of Experian Consumer Services, where he led the new portfolio of consumer credit, financial and identity prod...

Lou Adler, CEO and Founder of The Adler Group joins us to discuss referral based recruiting. Knowing where to start looking is really the most important element when taking on a search. You must put some thought and creativity into your process! The Adler Group is a consulting and training firm, implementing performance-based hiring at companies around the world. Lou is the author of Amazon's top-...

Co-Founder of hirepool.io, Erin Wilson returned to talk about what a career wound is and why it is important to identify career wounds when deciding to interview a prospective employee! Erin Wilson has been a candidate advocate for the better part of a decade. First as an agency recruiter, specialized in technical recruiting. Then as an internal recruiter and head of talent. Lastly, now, as the co...

Erin Wilson, Co-Founder of hirepool.io, joined us to discuss the importance of developing a candidate experience based framework in your hiring process. Erin Wilson has been a candidate advocate for the better part of a decade. First as an agency recruiter, specialized in technical recruiting. Then as an internal recruiter and head of talent. Lastly, now, as the co-founder of hirepool.io He is pas...

How can the power giving back attract talent and benefit your company as a whole? This week on Hire Power Radio Show, Gui Mendes and Mason Monsevais of the Art of Jiu Jitsu Academy (AOJ) joined us to discuss the power of giving back and how doing so has benefited their organization. Gui Mendes is a 4x black belt world champion originally from Rio Claro, Brazil. Moved to Costa Mesa, California in 2...