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You probably spend time thinking about differentiating your practice in the eyes of the potential client. You should be doing the same thing when it comes to the potential hire. What does that mean?

We all meet with adversity in one way or another. Plans get shoved sideways or delayed in some way. The important thing is how you reacted, what you learned. But do you take that approach when [...]

You don’t know what you don’t know about that candidate you are interviewing. That means hiring risk. If you could reduce that risk, why wouldn’t you?

Good candidates come from practices that are as busy as you are. Shouldn’t they understand when the hiring process doesn’t always happen in the timeframe that you said it would?

When you are hiring, you naturally gravitate to candidates that share similar interests and values, including in the workplace. These are the people you want around you, so you are quick to move [...]

One of your top analysts just left, and you face a sudden increase in new projects. Do you scramble to make a last-minute hire from a tiny pool of applicants in hopes you can fill this frantic need?

Hitting the trifecta at Churchill Downs (or any track) is tricky enough. Hitting the candidate trifecta is an even tougher challenge. How can you manage your bet so that you win?

Adding an Analyst at the low end of the experience hierarchy can sometimes be the right move for your practice. Doing it successfully, though, requires finding a different way to assess your [...]

No one starts the hiring process expecting to fall into the Goldilocks Trap. But people can—and do—just the same. How do you avoid it?

I have hired my share of BV/LS staff. It is never easy. It gets even harder with candidates who have that ‘sort-of-but-not-quite’ experience. I want to tell you about an assessment tool that can help.