KeenHire Blog by Margaret Graziano

KeenHire July News and Events Announcements

KeenHire is Growing! 

What started off as an initiative to transform the recruitment process for the search and staffing industries, has wound up emerging into a full series of programming and training that bridges the gap between recruitment and retention of high performing talent for high tech / high touch corporations. Keen is growing and we have added five new consultants to the team and we are strategically partnering with three other training companies. In addition, we have trained and are partnering with 15 elite staffing and search companies committed to raising the bar on their service delivery models, and our Keen Human Capital Strategy seminar series is taking off with a bang!

Keen Calendar at-a-Glance:

PEOPLE ON THE GO TELE-CLASS. 

Accomplishing more in less time, effort, and stress. 

Tuesday, July 28th | On The Go Tele-class: Summer Special. 

COMPLIMENTARY LUNCH & LEARN WEBINAR. 

Build a high performance team. 

Thursday, July 30th | Register Here

And if you didn't catch the employment empowerment buzz last month at KeenHire, here is the recap:

WHAT IS EMPLOYMENT EMPOWERMENT? 
by Margaret Graziano 

Employee empowerment is sometimes reflected in employee engagement. It can be measured in several ways: one of the tools a company can use is an engagement survey, another is 360 degree peer review, another is by conducting employee focus groups, and recently I uncovered an employee empowerment assessment that analyzes the difference between the Managements' interpretation of empowerment and the employees' experience or their lack of it. CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING:

EMPOWERMENT POLL: What's your opinion? 

What is empowerment in the workplace? What is it to lead an empowered team? Do leaders really want this, or is it the right thing for them to say they want, and are they not empowered enough to actually create it? 

Please comment here, we'd love to hear your views, stories and opinions.

Selling Bootcamp/Leverage Your Power and Gain the Exclusive

We have an upcoming class, March 3rd and 4th for Chicago area recruiters. I'm going to be covering the basis on selling and new business development for third party recruiters and independent agencies. This is a rare chance to learn enhanced versions of how to sell, negotiate and break those new accounts. We'll follow Six Sigma Best Practices in teaching you how to MAKE MORE MONEY AND CLOSE MORE DEALS. Sorry about shouting there, but this is what recruiters are in the business for, and nothing gets me more pumped than helping put money into your pockets. The class is a two day live event March 3rd and 4th, but if you absolutely cannot make it, we'll be doing a teleseminar that lasts 8 weeks from May 16th-July 14th. Sign up for a Recruiter's Selling BootCamp at the KeenHire site. The course is 2 credit hours and costs $550 per person. Please contact us with any questions 1-888-KEENHIRE (1-888-533-6447) mgraziano@keenhire.com

Upcoming KeenHire Seminars

       

2/25: Acing the Interview, Live Seminar, 8am-noon CST - Empowering the candidate to make the best impression.

2/25: The Recruiting Tour de Force | Snapshot 11:30am -1:00pm CST - A power packed 90 minute seminar that unmasks the secrets of legendary executive recruiters.

2/28-29: The DiSC Difference, Live Seminar/Chicago area, 1.5 days, Thursday, 8am-5pm and Friday, 10am-2pm CST - Become a certified DiSC specialist to build high performing teams for your clients.

3/3-4: Selling Bootcamp: Leverage Your Power and Gain the Exclusive, Live Seminar/Chicago area 2-days, 8am-5pm – Business Development for independent agencies and recruiters that teaches 6 sigma best practices.

3/11-12: Choosing Assessments Wisely, Live Seminar/Chicago area, 2-days, 8am-5pm CST - Pick and use the right assessment products every time.

      

Recruiting Trends Webinar March 6th and 7th

Back in November, I was speaking at the NAPS convention in San Antonio, and decided to set up an executive briefing with some friends of mine on the trends in recruiting.

Shally Steckerl and Jim Durbin, a sourcer and blog marketer respectively, rocked the house, and I decided to do the presentation again, this time online. We're working on the video from the conference, but the three of us thought we should get together and throw a webinar for those who couldn't make it to Texas.

The topic is Trends in Recruiting, and we'll be covering my expertise, which includes personality assessments, benchmarking, and behavioral interviewing (backed by my experience running a staffing firm and recruiting in today's market).  Shally will cover the importance of Sourcing, which is changing the way that recruiters approach searching for candidates.  Jim will talk about social media, which is the use of blogs, social networks and search engines to build a community of interest to attract passive candidates.

Don't miss this. Set your plans for March 6th and 7th, and be on the lookout for registration information.  Download RecruitingTourDeForce.gif , but that's only because it looks so good.  Mark Your Calendars.  March 6th and 7th and 9:30 CST, 7:30 a.m. PST.