Posts by TECHEAD
6 Reasons to Focus on Contract Recruitment, and 5 Reasons Not To
How Do You Decide Between Contract Employees and Full-Time Employees? The popularity of using staffing agencies as a go-to resource for creative talent has boomed in recent years. In large part, this is due to the rise of contract recruitment and contract hiring as a flexible hiring option for creative jobs. Staffing agencies provide a…
Read MoreTechnology Trends That Will Shape Your Recruitment Drive in 2023
What Technology Jobs Will Be in Highest Demand? Technology trends are changing the way we work and live. They are also shaping how we recruit and who we must recruit into technology jobs faster than ever. Because of this, businesses are faced with a challenging conundrum. You must recruit effectively to remain competitive in your…
Read MoreWhat Are the Five Characteristics of a Good Employee for Creative Jobs?
5 Attributes and 31 Watchwords for Future-Proofed Hiring of Creatives The contribution that creative jobs make to the United States economy is huge. In 2020, arts and culture added almost $900 billion dollars to the nation’s GDP. The creative sector encompasses more than 3% of all jobs in the United States, paying around $450 billion…
Read MoreEmployee Onboarding Tips for Remote Employees
Strategies for Improving Productivity, Engagement, and Retention from Day One Getting employee onboarding right is challenging enough when the employee is working in the office, surrounded by their new colleagues and with their new manager readily available. In a remote working environment, this challenge is even more acute. Did you know that a new hire…
Read MoreWhy Now Is the Best Time to Look for a New Job
Talent Is In Demand, and Now Is the Time to Cash In “Is now the best time to look for a new job in the creative industries?” It’s a question that may be playing on your mind. For any candidate looking to make that next move along the career ladder, it’s always difficult to know…
Read MoreRemote Leadership – Seven Tips to Build and Maintain a Mentally Fit Remote Team
One of the challenges of remote leadership is how to build and maintain a mentally fit team. This is highlighted in a survey by the American Psychiatric Association. It found that while more than half of respondents say their employer is now more accommodating to mental health needs, only one in five has ‘offered additional…
Read MoreTop Hiring Challenges and How to Overcome Them
Removing Roadblocks to Hire Your Ideal Candidates In a candidate-driven market, there are many hiring challenges that companies face ─ especially when hiring for more senior or project-critical roles. Your competitiveness relies on having the best people working for you – and to do this you must overcome the challenges that exist when recruiting in…
Read MoreVirtual Leadership: How to Manage and Motivate a Remote Team
Tips to Help Build and Develop a High-Performing Virtual Team Being an effective manager is demanding, but virtual leadership comes with a whole different set of challenges. Working remotely is no longer uncharted territory: Research from Owl Labs has found that around 62% of workers between ages 22 and 65 work remotely at least occasionally.…
Read MoreTECHEAD Spotlight – Nate Winters
At TECHEAD we have built our organization on recruiting the right people for our clients and cultivating strong relationships. We bring that same conviction when hiring our own employees and preserving those connections. To showcase the incredible talent of our team, we want to shine a spotlight on individual employees each month. This month, our…
Read MoreCreative Ways to Retain Employees in a Candidate-Driven Market
Top Talent Want More Than a Paycheck Is the Great Resignation damaging your organization? Are you losing your best people faster than you can hire the skills and experience to drive your business to its goals? Thanks to the pandemic and the Great Resignation, many organizations are struggling with how to keep top talent. The…
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