Starting a new job in 2025 presents both exciting opportunities and unique challenges, with workplace norms constantly evolving and expectations higher than ever. Research shows that first impressions have a powerful, lasting impact—over 70% of new hires decide within the first month if their role is the right fit, and nearly two-thirds find it difficult …
By Dawn Bowman Trying to sell tickets for your event? Well, social media can be your best friend, or your biggest headache! Well, it depends on how you leverage it. With new updates and algorithms changing every day, things that used to work before aren’t of any help. And the competition? It just keeps growing. …
Time at work is our most limited resource, and in the workplace, it carries weight on both sides of the desk. Employers measure it. Employees feel it. Generations view it differently. The real question isn’t how many hours we’ve spent, but what we’ve accomplished with the time we had. Employer Perspective on Time at Work: …
Longer and more complicated hiring processes are becoming more and more common in the tech sector. This is where gamification in recruitment comes in. Candidates expect quicker, equitable, more involving experiences as businesses compete to draw and keep the best talent. Conventional hiring procedures, which mostly concentrate on resumes and interviews, frequently fail to identify …
Investing in people in business can often mirror the stock market — volatile, reactive, and rarely steady in any single pattern for too long. When talent wars rage, some companies scramble to outdo one another with benefits and perks, vying for the title of “best place to work.” Yet, as soon as the climate cools …
By Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter Click here if the video does not play properly Recruiters don’t always start with a resume. They start elsewhere. Writing Comments on LinkedIn Many companies, many recruiters, start by paying more attention to your LinkedIn profile than to your resume. For many of them, that’s going to the …
In a recent interview with WKBW, our own Shannon Callahan, Regional Business Development Manager at Acara Solutions, shared encouraging news about Western New York’s job market recovery. After hitting what many consider a low point in 2024, employment opportunities are trending upward in 2025. “It is getting better,” Shannon noted in the interview. “If you …