Most companies don’t have the resources to invest in a web designer or consultant. So what are some basic housekeeping items allowing you to do this yourself!! How do you transform your website from ordinary to ridiculously awesome? There are four ways you can optimize your website … Read More!
It’s a new year once again, and we all know what that means… many people are making resolutions to start anew and make changes. Whether or not you are resolving to change anything, there is something we all can do to help life go a little more smoothly: get organized and make a plan. Whether it’s for work, at home or both, a little organization and planning can go a long way. Read More
Some entrepreneurs gave no sign that one day they would be their own boss so how can you tell if you have picked the next BIG extension of yourself and business? Based on Margaret Heffman a serial CEO out of Texas with businesses like InfoMation Corporation, Zinezone Corporation and iCAST Corporation. The conditions she uses are easy, only four major core conditions she instills in her company culture that keep her cranking out some of the most productive talent.
So what were those conditions? Read More
by Gabrielle Gribble
According to Jobvite’s Social Job Seeker Survey 2011, job seekers are turning to Facebook first. LinkedIn is actually coming in a distant second. To read more click here.
Hats off to Chuck Chittick, Michael Bonner and the team at Stromquist & Company for their new look website. Thanks to Chuck, Stromquist & Company was one of the first HVAC distributors to offer their customers the ability to order online at Stromquist.com.
Now Chuck and his team have turbo charged the website. Check out this video on some of the cool new features and let us know what you think in comments.
According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal underperformers hurt more than themselves. In fact one slacker can bring down the entire company’s performance by 30-40%. Read more here
I came across this video on Gas valves and even though it is really old school “Your fathers high tech training video” it looks like the company HVACR Education is a good source for online HVACR training courses. Although the part numbers have changed the operating principals are still the same. Read More
This past week author Peter Cappelli called out employers in his Wall Street Journal article “Why Companies Aren’t Getting The Employees They Need.” Cappelli suggests that employers have been too quick to lay blame on educators. Click here to read more
By Gabrielle Gribble
“Assume you’re by yourself in a startup and you want a partner. You’d take a lot of time finding the partner, right? He would be half of your company. Why should you take any less time finding a third of your company or a fourth of your company or a fifth of your company? When you’re in a startup, the first ten people will determine whether the company succeeds or not. Each is 10 percent of the company. So why wouldn’t you take as much time as necessary to find all the A players? A small company depends on great people much more than a big company does.”
To read more visit http://blog.birddogjobs.com/hiring-advice-from-the-late-great-steve-jobs/
If you frequent Controltrends you know that BirdDog specializes in HVAC recruitment.Through CGNA distributors like Stromquist & Company you can receive discounts and access their data base of top HVAC professionals. In addition to posting useful information on Controltrends, they make some pretty creative videos. Check out the one they just sent me Read More
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