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Make The Hire Count

Friday, February 28, 2020  by julie

Every business has a uniqueness due to culture, organization structure, tenets, practices, and goals. Competition is everywhere, opportunities for growth abound, challenges are multiple, and technology is forever changing. A key to business success is improving productivity with less effort and resources. People are the backbone of all organizations and bad hires cost a business financially, productively, and emotionally. Roles do not always have equal value in parallel businesses. There are three levels of value with a lot of degrees of separation: strategic, tactical, and maintenance. Competition for talent has increased and hiring effectively means both correctly and quickly.

Here are a few suggestions when recruiting, evaluating, and hiring a new employee:

Identify a small team of decision makers: Less people involved is quicker and more efficient. Often companies preach being proactive, forward thinking, and customer focused and then effuse a hiring process that is cumbersome and too lengthy.

Develop a time line: Assume that the best candidates are being recruited by other companies and will not be available for long. Best practices means being efficient. Establish a time line for first and second interviews to move through the evaluation process as quickly as possible. Try avoiding more than a 2 step process. This is a positive message to all parties. 

Create a scorecard: The hiring team must all be on the same page regarding responsibilities, value of role, ability to contribute, and first year expectations. Go beyond the job description and create a score sheet of core competencies that include knowledge, experience, and soft skills that are essential. Not all items on the score sheet are equal. Identify how the team is going to evaluate items on the score card. Meet after interview and discuss scoring.

Ask interesting questions: Behavioral interview is quite common and viewed to be 50­60% predictive of future performance. Be premeditated and create questions that are aligned to the score card. Ensure that hard and soft skills, knowledge, experience, and acumen are appropriately evaluated. Believe it or not, there are hiring authorities that do not ask questions, end up talking too much, and then wonder why the new hire did not meet expectations.

Be prepared to sell: All candidates need to feel positive following the interview process even if they are not the candidate of choice. If a candidate warrants future interest, leadership needs to sell the opportunity, culture, synergies, business future and any other positive insight. This is the “pull” factor and essential to securing talent.

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Perspective: Client & Candidate

Monday, February 17, 2020  by julie

CLIENT: “Bohan & Bradstreet takes talent recruitment and retainment to a new level. By taking the time to understand our business, challenges and culture, they are most able to represent our company in the marketplace and attract highly talented candidates. B&B employs very talented professionals who orchestrate the placement process in a competent and efficient manner. But they take the placement process further, coaching both the company and hired individual during the courting and honeymoon periods for successful outcomes.” 

 
CANDIDATE: “Bohan & Bradstreet has a unique and effective approach that builds trust with their clients and candidates. They get to know both clients and candidates well and strive to find the best possible match for each. I found Bohan & Bradstreet to be a true networking partner that invested time in me to make sure the opportunities I investigated and ultimately the position I accepted would be the best possible fit. Two months into my new position I can tell you with much confidence that their approach certainly benefited me. I will turn to B&B again in the future for my own career needs or to seek talent to fill roles on my team.” 

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Accounting Opportunities!

Monday, February 10, 2020  by julie

  • Senior Accountant, $75-90,000+Bonus - Stratford #5459
  • US IT Team Lead Auditor, $100-120,000+Bonus - Orange #5399
  • Manager Technical Accounting, $100-130,000+Bonus - Orange #5442
  • Accounting Manager-Part time or full time, $45-70,000+Bonus - Woodbridge #5493
  • Audit Manager, $110-145,000+Bonus - Orange #5393
  • Manager to Director, $85-150,000+Bonus - Clinton #5467
  • Associate to Senior Manager-Audit, $65-190,000+Bonus - Hartford & Stamford #1062
  • Controller, $120-140,000+Bonus - Old Saybrook #5487
  • Senior Corporate Accountant, $65-85,000+Bonus - North Haven #5489
  • Treasury Analyst, $70-95,000+Bonus - Wallingford #5443
  • CAO & Corporate Controller, $195-225,000+Bonus - East Hartford #5482
  • Corporate Controller, $160-195,000+Bonus - Westport #5484
  • Payroll Specialist, $65-90,000+Bonus - New Haven #5480
  • Public Accounting Staff to Manager, $60-200,000+Bonus, Hartford #5486
  • Senior Accountant, $75-110,000+Bonus - North Haven #5495
  • Accounting Supervisor, $90-110,000+Bonus - West Haven, CT #5496
  • Senior Accountant, $70-90,000+Bonus - West Haven, CT #5497

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B&B Placement in the News

Monday, January 27, 2020  by Bailey

Congratulations to Bo Bradstreet for securing the very talented Andrea Barton Reeves for CEO of the Connecticut Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance Authority. Bo completed this search ahead of the timeline and sourced their solution expertly by thoroughly understanding the caliber required for such a role. Andrea will be a great asset for Connecticut and B&B was proud to be part of the process! Click the link below to learn more:

https://portal.ct.gov/Office-of-the-Governor/News/Press-Releases/2020/01-2020/Governor-Lamont-Announces-Andrea-Barton-Reeves-Named-CEO-of-the-PFML-Insurance-Authority?fbclid=IwAR22Ew335rRBx04mjbDtOs51Nk7ZVLBKk5UANAyv8sqgWBAYN8vGkh1h2kQ

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Resume Refresh

Friday, January 24, 2020  by Bailey

 

Don't wait for Spring to do cleaning of your resume and LinkedIn profile. If you had a year end review, bonus, promotion or were assigned added responsibilities, a larger scope of projects or a leadership role going forward, you should highlight those accolades on your resume and social media profiles. You do not need to be actively looking for a new job to market yourselves. Hiring authorities and recruiters are managing opportunities that can align with your career path and desired goals. However, to be a contender, you must have your information up to date with your latest and greatest accomplishments. Also, don't forget to continously update your keywords with new skills and experience because hiring authorities are regularly using Applicant Tracking Systems to narrow the talent pool. Continue to visit the B&B job board to view opportunities as we are updating daily with new roles our clients are motivated to fill.

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