Happy Holidays
Recently we sent out a newsletter article giving some insights into why and how we shop. Let us know if this article helped you to make better buying decisions. All of us at JK Consultants wish you the happiest of holidays.
We Learn from Success and from Failure
Many of us are not surprised that American Airlines has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy, especially since some of its competitors have already been through this process. Our minds may immediately wonder how this will affect our own future air travel and our frequent flyer miles. We may not realize that we can learn valuable lessons from American Airlines, the airline industry and from new airlines who entered the airline industry. Lessons that can apply to our own business. Success and failure can make people and companies stronger. It just depends on what we learn from it. Visit the JK Consultants’ Knowledge Bank and check out our newsletter for the full article. Read more »
The Fine Balance of the Holidays
The holidays are a wonderful time to enjoy time with family and friends. Many of us will be shopping, decorating our homes, preparing our loved ones’ favorite foods and desserts and either traveling to see friends and relatives or preparing to receive them in our own homes. The season is filled with joy and also stress. How can we possibly fit all of this in to our already bursting schedule? How can we find the fine balance between our personal life and our work? Read more »
# 1 Myth about Recruiting Firms
The number one myth about recruiting firms is that they are too expensive. Most people focus on the placement fee and conclude that it is less expensive to do it themselves. Why is this a myth? First, most companies don’t take their internal overhead costs into account. These costs, including the time it takes to post the job, sort the resumes, prescreen the candidates and schedule interviews are easily overlooked. Second, most companies don’t take into account how much a top performing candidate can contribute to the company in the short and long-term. Recruiting firms, like JK Consultants, who specialize in recruiting top performers, do all the recruiting and prescreening to ensure there is the tightest fit between the candidate and the company – these candidates hit the ground running and makes a difference. Third, a recruiting firm can actually save a company money by leveraging their recruiting and industry expertise.
The truth is, JK Consultants can do much more for your business. We have years of experience serving companies by recruiting those hard to find top performers.
Does your interview process resemble comparative shopping?
It is worth refining your interview process so that the best candidate is prepared to accept your employment offer. Many companies have an interview process that looks like comparative shopping and find that, when they are finally ready to make the employment offer, the candidate is no longer available. Do you want to know why? Read the entire article in the current issue of our newsletter posted in our Knowledge Bank.
Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at JK Consultants
Heartfelt gratitude to all Veterans
On this 11th day of the 11th month in this 2011th year, particularly during this 11th hour – on Veterans Day – all of us at JK Consultants send our heartfelt thank you to all the brave men and women who have served and are serving in the American Armed Forces. We honor you on this Veteran’s Day with our gratitude and prayers for your service and countless sacrifices, including the ultimate sacrifice, to protect countries, people and freedoms.
Some interesting facts about Veterans Day:
– On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, Germany and the Allies signed a cessation of hostilities along the Western Front; this set the stage for the end to the First World War.
– On November 11, 1919, the first Armistice Day was celebrated in order to commemorate the end of World War I and to honor the veterans of World War 1.
– In 1954 Armistice Day became known as “Veterans Day” as a result of legislation signed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. The name was changed to honor all who served the nation in wars or conflicts.
“Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men, living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living rather to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us–that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion–that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain, that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.”
Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863, The Gettysburg Address.
Your workforce can be your Competitive Advantage
Your competitor may be able to duplicate your products, services and processes but they cannot duplicate your unique workforce. Many world class companies like Zappos teach us that our workforce can be our unique competitive advantage – if they are engaged and motivated. Wouldn’t it be great if your company was listed on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work for List? Our newsletter article will guide you through one perspective to achieve this – developing a company culture of engagement. An engaged employee is more productive and profitable and more likely to stay with your company. Visit our website and check out our latest newsletter.
JK Consultants Wishes You a Happy and Safe Halloween
We wish you a Happy and Safe Halloween.
Halloween is a day we can dress up like our favorite characters, bob for apples and kick up our heels dancing at a party. May treats and sweets come your way and tricks give you a miss.
Halloween falls on a work day this year so we would like to hear from you – Is it scary for you to walk into your executive meetings? Wouldn’t it be a treat to work with an all-star executive team? Contact JK Consultants today and see how we can help you.
Wishing you the fun of an old-fashioned Halloween. Happy and safe Halloween.
Does Everyone Like Recognition?
Wouldn’t it be great to finish a project with the personal satisfaction of a job well done and receive recognition? Often executives believe that recognition is part of the “annual review” when strengths or accomplishments are acknowledged along with the weaknesses and improvement plan. The recognition rewards are limited only by your imagination but we do have some creative suggestions on our newsletter. Check out it on our JK Consultants’ website and let us show you how to drive up morale and productivity while you drive down turnover. After all, doesn’t everyone like recognition? Let us know you thoughts. Have you tried a recognition program? How did it work for you?
