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Four Pro Tips for Finding and Attracting Your Best Candidates, Even When You’re Buried in Resumes
If you’re hiring, you may have suddenly found yourself drowning in piles of resumes from primarily unqualified applicants. At the same time, finding and engaging with your top-tier candidates may be particularly challenging. Complicating an already confusing situation, our unpredictable
From Crisis To Opportunity: Climate Urgency Is Fueling A Boom In Green Sector Employment
There’s a Climate Role for Everyone ”Working on climate” used to be reserved for highly technical roles (think data or environmental scientists). But that’s no longer the case. Today, companies of all kinds need skills across every function, within every industry. This is due
The Future Of Business Is Impact-Focused: 6 Ways Your Company Can Join The Movement
Employees want to work for purpose-driven companies that care about their people and the planet. Consumers vote with their dollars by seeking out ethical, sustainable brands. Increasingly, the corporate world is leaving behind entrenched unsustainable business practices and instead using
How Do You Crack The Code For A Great Company Culture?
What if your job – work you do for a living – was additive to your life, not a drain? How would your sense of fulfillment, value and connection impact the ways you show up in the rest of your
The Significance Of Earth Day Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
What does Earth Day mean to you now, as compared to the first year you learned about it? Earth Day was born of a collaboration between government and citizens circa 1969, about the time the Nixon administration established the Environmental Protection
Recruiter Perspective: How Tech Companies Can Become More Inclusive Of Women
As a woman-owned business that partners with quickly-scaling tech companies to help them hire strong teams, Creative Alignments is well aware of the fact that barely 25% of workers in the technology sector are women. Yes, this is up from
In Pursuit Of Impact: The Path To A Purpose-Driven Job
Human nature drives us to search for purpose in life. We long for a sense of direction and fulfillment. Given that we spend a large majority of our lives working, combined with how much help the world needs right now,
Is Age Discrimination Hiding At Your Company?
What would you think of automatically rejecting one-third of your job applicants before reviewing them? Kind of like tossing out a third of your groceries before even getting them home from the store. Unfortunately, this is what many employers do
8 Tips To Spot Fake Candidates
This article was first published on Inc.com and was written by Peggy Shell, CEO of Creative Alignments. You may have experienced someone trying to fake their way through an interview. Perhaps they embellished skills and education, provided family members as references, or
Employers And Candidates, Beware Of Fake Jobs And The Fraudsters Behind Them
Have you heard of fraudsters posing as real employers in order to lure unsuspecting candidates in to divulge sensitive data or become useful pawns in a larger scheme? This is a real thing, and so are the financial and reputational
Expand Your Knowledge: Juneteenth And Beyond
At Creative Alignments, we are not alone when discussing what Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, or DEI, means to us. Regardless of where a company is in its journey to better understanding DEI, each company, each industry, and each community may
Support Ukraine By Doing Business With Ukrainian Companies To Keep People Employed
The human spirit is miraculous. Worldwide, people are coming up with creative ways to help people in Ukraine, from booking phantom Airbnb reservations to using Etsy to support artists. We’ve got another idea for you to consider: Choose to work
5 Ways Businesses Can Navigate New Pay-Equity Laws
If you’re confused about how new state laws governing pay equity impact your business, you’re not alone. Even organizations committed to creating equitable compensation packages are struggling to navigate new legislation, which requires employers to pay people equally for “substantially
The Common Thread Of Great Female Leaders + How To Empower More
What is the common thread that runs through the long line of women who’ve changed the course of history? They were unapologetically themselves, using their voices and ideas to create change, often raising up others with them. As Rosalynn Carter
8 Ways Scaling Companies Compete For Hires Without Overspending
CEOs are worried right now: Demand for their products or services is up, but will they be able to find and keep the talent they need to turn opportunity into business? For entrepreneurs with small companies on the verge of a steep
This Holiday, We’re Sharing Inspiration!
We’re inspired this holiday season and we’d like to spread the love. The transformation, innovation and forward momentum we’ve witnessed this year among our clients, communities, and our very own team, has been profound. Here are just a few highlights
Struggling To Hire And Retain Employees?
“Hiring is a cinch right now,” said no one lately. Nearly every thriving business is having a hard time finding the new employees they desperately need and keeping the ones they already have. Regardless of the reasons, you can do
The Business Argument For People-First Company Cultures
Leaders know how important employees are to their business, but how many intentionally build people-centered cultures? People-first cultures are rooted in a philosophy that values people over profits. The ironic twist is that when employees are valued as whole individuals and
What’s It Like To Be A Recruiter At CA?
Recruiters at Creative Alignments come from all different backgrounds. Some have years of experience working as traditional contingency recruiters. Others have been in-house recruiters and many have deep industry experience in technology, food/CPG or professional services. Now working with Creative
5 Ways To Become The Employer Of Choice In A Tight Labor Market
The Great Resignation of 2021 is real. Record numbers of employees are changing jobs, choosing new careers, starting their own businesses, or going back to school. It’s understandable after the disruption and introspection of the pandemic, which put a spotlight on
Four Pro Tips for Finding and Attracting Your Best Candidates, Even When You’re Buried in Resumes
If you’re hiring, you may have suddenly found yourself drowning in piles of resumes from primarily unqualified applicants. At the same time, finding and engaging
From Crisis To Opportunity: Climate Urgency Is Fueling A Boom In Green Sector Employment
There’s a Climate Role for Everyone ”Working on climate” used to be reserved for highly technical roles (think data or environmental scientists). But that’s no
The Future Of Business Is Impact-Focused: 6 Ways Your Company Can Join The Movement
Employees want to work for purpose-driven companies that care about their people and the planet. Consumers vote with their dollars by seeking out ethical, sustainable
How Do You Crack The Code For A Great Company Culture?
What if your job – work you do for a living – was additive to your life, not a drain? How would your sense of
The Significance Of Earth Day Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
What does Earth Day mean to you now, as compared to the first year you learned about it? Earth Day was born of a collaboration between
Recruiter Perspective: How Tech Companies Can Become More Inclusive Of Women
As a woman-owned business that partners with quickly-scaling tech companies to help them hire strong teams, Creative Alignments is well aware of the fact that
