Salary negotiations: What employers need to know right now
For employers and candidates alike, salary negotiations can be one of the more challenging parts of the hiring process. In the current market, job openings outnumber the available talent, making it an “employee’s market”. For job seekers, this is good news, with more opportunities across the board. On the flip side, employers face more competition […]
5 Hiring Best Practices for Employers
Today’s job market is competitive, making hiring best practices more important than ever. Candidates are looking for fulfilling work with organizations that will value what they have to offer. Companies are looking for candidates who will bring the perfect combination of knowledge and experience to the organization. Finding where those two searches intersect is often […]
How To Hire the Best Chief Marketing Officer
Hiring a Chief Marketing Officer (or CMO) is no small task. In fact, it can be quite daunting, even for an experienced Chief Executive Officer (CEO). It’s important to find someone with the right experience and skills, the right network, and the right leadership style to steer your existing marketing team. It’s equally important, however, […]
Mandatory Employer Vaccinations: What You Need to Know
I’m not envying my friends in human resources and leadership roles lately. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, they continue to have to make tough calls regarding the health and safety of their employees. The latest debacle? Whether or not to require mandatory vaccinations for employees. As desperate as we all are for this pandemic […]
The Top 10 Job Skills That Are In Demand In 2021
In this era of innovation and change, do your employees have the job skills necessary to push your company into the future? From technical expertise in blockchain and cloud computing, to the softer competencies of creativity and collaboration, having a team with the right mix of knowledge and capabilities will keep your business from falling […]
Congratulations to our recent Adaptiva placements
Adaptiva hires Sonia Martinez (CMO) and Vern LeBlanc (Senior Director of Information Security) As readers of this blog are already aware, Adaptiva has been active on the hiring front for quite some time. The Kirkland-based endpoint-management software recently announced the successful filling of a couple of key positions. We at PSP were honored, as always, […]
H-1B Visa abuse: What to be aware of when hiring overseas
Beware of potential H-1B visa abuse when hiring tech talent from overseas A true story about H-1B visa abuse from the trenches of tech: A downtown Bellevue company finds itself in urgent need of qualified talent. It turns to a local HR-consulting firm (no, not Peckman Search Partners) to locate qualified candidates. This HR consultant […]
Mexico Labor Reform – Should you be worried?
Mexico Labor Reform As if we needed further evidence that summer is flying by, I must be the one to remind you that the first of August is just around the corner. I come bearing this cruel reminder because there’s a new labor reform coming into full effect that promises to have significant ramifications for […]
40 0ver 40: Meet Sarah Geiger, funeral director turned Head of Talent Strategy
Our Head of Talent Management, Sarah Geiger, was a funeral home manager, funeral director and embalmer for 24 years before she joined PSP. And just like that, the easiest hook to a 40 Over 40 article I’ve ever had to write! Because the story of how a woman in the funeral services industry wound up […]
A new “Roaring Twenties”? Your workforce may not be ready.
Over the past year, we’ve talked to a lot of clients and partners about how to weather the COVID-related economic downturn. But now it looks like there’s at least a chance that we all need to start getting ready for something very different: a boom in resurgent consumer demand as vaccinations continue to rise; caseloads […]
