Hire Thoughts
Our tips and insights on jobs and hiring.
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...
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...
The Candidate Experience: How to Get it Right
The role of the candidate experience in hiring Whether you’re a job seeker or a recruiter, the hiring process can either leave you feeling elated, empowered, and excited or dejected, frustrated, and maybe even a little bitter. The problem is, when the experience lands...
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...
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...
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...
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...
40 0ver 40: Meet Sarah Geiger, funeral director turned Head of Talent Management
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!...
40 Over 40: Meet Nika Kabiri, decision scientist, author, and newfound gamer
We’ve all had the experience of watching others make mistakes and wondering, why did that person make that choice, or why do they continue to make that same mistake again and again? It’s questions like these that drove Nika Kabiri into the emerging field of Decision...
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...