How to Hire Long-Term Candidates: Beyond Job Tenure

According to Indeed, when sourcing for new candidates, recruiters only spend an average of 6-7 seconds reviewing each resume before determining if they’ll pursue them further. Just for reference, it takes longer to tie both of one’s shoes! What do recruiters look for in these few seconds? Level of education, technical skills, applicable experience, etc. It’s fair to say recruiters…

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Q4 vs Q1: The Pros and Cons of When to Make the Hire

Planning to make some hires in the new year? While Q1 makes a lot of sense to ramp up your hiring, there are pros and cons to that approach. Consider hiring top talent in Q4.

As November and December approaches, life for your team members reflects that. You may have employees striving to hit their numbers and make their bonuses as well as those who are looking to slow down, embrace the holiday season, and will use the remainder of their time off to wrap up their year. Shorter holiday weeks can affect productivity…

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Hispanic Heritage Month Employee Spotlight: Jacqueline Letizia

Traditional Mexican decorations in celebration of Cinco de Mayo.

What does Hispanic heritage mean to you and how has your heritage shaped who you are today? My Mexican heritage means everything to me! My grandparents came to the US in the 30’s and moved to Indiana in the 50’s. They had nothing and made money picking and canning tomatoes. While they worked their other…

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Hispanic Heritage Month Employee Spotlight: Jake Ravelo

Flags of Puerto Rico

What does Hispanic heritage mean to you and how has your heritage shaped who you are today? Hispanic heritage has always been very close to my heart. It has helped me to understand the great sacrifices and contributions of Hispanic men and women of the past. My heritage has shaped who I am by the…

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Rest is a Mindset

Mindset

In a culture full of employee burn out and overwhelm, it may be time to dig into the data on how to support, empower, and engage your people… with time away. High Performance Meets People First  One of the core values that underpins the culture of Titus is our commitment to being a People First…

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Your New Favorite F-Word

The letter F

Even that took some getting used to for many companies and individuals.   At Titus, we’ve always worked in a mobile environment, so we were more than happy to jump in and share some of our tips for working remotely. And, even while we were ahead of the curve in the work-from-home arena, one thing that surprised me a little…

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Right Person, Right Seat – Why You Might be Doing it Wrong

Photo of empty chairs waiting area in university

We get that. It totally makes sense to us, but there’s another part to that phrase. It might even be the most important part – and that’s the chair. It shouldn’t seem like the novel approach that it is, but today’s environment makes it extremely easy to forget about the chair entirely.    The Recruiting Chair  So, let’s define that chair. We think of…

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The Visionary and Integrator Combo, a Cat and Mouse Dynamic Duo 

The Visionary and Integrator in your company don’t have to be soul mates, in fact, they’re more like a cat and mouse partnership. Now, that sounds a little lethal and of course we don’t mean that, but we do mean that they naturally antagonize each other a little bit. They prod the other to get them to do more of…

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Titus Talent Strategies: An Inception Story

Titus Talent Strategies Leadership Team

This year was not the first time our leaders have faced economic turmoil. Before Titus Talent Strategies was formed, our President Scott Seefeld owned a company called the Titus Group, a fast-growing internal audit and accounting firm.  He started the firm in January 2001, and I’m sure you see where this is going.  When the…

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