Results for Tags: "hiring" (29 results found)
September 11, 2012
Tips For Hiring a Community Manager
What does their social profile look like? Do they understand your business? Are they a GOOD multi-tasker? Are they resourceful? More
September 04, 2012
The Cost Of A Bad Marketing Hire
Even with 25 years as a marketing and creative talent agency, we at Aquent are still floored by shocking stats like: “Forty-one percent of companies estimate that a bad hire costs more than $25,000. One in four say it costs over $50,000.” And these estimates are conservative. More
September 03, 2012
Attracting Developers (Or Digital Heros, As We Like to Call Them)
So, how do you source and attract the developer(s) your company needs to thrive in the digital age? By knowing what makes them happy and want to work. More
tagged: digital, interactive, hiring, blog, front end, mobile, technology, staffing
August 31, 2012
You and the Art of Freelance Creative Management
Keeping creative talent engaged isn’t as difficult as it may be made out to be. It just takes planning and a slightly different mindset. Go ahead, be creative about it! More
August 29, 2012
Why Web Data Miners Make Huge Marketing Impacts
As the champions of marketing campaigns and media buyers, web analysts shed light on what works and what doesn’t, freeing up online marketers, designers, writers, and developers to do what they do best. Another excellent benefit of web analysts is that their methodology is consistent across all industries. This means t... More
tagged: interactive, analytics, hiring, blog
August 27, 2012
Why You Need A Social Media Manager
Social media platforms continue to evolve and more are launching regularly, which moves having a Social Media Manager from “nice to have” status to “must have.” This means it's time to ask: Will you make it a priority to get serious about your social community or continue to fall behind? More
August 01, 2012
Who’s Your Company’s Socialite?
A strong Community Manager is the point from which all your audience engagement flows. Depending on the size of your business, you may have a Community Manager who builds the foundation for your future social expansion, or leads a team that reaches across all channels in a consistent voice. More
July 30, 2012
Is Temp The New Perm?
Temp work not only features flexibility of schedule, like independent freelancing does, but in many cases, it’s better. Staffing companies have the relationships with clients and collect on receivables. Temping also costs freelancers less in taxes, since they are W2 employees of the staffing agency. These are a few rea... More
tagged: job hunting, contracting, hiring, freelance, blog, staffing
July 26, 2012
Getting the Best Work From Your Temporary Workforce
Finding ways to maximize employee performance is important - and it may be even more important when you’ve engaged contractors on short-term assignments. The key is to make sure that you’re providing feedback on their performance and helping them feel like part of the team. More
tagged: talent, contracting, hiring, freelance, blog, managing, staffing
July 13, 2012
Aquent’s Commitment to Affordable Health Benefits
We were interested, along with many Americans, to hear the June 28 Supreme Court decision on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). As one of the first employment agencies to offer our talent benefits, Aquent has always provided great health benefits to our talented marketing, creative and digital contractors who might not oth... More
tagged: contracting, hiring, freelance, blog, staffing, healthcare
April 24, 2012
How to Build a Mobile Team
You're more likely to succeed if you ask yourself a few crucial questions before you hire. As mobile devices become the primary way more and more people interact with the web, companies need to organize and manage teams that can deliver a superb mobile experience. The skill sets you need for these teams tend to be dif... More
February 27, 2012
Aquent Makes Inavero’s 2012 Best of Staffing™ Talent List
Aquent announced Monday that it has been named to Inavero’s 2012 Best of Staffing™ Talent list. Best of Staffing, presented in partnership with CareerBuilder, is the nation’s first award that recognizes staffing firms that receive remarkable reviews from the people they find jobs (employed talent). Less than 1% of Nort... More
tagged: Press Releases, survey, hiring, staffing, awards
November 03, 2011
Seven Tips for Keeping your Best Creative Talent
Your creative staff is critical to your success. The economy has kept many of these talented people in their current roles, either due to lack of opportunities or not wanting to switch jobs during a volatile economy. As things turn around, how do you keep this talent engaged and happy? Here are seven tips for keeping y... More
March 29, 2011
Out of the Gate and Coding in 20 Minutes
Your client is screaming for their new website, your staff is overloaded, and there is zero time to get your new web contractor up to speed. So how do you make the most of their time? Here are five tips to give your freelance web developer a running start. More
tagged: interactive, contracting, hiring, freelance, web
March 03, 2011
How to Get the Most Out of Your SXSW Interactive Experience
How to get the most out of your SXSW Interactive experience... or how to use five days in Austin, Texas to your best advantage... More
tagged: talent, interactive, hiring
October 15, 2010
A Portfolio Survival Guide
Portfolios are a designer’s first weapon of attack whenever they are putting themselves out therein the creative jungle. In years gone by, a beautifully printed and bound folder not only containeda designer’s work, but also was an expression of their individual aesthetic — today it is all aboutinteractive PDFs and onli... More
August 28, 2009
10 Tips For Booking Freelancers
If your desk area has started to resemble a small dysfunctional recycling plant, complete with its own ecosystem growing from a well used coffee mug it might be time to face the fact you need an extra pair of hands to lighten the work load. More
August 19, 2009
Social Media Recruiting: It's a Tool, Not a Strategy
Maximizing social media as a networking tool while not overlooking essential utilization of core recruiting skills: making a human connection and being able to influence, negotiate, etc., is applicable to anyone in a business where developing relationships and networking is crucial to succeeding. More
tagged: hiring
August 03, 2009
Three Things Managers Should Do More Often
No matter who you're managing or what those people do, good people management has some common themes. More
June 09, 2009
Networking: A Quick Checklist
LA’s interactive team recently had their inaugural first shindig for the Los Angeles Web Design and Development Group Meetup, the purpose of which was to facilitate a networking event for registered and non-registered talent within the interactive space. More
tagged: job hunting, hiring
March 17, 2009
Working a Nine-Day Fortnight... Taking Flexible Working Hours to the Next Level
Up to half of the companies within STW Communications Group’s stable may introduce a nine day fortnight for staff in a cost cutting measure. This type of initiative could prevent hundreds of staff cuts in these tough times. More
February 27, 2009
As an Employer, Can You Ever Really Detect a Candidate's True Potential During an Interview?
Look beyond the 45 minute time slot you have allocated to make your decision. Look beyond the résumé that sums up their career history and appreciate and recognise what the person in front of you may be able to bring to your business in the long run. More
February 25, 2009
Why Culture/Personality Fit May Matter Less to Web Talent
When you ask web professionals and the people who recruit or hire them to evaluate the importance of the various attributes used to distinguish one Web professional candidate from another, you get some strong agreement – both groups are in accord that work experience and a specialized skill set are the most important a... More
February 16, 2009
Want to Know the Secret Behind Identifying the Best Candidates?
Believe it or not, one of the primary causes behind poor hires lies in the initial selection process where the two most common problems are either not having any recruitment and selection strategy at all, or the belief that one selection strategy can be applied to every single vacancy within the business regardless of ... More
January 14, 2009
Great Digital Marketing Managers Look Like This
Great digital marketing managers have several things in common: they are passionate users of technology; they exhibit a fanatical attention to detail; they know how to connect the dots in very complex, dynamic systems; and they are skilled at translating business needs into technological reality. More
November 07, 2008
Can "Marketing" Help You Find and Retain Talent?
If marketing works so well that you spend a fortune on it, why aren’t you marketing your jobs? If talent is so important that you are betting the company on it, why aren’t you actually investing in finding and retaining that talent? More
tagged: hiring
September 03, 2008
Interview Tip #3 - The "So What?" Test
A very useful mental tool you may want to consider during an interview is to apply the “so what?” test to whatever you are intending to say when preparing your response to a particular question. More