For the past few years, many companies have been going “all in” on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) initiatives when hiring towards tomorrow.  Strategies at both enterprise and small or mid-sized organizations range anywhere from focused hiring efforts today to influencing the curriculum in middle schools around the world.

Apparently asking your customers a direct question like: “How likely are you to recommend our company/product/service to your friends and colleagues?”  is a pretty solid indicator of your brand’s relationship with its customers and, in fact, has real value in differentiating one company’s performance from another.

Recommended reading by a good friend and entrepreneur, “The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results” was a book that I couldn’t quite put down until I’d finished working through its pages, folding various corners, and scribbling my own little reminders in the margins along the way.

Recommended reading by a good friend and entrepreneur, “The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results” was a book that I couldn’t quite put down until I’d finished working through its pages, folding various corners, and scribbling my own little reminders in the margins along the way.

Last week I joined Jess for a 30-minute call where we openly discussed topics ranging from the candidate experience to embracing bots and innovation in recruiting to some of the little things that can make all the difference in our branding and marketing to talent.