Courtesy of Kevin Wheeler, ERE Daily

Idea #5: Develop impeccable customer service. This final tip is my old favorite, as you should never make a candidate have to call you. Get back to candidates the same day as the interview. Give them honest assessments and feedback. Provide information immediately. If you are having them travel for an interview, fly them first class or put them up in a fancy hotel. Give them VIP treatment – limo, nice restaurant, whatever. The cost is minimal compared to losing them to a competitor. People remember good service, even if you don’t end up hiring them. They will spread the word and make sure that your company gets good publicity. We often treat minor customers better than candidates. Which, in the long run, is worth more? (Read the entire article here.)

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 Courtesy of Wendy Terwelp, Opportunity Knocks(TM)

This is a great tip. I was hosting a Rock Your Network (R) event at a local college. The event served both students and alumni. While networking, one attendee came up to me and said her dream job was to work at a vitamin and health product manufacturer in her area. When asked why she wanted to work there, she said how wonderful the Human Resources Manager was. How, even though she had not been selected for the position, he had the courtesy to call her and let her know and provided other positive feedback. Well, she was so amazed by this, she tells this positive experience to everyone she meets — even though she now has another job! I happen to know the VP of Human Resources at this company. He had no idea of the positive impact he had. He said, “I just felt it was the right thing to do.”

Spread the positive word.

Yaro Starik – for Flying Solo

I began blogging in 2004 and in 2005 decided to take it really seriously.

For the next six months I blogged and blogged and blogged. Every spare moment I had was spent “brain dumping” what I knew and had opinions of into my blog. My traffic grew, my online profile grew and in fact I wouldn’t be here writing this article for you if Robert and Sam from Flying Solo hadn’t contacted me via, yes you guessed it, my blog!

Let’s get serious for a moment though, it’s important you know why blogging is so good. Blogging is a conversation. It provides a channel communication to contact hundreds, thousands, even millions of people, if you become really popular.

When you blog you aren’t looked upon as a corporate entity or even the boss of a small business. You are viewed and interpreted as who you really are, a real life human living in the world today.

If you haven’t been convinced yet to start a blog, let me recount some specific benefits it’s provided me:

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