Opportunity for All
Why People Turn Down Job Offers
As this global pandemic continues, national unemployment is hovering around 7%. The lowest unemployment rate, as of October 2020, was in Nebraska (at 3%), and the highest was in Nevada (12%) and Hawaii (14.3%). With so many people looking for new roles either due to losing their jobs or fear that they will not be…
A Personal Goodwin Recruiting Story of Inclusion
This blog is a departure from our norm. Let me start by stating that I’m a married gay man in my sixties. I was in my late fifties when I reached out to Goodwin in 2013 to be a Recruiting Partner. I had just sold my inn and affiliate businesses and was looking for the…
Strategies to Improve Recruitment for EEO in Hospitality
Businesses are increasingly attempting to hire in ways that broaden the talent pool in a workplace in order to have a mix of perceptions and thinking. And there are many important reasons to do so. Expand your hospitality talent pool. Hiring a wide range of hospitality talent (made up of employees with different backgrounds, ages,…
6 Steps for the Recipe to the Perfect Candidate
Seeking out the perfect candidate is sometimes like trying to create a great new recipe. You know what you want. You can see the final outcome in your mind. You crave it. If only you could find a candidate with just the right blend of skills, leadership, determination, work ethic, and the right personality for…
Opinion: Personal Inventory
Can you be Passively Racist? I am a free-thinking, environmentally conscious mother of three grown children, and if you had asked me that question 25 years ago, I would have said no. Racists are easily identifiable, right? Racism, at least to me, was intentional and carried an agenda of focused division, oppression, and discrimination. That…
A Map & Compass Will Get Us to Our Destination
We all make choices in life. Choices produce results — both good and bad. The best results come from comparing decisions against your personal or corporate compass. There’s lots of talk about a moral compass, which sounds like it applies to the big decisions, but it applies to all decisions. A person or company’s compass…
Goodwin Recruiting Supports Our Trusted Clients
To all of our trusted clients, we are sending best wishes that the second half of 2020 brings an upswing, as well as positive changes representing the silver linings that can be uncovered during difficult times. We are more committed than ever to be a part of our nation’s economic and much needed social recovery,…
Do You Have an Inclusive Recruitment Strategy?
Due to recent events, companies are taking a hard look at their recruitment strategies. Some have had to dust off their old ones, and many may have to start from scratch. Either way, inclusivity in the workplace is essential to the health and wealth of your business. In fact, it has been noted that candidates…
Free to Be…You and Me…EEOC
In 1776, the words, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal,” were penned into the Declaration of Independence as our new nation was formed. In 2020, we are still trying to reflect this reality in the actions of our society. Things were far from equal at that time, but…
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