Opinion
Should You Offer a Hybrid Work Model?
As you make plans for managing talent in 2024, it’s a great time to consider whether offering your team (and job candidates) a hybrid work model is a viable option. Companies and employees alike are benefiting in many ways from these working models in our post-pandemic era. Here are four major advantages of hybrid…
4 Genuine Ways to Improve Your Team’s Morale
What “black-holes” in productivity and morale hinder your team? As a talent recruiter for the last five years, I’ve been invited by clients to conduct employee surveys or interviews to identify areas where productivity, team morale, and employee well-being can be improved. These companies prioritize ways to motivate and retain top talent, knowing that team…
The Power of Habits: Life by Design or Life by Default?
Life is an ongoing process of human growth and self-discovery. Our current and future selves are influenced by every decision we make and behavior we adopt. “What you tolerate chips away at the marble of your character to reveal your future self” is a quote that emphasizes how important daily routines are in molding who…
Showing Your Support on Trans Day of Remembrance
Trans Day of Remembrance (TDoR) is here, a day when we remember transgender individuals who lost their lives due to violence and discrimination. It’s a day to think about the tough times faced by the transgender community and to show love and support. Learn from Real People with Real Stories An important thing to…
The Creation of the Weekend: Almost 100 Years Later
Did you know that the “two-day weekend” concept started only 97 years ago? The eight-hour workday and 40-hour week are relatively new concepts in the American labor force and worldwide. A more reasonable workday was first discussed during the Industrial Revolution (1760 – 1840) across the world as strikes broke out across Europe and…
Veterans Day Now Has a Whole New Meaning to Me
I was born and raised in the United States. Texas to be exact. My entire life has been surrounded by red, white, blue, stars, and stripes. I was educated about U.S. history. I was taught how to respect and handle the American flag. And I was taught to be grateful for the quality of life…
How to Successfully Work from Home
I have been working remotely for almost a year as social media manager for Goodwin Recruiting, and I quickly realized it can be quite an adjustment from working in an office. Some of the ways I have successfully transitioned from an office environment to working from home include having a dedicated workspace, setting a daily…
How Working Remotely Has Impacted My Mental Health
As someone who has struggled with my mental health and burnout in the past, it is extremely important for me to put healthy habits into practice every day and stick to a routine. Working remotely with Goodwin Recruiting gives me the flexibility to avoid burnout by working in my own space and organizing my workday…
Basic Sign Language Everyone Should Know
September is Deaf Awareness Month, dedicated to raising awareness around deafness and the issues faced by the deaf and those experiencing hearing loss in our communities. There are a large number of people impacted by hearing loss in our world today – over 1.5 billion, in fact. In the United States and Canada alone, it’s…
Hiring Managers: What’s the Norm for Candidate Job Tenure?
For most hiring managers and human resources leaders, job tenure is a big consideration when reviewing a job candidate’s resume and work history. Generally, the thought process goes like this: How long has this job candidate been with their current employer? How long did they stay in previous roles? What does this employment history tell…
