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Empowering the Future: Unveiling the Essence of Hiring Young Talent

Explore how companies can navigate the challenges of hiring young talent without extensive experience, focusing on personality traits and potential rather than traditional metrics. Learn about tailored strategies, internship programs, and mentorship initiatives that empower and cultivate the next generation of workforce innovators.

Lara Kremer4 April 2024

Leaders' advice

The Value of a Process and 3 Steps for Sales Training

Recently, we at Workwolf have noticed a huge uptick in the demand for sales professionals. In fact, just this week, a LinkedIn News article by Greg Lewis revealed that the sales industry was one of the most recurrent industries among the top ten most in-demand positions on LinkedIn. And as Steve Trang, a sales trainer extraordinaire, as well as real estate "disruptor" and podcast host, notes, sales can be a very profitable career path if one has the talent and work ethic to make it a long-term career. But, as Trang recognizes, not everyone will thrive in such a career.…

Kendra Guidolin3 November 2023

A man and woman are sitting at a wooden table in an office space. The man is looking at the woman's resume, which is clipped to a clipboard. The woman is watching the man review her resume, smiling gently. They are both in corporate workwear.

Articles Recruitment

3 Ways AI Can Never Replace Recruiters

In the past two days alone, ChatGPT, one of the world's most popular AI platforms, was featured in two main LinkedIn News articles—one of which detailed that OpenAI, the company behind the platform, is projected to hit $1 billion in revenue within the next year. Already, as of June 2023, the platform has reportedly hit over 100 billion visits. And as the platform continues to gain traction, so too does its AI tech—that is, the more users who use the platform, the more it continues to evolve and improve in its responses. And still, there are certain processes that many…

Kendra Guidolin31 August 2023

A man and woman are standing in a grey, modern space with crockery and other kitchenware items in front of them on a table just off screen. The man is selling the woman items, and both are smiling; the woman looks invested in what she is being sold. They are both in business casual clothing and look relaxed.

Leaders' advice

What It Takes to Succeed in Sales: Tips from Stu Schlackman

It's no surprise that many who succeed in sales are competitive by nature—they want to win, and as such, they act quick on their feet to do so. And for many decades, salespeople have been perceived—and even depicted in literature and media—as being pushy, charismatic, and working well under high-pressure. But what many forget or fail to recognize is that not all customers respond to the same kind of sales techniques. In fact, some of the best salespeople in the world base their sales approach on each individual customer. And countless who have been in the industry for long enough…

Kendra Guidolin15 August 2023

A woman dressed in corporate business clothing—a long, dark formal and fitted coat on top of a white blouse and blazer—is walking outside a commercial city space. She is carrying a coffee cup in one hand and a black briefcase in the other. She has her dark hair tied in a low ponytail and is wearing round, thin framed glasses. She is looking over her shoulder at a building nearby.

Articles Career advice

How to Find Your Top Potential before You Pivot Your Career

While there may be newer reasons to pivot your career—from AI making more and more workers redundant to workplaces now mandating a return to offices for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19—doing so is certainly not a new concept. What is new, however, are the high stakes of doing so. Earlier this year, inflation reached an all-time high, and costs of education and other training leaving countless in debt for years, even decades at a time. Pivoting, these days, can be especially devastating if it's not into the right industry. So, how do you know you're ready for…

Kendra Guidolin9 August 2023

Two women are at a laptop open on a wooden desk. One of the women is seated in front of the laptop, looking at the screen, mid-speech; the other is looking at the screen with concentration but with a smile on her face and with her hands confidently on the desk in front of her.

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How Effective Talent Management Drives Business Growth

With the costs of living ever on the rise and, in many ways, job seekers maintaining the upper hand in the job market these days, employee retention and thus business growth are—perhaps now more than ever—at the fore of every manager's mind. This is because employees are in large part what determine an organization's growth and thus overall success. So, of course, whenever we talk about business growth, we first need to address talent management and retention. So, how can you improve your talent management skills to grow your business effectively and consistently in the long-term? Let's start with the…

Kendra Guidolin26 July 2023