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Employer Branding | | The Missing Piece of Your Recruiting Strategy 

Editor’s Note: This Article Has Been Updated on September 20, 2022 Here’s a little–known fact: GovCon recruiting is the money-making department you didn’t know you had. If your GovCon recruiting strategy is considering your employer brand, and your hiring process reflects that brand through great candidate experience, then your employee retention rates should be looking great and your […]

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Current Events and the Job Market

Updated 03/17/2023 It goes without saying that the world is in quite an upheaval in culture and moving toward a new normal. Yet, as we’ve said before, business must continue especially in the GovCon market and that includes hiring. We must ask: Are you in the job market right now? If so, you’re probably questioning […]

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Staring “New-Normal” in the Face

Updated 03/10/2023 Are we ready to start talking about “coming back?”  In our humble opinion, regardless of what any politician says, we are not “back” until we can get our kids out of our house (sanity now!), but that’s a whole other story! Honestly, we’re not sure if its safe yet, or what “coming back” […]

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Puzzle Me This – Are Your Business Puzzle Pieces in Order?

Updated 03/03/2023 As puzzles are back in vogue these days, I thought this might be of interest. Unfortunately, I’ve only had the opportunity to complete one over the past few weeks, but several themes rang true as I worked on it. Puzzling (is that what we call it?) makes you go through several stages, much […]

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Leading Through Uncertainty

We know what you’re thinking. “Not another #COVID19 article.” Not to worry, we’re providing you some insight on how you can lead your team through the next few weeks (or months?). Let us start off by saying “Who gives a s#*t?”  To put it bluntly, if this is the first time you are talking to […]

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Be Very, Very Quiet… We’re hunting Unicorns…

The definition of a unicorn is a mythical beast that looks like a horse with a horn projecting from its forehead.  However, in this context, we’re talking about the ever-elusive purple unicorn; something that is highly desirable but difficult to find or obtain.  In the recruiting world, companies are always looking for the purple unicorn, […]

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Military Spouses as Employees | Part 1

The following is the first in a two-part piece discussing the challenges and strengths of being, hiring and working with military spouses.   Military Spouses are among the most dedicated groups in our nation. It is not easy to understand or imagine their struggle as one half of a highly dedicated and honorable partnership. I […]

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What is Price to Win?

All right govcons, here’s another fancy schmancy phrase that is pretty common in our industry and yet nobody really knows what this mysterious thing is. Price to Win (PTW)! What? Does anyone truly have a guide to THE winning number? Think about that for a second. The answer is a resounding NO. If someone did, […]

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What 8(a) Certification Means for Your GovCon

Editors Note: This was updated 12/13/2022 There are many programs geared towards helping small businesses participate in the federal contracting industry.  The 8(a) certification program is designed for socio-economically disadvantaged folks to get their foot in the door, starting their GovCon off on a strong note. There are rules that are well covered by the […]

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Continuing Education

By now, our college days are long behind us (let’s not talk about how many years). Some folks have sought continuing education in the form of a master’s degree, PhD, certifications, and other credentials. Some of these factor into our “employability” and can help move our careers. Assuming you’ve gotten the credentials/certifications requested and additional schooling that […]