Can You Afford to Say No to a Job Offer?

After an exhausting job search, a hiring manager calls with great news: they’re offering you a job.  However, you can’t seem to get very excited about it. It’s a job, but not your dream job. Do you take the opportunity or walk away from it in hopes that something better will come along?   Determining […]

Hold Out for a Hero: Why You Should Wait for the Perfect Candidate

Bored young businesswoman pulling a face and pouting as she rests her chin on her hands and peers over her computer at the camera

When you’re blindsided by an integral employee’s resignation or have an urgent business need pop-up and have to fill a position quickly, it can be tempting to hire the first person you interview out of desperation.  However, if you hire in a hurry, you take a big risk of making a costly bad hire that […]