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	<description>Employers and employees, does it really need to be this hard?</description>
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		<title>Are women better employers than men?</title>
		<link>http://potestio.com/blog/2012/02/are-women-better-employers-than-men/</link>
		<comments>http://potestio.com/blog/2012/02/are-women-better-employers-than-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:37:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>potestio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I approach a lot of agency principals to discuss their approach to their company cultures, personnel and the benefits of sound talent management policies on their staffs and their businesses. I ask questions like, “does your staff have clear expectations in their roles and do you provide on –going performance management and development to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We own that post. Employers and social media.</title>
		<link>http://potestio.com/blog/2011/11/we-own-that-post-employers-and-social-media/</link>
		<comments>http://potestio.com/blog/2011/11/we-own-that-post-employers-and-social-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>potestio</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[For Employers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[employer policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retention strategies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh boy this is gonna be a good one! ‘Cause no one knows what they are doing! Social media kind of just went splat on our windows and everyone is trying to figure out what to do with it. It gets really complicated when you mix employers with employees and a level of communication that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peddling People</title>
		<link>http://potestio.com/blog/2011/09/peddling-people/</link>
		<comments>http://potestio.com/blog/2011/09/peddling-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>potestio</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hiring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiring. staffing industry. staffing companies. marketing people.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite movies is Soylent Green. Not because it’s a great movie, but because it’s a great concept and of course, Charlton Heston is classic. No one else could yell like he could. Soylent Green is people! Which brings me to a common practice in the staffing industry but one I have always [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gimme Some Closure</title>
		<link>http://potestio.com/blog/2011/08/gimme-some-closure/</link>
		<comments>http://potestio.com/blog/2011/08/gimme-some-closure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Aug 2011 03:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>potestio</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[recruitment branding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://potestio.com/blog/?p=81</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[John Lennon once sang…. All I want is the truth now Just gimme some truth now All I want is the truth Just gimme some truth What I hear from most job seekers is gimme some closure. The number one complaint candidates for jobs relate to me is that they never hear back from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Resume Guide 2011 &#8211; Creative Industry Edition</title>
		<link>http://potestio.com/blog/2011/04/resume-guide-2011-creative-industry-edition/</link>
		<comments>http://potestio.com/blog/2011/04/resume-guide-2011-creative-industry-edition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2011 00:21:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>potestio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Employees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hiring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://potestio.com/blog/?p=77</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The golden rule – you cannot change who you are or what your experience is. But you can change how you present your background. The resume serves one purpose – to get you the meeting/interview. Don’t do anything on the resume to hurt this. Do not misspell anything. Use proper grammar. Have someone else proofread. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Recruitment Branding &#8211; The Smart Way to Hire</title>
		<link>http://potestio.com/blog/2011/03/recruitment-branding-the-smart-way-to-hire/</link>
		<comments>http://potestio.com/blog/2011/03/recruitment-branding-the-smart-way-to-hire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2011 16:08:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>potestio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Employers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://potestio.com/blog/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The basics of Recruitment Branding Reading a recent eye-opening article in Ad Age: Left to Fend for Themselves, Employees Feel No Loyalty to Agencies. I was reminded that agencies still don’t understand the power of their own staff, and why they should closely manage and grow this asset. It reminded me that I should dust off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The world&#8217;s first creative staffing supergroup</title>
		<link>http://potestio.com/blog/2011/01/the-worlds-first-creative-staffing-supergroup/</link>
		<comments>http://potestio.com/blog/2011/01/the-worlds-first-creative-staffing-supergroup/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:50:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>potestio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Viva La Potestio!]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://potestio.com/blog/?p=40</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My firm, POTESTIO, has merged its talent management/HR and recruiting business with Jackie Mathys Creative Staffing to form Mathys+Potestio. Combined, we have over 30 years of experience placing creative talent. We are committed to having an agency built on the philosophy of making strong connections for employers and candidates. Relationship driven, not sales driven. Our [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do what I did. And other ways to not get a job.</title>
		<link>http://potestio.com/blog/2010/11/do-what-i-did-and-other-ways-to-not-get-a-job/</link>
		<comments>http://potestio.com/blog/2010/11/do-what-i-did-and-other-ways-to-not-get-a-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 17:18:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>potestio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[For Employees]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://potestio.com/blog/?p=37</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to be a graphic designer since I was about 13 when I redesigned a poster for the movie Live and Let Die. It was cool. Had an alligator. Through high school I would crank tunes in my room and redesign logos for every band I listened to. Once in college I began pursuing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The salary question sucks</title>
		<link>http://potestio.com/blog/2010/10/the-salary-question-sucks/</link>
		<comments>http://potestio.com/blog/2010/10/the-salary-question-sucks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 23:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>potestio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://potestio.com/blog/?p=32</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How much do you need to make? Um, how much does the position pay? Both employers and employees often handle the salary question miserably. It’s like when you were a kid playing doctor. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours. No, that never happened with me. Employers want to know if they can [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Throwing Money at Candidates?</title>
		<link>http://potestio.com/blog/2010/09/throwing-money-at-candidates/</link>
		<comments>http://potestio.com/blog/2010/09/throwing-money-at-candidates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:35:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>potestio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hiring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://potestio.com/blog/?p=11</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the ebb and flow, supply and demand world of creative services and the economy, the pendulum is swinging, or has swung, back to candidates/employees in certain areas such as interactive/new media design, motion graphics and development

When trying to hire these folks, or anyone else for that matter, if you find the need to increase salary offers, pay more than you want, more than the position has historically earned, and generally throw money at people to hire them, you have problems. But your problems are not purely monetary.]]></description>
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