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Is This The End of the In-Person Interview?
During this pandemic shutdown, we’ve seen the rise of virtual services. Companies that never thought they’d be able to manage a remote workforce suddenly found a way. Restaurants and retailers who weren’t set up for online orders and delivery made the transition within days. Doctors embraced telemedicine overnight. Good. Now it’s time to overhaul the way we hire talent, starting with the in-person interview. The Pros…
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Investing in You During Down Time
Even if you’re working from home, you probably have lots more free time on your hands. No commute, no socializing, no appointments, no clue what to do with all those extra minutes. You may be focused on just surviving this time, but what if you could actually be thriving? Remember all those things you were…
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Battling Anxiety During Isolation
Was it just February when our lives were so complicated and so normal? Rush, rush, rush, grumbling all the way about how busy we were, how stressed we were? We didn’t know the first thing about stress. Suddenly, we’re stuck at home, working remotely, which we always thought would be awesome. But whatever this is,…
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How to Avoid the Productivity Slump While Working From Home
How are you adapting to working from home? We’re not used to it either. But even through these uncertain events, we are doing our best to work efficiently and purposefully for our candidates, clients, and team members. We’ve all had our fair share of struggles when it comes to working efficiently from home. Team CSI…
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Attendance versus Attention
Both “attendance” and “attention” have the same root: to “direct one’s mind or energies” from the Old French atendre. But they’re worlds apart in practice. You can be present at a meeting, but not be really present; if you’re guilty of this, it’s probably hurting your reputation. We don’t blame you for checking out. Meetings have increased in length and…
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Outskilling: The Layoff Alternative
We’re all being warned about technology disruption of the future workplace. The robots may indeed be coming for our jobs. From autonomous vehicles to AI data management, almost any role of an organization could be replaceable by technology. And with the current Coronavirus pandemic, layoffs are becoming even more unavoidable. A Different Approach Twentieth-century layoffs included outplacement services such as resume…
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Diversity: Revisited
Your workplace needs more diversity. No, we’re not talking about the diversity you’ve been striving towards for the past few decades. If you’re like most corporations, you’ve been working hard to provide a space where people from all ethnicities, backgrounds, sexual orientations, and ages feel welcome. But in the end, you treat them more or…
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New Shoes Are Like Dessert
It started with an idea to buy shoes for The Clothing Closet. But when school social work supervisor Laura Chiarello heard the proposal from CSI Gives Back, she pushed back gently. “New shoes are like dessert,” she said. “You want them, but you probably don’t need them.” What many Duval County students do need are…
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The Questions You Should Be Asking During An Interview [Part 4]
In a previous post, we explored one of the oldest and most common interview questions: the one about your greatest strengths. For all its overuse, it’s still helpful to hear how a candidate perceives himself and how he prefers to work. Most candidates have prepared for the greatest strengths question and feel pretty confident about…
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Birdies for the Brave 2019
What an un-fore-gettable time raising funds for combat-wounded veterans with Birdies for the Brave at TPC Sawgrass! ⛳🎖️💕 A special thanks to our veterans Alex Clifford and Jerry Dedge for playing with Team CSI. To date, Birdies for the Brave has raised more than $17M for organizations including: –Special Operations Warrior Foundation–Homes For Our Troops–Navy SEAL Foundation–Operation Homefront–Military Warriors Support…