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It's Time To Consider Hiring Ph.D.s Into Your Management Roles

By

Atta Tarki

September 20, 2022

When McKinsey hired its first MBA graduates some 70 years ago, it was a controversial move internally. The company had traditionally hired experienced executives with impressive resumes who lent their teams instant 

  • Human Resources
  • Talent

10 Steps to Building a People-Centric Business

By
Brett Farmiloe

September 19, 2022

What is one step to take when building a people-centric business culture? To help you build a business culture that is people-centric, we asked HR and people managers, and business leaders this question for their best insights. 

  • Human Resources
  • Talent

ECA Partners Launches New Salary Database in Latest Update to CASCADE

By

ECA

September 16, 2022

ECA Partners – a tech-enabled executive search firm specializing in private equity and investor-owned companies – has launched the latest version of its proprietary Talent Management 

  • ECA
  • Private Equity

15 Ways Startups Can Earn – and Keep – Customer Trust

By

StartUp Blogpost

September 16, 2022

Elaborate on one strategy your startup is using to earn and keep customer trust?

To help you adopt the best approaches to earn and keep customer trust in your startup 

  • Customer Trust
  • Startup

Can Ph.D.s Thrive in the Business World?

By

Tony Topoleski

September 15, 2022

Insightful business managers recognize that they’re an undertapped pool of skilled and savvy communicators with the drive and dedication to be effective contributors, writes Tony Topoleski.

  • Human Resources
  • Career
  • PhD

11 Ways Companies Can Address Workforce Shortages

By

SHRM

September 7, 2022

With immigration to the U.S. being at its lowest levels in decades, what is one thing companies can do to fill critical or high-skilled job openings?

To help you best recruit skilled talents to 

  • Human Resources
  • Talent

7 Roles HR Plays In Shaping Corporate Culture

By

HRZone

August 22, 2022

What is one role of HR in corporate culture?

To help you best appreciate the role HR plays in shaping corporate culture, we asked CHROs and business leaders this question for their best insights. 

  • Human Resources
  • Corporate Culture

To Make Better Hires, Learn What Predicts Success

By

Atta Tarki & Cade Massey

August 22, 2022

Hiring the best talent remains a persistent struggle for many companies. That’s because they are doing it wrong — often looking at the labor pool for carbon copies of people who are already successful in their roles. 

  • Human Resources
  • Talent

What it Takes to Keep Top Talent: 12 Areas of Focus

By

Beni.fit

August 11, 2022

What is one area to focus on to retain your company’s top talent?

To help you retain your company’s top talents, we asked HR professionals and business leaders this question for their best methods.

  • Human Resources
  • Talent

16 Low-Cost Training Tips To Build Successful Teams

By

Forbes Human Resources Council

August 4, 2022

During the latest economic slump, leaders at organizations across the country may be wondering how to provide the most cost-efficient learning solutions to enhance the growth of their remaining workers and maintain

  • Human Resources
  • Leadership

8 Things To Do To Build Your HR Career

By

Pursue the Passion

August 1, 2022

What is one thing you need to build in your HR career?

To help you build your HR career successfully, we asked experienced HR managers and business leaders this question for their best 

  • Human Resources
  • Leadership

13 Partnership Strategies to Bolster Recruiting Efforts

By

JazzHR

July 27, 2021

What is one strategy to form partnerships that help bolster recruiting efforts?

To help you bolster your recruiting efforts through appropriate partnerships, we asked experienced recruiters and business leaders

  • Recruiting Strategy
  • Worker Shortage

Tips to Remove Implicit Bias in Interviews 10 Tips to Remove Implicit Bias in Interviews

By

Beni.fit

July 27, 2022

What is one tip for hiring managers to remove implicit bias in candidate interviews?

To help you remove any implicit bias when interviewing candidates, we asked recruiters  

  • Recruiting Strategy
  • Interviews

It’s Time to Streamline the Hiring Process

By

Atta Tarki, Tyler Cowen, and Alexandra Ham

July 11, 2022

Companies are scared of making bad hires, but as a result they have designed bloated, bureaucratic hiring processes. The treatment has become worse than the disease. Companies can strip waste from their

  • Labor
  • Human Resources

Meet Ken Kanara

By

CanvasRebel 

June 30, 2022

We recently connected with Ken Kanara and have shared our conversation below.

Ken, looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. What did your parents do right and how has that impacted you in your life and career?

  • Private Equity
  • TalentCompass
  • ECA

CASCADE, the Proprietary Talent Management System by ECA Partners, Receives a Feature-Driven Update and a Key Partnership

By

ECA

March 1, 2022

ECA Partners – an innovative tech-enabled executive search firm with several hundred 

  • Labor
  • Human Resources

15 Tips For Successfully Leading A Remote Team

By
Forbes Business Council
January 31, 2022
As many leaders discovered during the pandemic, in-person work and remote work require a different approach to leadership. As employees work from home, managers must find a way to ensure productivity
  • Remote Work
  • Leadership

The “Wages Are Skyrocketing” Narrative Is False

By

Atta Tarki & Eli Castle

December 22, 2021

The authors hear a lot from executives that they are currently having to stomach massive pay increases for lower-level workers. But the data doesn’t support that. U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics tracks wages and salaries for 

  • Labor
  • Human Resources

Cascade, Developed and Launched by ECA Partners, Brings ECA's Data-Driven Approach to the Forefront

By

ECA

November 4, 2021

ECA Partners – an innovative tech-enabled executive search firm with several hundred clients and expertise in the private equity and 

  • ECA
  • Private Equity

ECA Partners Names Ken Kanara as CEO & President

By

ECA

July 19, 2021

Nobel Investments, a Santa Monica-based private family office, has named Ken Kanara President and CEO of its portfolio company ECA Partners. Ken Kanara has more than 15 years of experience in consulting and executive search 

  • ECA
  • Private Equity

Attracting Talent During a Worker Shortage

By

Tino Sanandaji, Ferdinando Monte, Alexandra Ham & Atta Tarki

June 14, 2021

While it might sound contradictory, the U.S. is experiencing higher unemployment numbers and a labor shortage. So how to attract talent in such a labor marketplace? For hourly workers and lower-salaried positions, accessibility is one

  • Talent
  • Worker Shortage

With 87% of Private Equity Backed Companies Restoring Salaries, PE Gains in Popularity

By
Atta Tarki
June 3, 2021

A survey of CFOs of private equity-backed companies released this week shows that 87% of PE-backed companies have restored salaries to pre-pandemic levels. Many corporate leaders who previously dismissed PE as ruthless 

  • Private Equity
  • Finance

ECA Partners Announces CFO Survey on the Impact of the COVID-19 Downturn on Private Equity-Owned Companies

By

ECA 

June 1, 2021

ECA Partners announces results of a recurring survey of CFOs at Private Equity-backed companies on how the COVID-19 downturn is impacting their financial priorities.

  • Private Equity
  • Finance
  • Covid-19

How Privately Held Companies Can Compensate Top-Tier Talent and Retain Cash

By
Atta Tarki
April 16, 2020

Cash is king in the current economic climate. Given this, managers of privately held companies trying to attract and retain top-tier talent are fighting with one hand tied behind their backs. 

  • Talent
  • Labor

4 ‘ballsy questions’ everyone should ask in job interviews—but most don’t, says hiring CEO of 10 years

By

Atta Tarki

February 13, 2020

The key to nailing a job interview isn’t just about giving the right answers. You also have to ask the right questions.

  • Human Resources
  • Labor

How To Improve Your Talent Acquisition Methods

By
Atta Tarki
February 12, 2020

Evidenced-based recruiting is increasingly becoming a source of competitive advantage in today’s knowledge economy. Leading tech companies have gained an edge by making their talent acquisition processes more rigorous,

  • Talent
  • Labor

How to Avoid Groupthink When Hiring

By
Atta Tarki
August 13, 2019

When it comes to hiring, democratic decisions lead to better outcomes. But a hiring-by-committee approach carries its own unique pitfalls. Without careful orchestration, groups can make bad decisions too.

  • Labor
  • Human Resources

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