Posts by Susan Bormann
Our Industry – How will Med Device Change?
I have to open with a disclaimer: I’m an old manufacturing guy. I’ve always been a strong supporter of US manufacturing and strongly criticized the risks of letting others make “our stuff”. Through the years, we have heard from several of our President’s about the shift to a ‘Global’ economy and how we were ‘heading…
Read MoreSTAR Update: April
Coronavirus and managing remote work
Read MoreA light at the end of the tunnel
Americans and American business’ now wander a landscape that changes on an hour to hour basis and we’d all like to know what the next step looks like. But none of us knows where we’re headed because we’ve never been here before. What we do know is there will be a light at the end…
Read MoreSTAR Update: March
Three tips on effective remote interviewing to make that critical hiring decision
Read MoreHave you considered COL?
Many candidates will consider relocation which is fantastic and opens a lot of options for them to find the ideal new next opportunity! One of the first things we discuss is Cost of Living (COL) and Salary Expectations, particularly if a high COL is on either end of the decision. If they’re thinking about a…
Read MoreSTAR Update: February
Identifying employee metrics and people analytics that matter
Read MoreIt’s all about the relationship
Recruiting can make you weary, but once in a while, a client or candidate or both will surprise you – making you feel good about the business you’re in; and putting a smile in your heart. This story has nothing to do with a fee but everything to do with a candidate that really wanted…
Read MoreToo many Economists make the economy too complicated
In my lifetime, finding someone to talk about the economy in simple language has not been easy. Their economic indicators often feel like a euphemism for “we don’t know what we’re talking about”; their acronyms more complicated than a radar chart; and their inability to say anything good, frustrating. Not so with the folks…
Read MoreINSIGHT – Is Change Inevitable?
It’s a new year, a new decade even, and as sure as I’m sitting here writing this little ditty you can be sure … THINGS WILL CHANGE. The Promise No, I can’t promise you what will change. e.g. I can’t promise you the price per ounce of gold will go up the nearly 300% it…
Read MoreSTAR Update: January
Keeping people who work remotely engaged and motivated
Read MoreManuka honey ‘sandwiches’ used in operations to fight infection
Honey is not just tasty, it is also really useful in medicine because it has antibacterial properties, which means it can be used to kill germs. Now scientists have been looking into how honey sandwiched between layers of mesh could help people who have had operations avoid getting infections. Engineers and scientists at Newcastle and Ulster…
Read MoreFirst Friday Preview: December
Trend to Watch: Increased Focus on Performance Management
Read MoreFirst Friday Preview: November
How to Hire More Effectively in a Tight Labor Market
Read MoreFirst Friday Preview: October
Here’s what you can learn when a top candidate rejects your offer
Read MoreFirst Friday Preview: September
How to confidently conduct your next candidate interview
Read MoreWant to save your medical device as a souvenir? It’s easier than you might think
Keeping a medical device that was inside you — or even a removed body part — is actually easier than it might seem, according to a recent story in the Chicago Tribune. Just ask Barbara Brotman. Brotman is a senior assistant director of development communications for University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences and a former Tribune columnist. She…
Read MoreInsight: Lean – Is it necessary for Continuous Improvement or a Situational Imperative?
Life plays funny tricks on us; 24 hours ago, I would never have used the phrase “Situational Imperative” and today I’m parroting its use from an article I just read (the link is below). The definition says that you select situations you know you’ll encounter and that you HAVE to respond to them in a…
Read MoreWill Europe’s clampdown on faulty medical devices hurt patients?
When a Californian company founded by a U.S. veteran wounded in Afghanistan sought to register a new medical device this year, it turned to Europe before the United States. The European approvals system had long been quicker, the company said, but the introduction of new rules is changing all that. “Now it has flipped,” said…
Read MoreFirst Friday Preview: June
The No. 1 recruitment metric employers track when assessing a new hire’s effectiveness After completing multiple rounds of interviews and presenting a job offer to a promising candidate, the work has in many ways just begun. Now that the new employee is starting at your organization, it’s crucial that you help ensure their success. Before…
Read MoreHow to Staff Your Company in a Zero Unemployment Market
Job numbers are in. Unemployment dropped to a 50 year low of 3.6%, which is what experts consider zero unemployment. Yet companies are operating as if nothing has changed. Maybe you’re like me. You think you can do it all, until one day you realize you’re killing yourself trying to do everything. Not to mention,…
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