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Make an Onboarding Checklist

Hiring new staff isn't something that happens every day in many small to mid-sized arts and cultural organizations, which makes it even more

Making a Great First Impression with Your New Hire

It's easy to overlook the importance of a new employee's first day. We often focus so much on filling the position that we forget how critic

Asking the Right Questions in Interviews

“What are your strengths and weaknesses?” is a classic question to ask a potential employee in an interview. But I make a subtle shift.

Hire Smarter with Testing

There's only so much you can ascertain by talking with someone, which is why I've incorporated a mix of timed and untimed tests.

Use Screening Questions at the Beginning

Hiring the right talent is crucial for any organization, but sorting through dozens of applications can be overwhelming. Today, I'm going...

Create a Hiring Checklist

Staff turnover, for any reason, can be a major disruption. It's also not something that most small and mid-sized arts and cultural organizat

Part 2: 4 things every arts organization should do to set up new hires for success

Hiring new staff can be time-consuming, frustrating, a big relief, or all the above for arts managers. In Part 1, I reviewed the three...

Part 1: 4 things every arts organization should do to set up their new hire for success

Finding qualified candidates is more difficult than ever. Read how to adjust to a competitive market and set up your new hires for success.