Rikka Brandon
Rikka Brandon is the founder and Chief Executive Recruiter of Building
Gurus, a boutique executive search and consulting firm that works
exclusively with building product manufacturers and distributors to find,
hire, and retain top executive-level talent. She is also the best-selling
author of "Hire Power: Everything Entrepreneurs Need To Know To Hire
Awesome People."
Latest Articles
Human Resources
Steps to take when a superstar employee doesn’t return
Losing a stellar team member, regardless of the circumstances, can leave you with a range of emotions and a lot of questions. Here are a few strategies for how to handle the situation—and how to learn for future recruiting and hiring success.
Human Resources
Three considerations as you re-hire in a post-pandemic world
How do you meet the requirements to keep your company afloat with fewer team members AND ensure when you’re ready to hire again you do so in the smartest way possible? Here are a few strategies to consider.
Human Resources
5 keys to approaching layoffs so your employees want to return
Here are a few strategies to help maintain your relationship with laid-off employees and ensure the bridge between the company and them doesn’t go away.
Human Resources
Two interview tricks to help avoid hiring mistakes
Here are two pieces of advice to consider that can drastically improve your chances of making a great hire.
Human Resources
Forced to lay off staff? Be sure to keep the bridge open
When the dust settles and your company can reopen, onboarding those laid-off employees will be crucial to getting things back on track quickly.
Human Resources
Six surprising ways you’re messing up the hiring process
From a small labor pool to shrinking interest in the lumber industry, the hiring process is already hard enough without creating additional hurdles for yourself.
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Human Resources
Stop hiring order-takers
One of the most common reasons companies decide to invest in a recruiting partner is because they’re not getting the results they want and need from their sales teams.
Human Resources
The challenges to hiring leaders in 2020 (and how to solve them)
We’ve found that there are three main challenges in, and solutions to, finding and hiring best-in-class building products executives and team members.
Human Resources
How to ease the pain of firing an employee
When it comes to “most dreaded things,” firing an employee likely ranks at the top of your list alongside talking to opinionated relatives at holidays and filing your tax returns.
Human Resources
It’s not you, it’s me — management version
Sometimes it’s not them — it’s us. Leaders don’t often see themselves as having a role in the poor performance of their employees.
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