Candidate Experience

The Vital Need for Clarity and Direction Among Younger Employees

In today's rapidly evolving professional landscape, younger employees are stepping into the workforce with fresh perspectives, innovative...

Inviting the Future: How to Recruit and Retain the Next Generation of Employees

Lexia Pilutik

Jun 7, 20232 min read

Leadership

Inviting the Future: How to Recruit and Retain the Next Generation of Employees

Hello! My name is Lexia Pilutik and I’m very excited to be interning with ALTA Consulting this summer. After finishing my first year at...

Oct 10, 20222 min read

Wanna Be Like Nike?

Nike is a HUGE employer in the Portland area, where I live, but even if you live outside Portland, you've no doubt heard of this colossal...

If You Aren't Digital Yet, You Should Be

Oct 3, 20222 min read

If You Aren't Digital Yet, You Should Be

Does this sound familiar? "Here's your employee handbook . . . and here's your copy of the safety guidelines . . and here's a one page...

Sep 12, 20223 min read

Support Our Troops... Hire Them!

In another blog post recently, we discussed how to attract the incoming Gen Z to the construction industry. This week, let's talk about...

Aug 29, 20223 min read

Is Construction Bad for Gen Z?

Hi, I'm Christi's teammate Catherine! If we haven't met, I've been on the ALTA team since January, and I often help out with these blog...

Aug 15, 20223 min read

Back To School!

Summer is drawing to a close. Yep, you read that right. This summer went by way too fast! Somehow, my son is going into high school this...

How To Take Over The Internet With Your Job Posting

Aug 8, 20223 min read

How To Take Over The Internet With Your Job Posting

For all of the benefits of the internet, it definitely has made recruiting harder. Gone are the days where job seekers looked in their...

Aug 1, 20223 min read

Personal

Stuck in a room with your competition

Close your eyes... oh wait, you need them to read, scratch that... OK, imagine you are in a room... with all your competitors. The 60...

Apr 18, 20222 min read

Get the Perfect New Hire

Last week, I was catching up with a friend of mine -- let's call her Sara -- and we started discussing a person she had recently hired...

Jan 24, 20222 min read

How to Lose a Candidate in 10 Days

I’m sure you’ve heard by now that the market for talent is fierce out there, for both the companies that are hiring and the people who...

Dec 6, 20212 min read

Who is interviewing who?

If you have tried to hire or recruit anyone in the past year, then you know: It is a candidates' market. As we emerge from the pandemic,...

Apr 13, 20212 min read

An Email Just Won't Do

Have you ever sent an email out to your employees asking them to do something or communicating a new process and they just didn't get on...

Jan 27, 20212 min read

The Candidate Experience

I have recently been working with a client to augment their safety department. I never thought I would get into headhunting since I...

Oct 20, 20201 min read