Author: Ahnaf Bashir, Vice President of Human Resources, Advance Financial

growth

3 Ways to Ensure that Rapid Growth Is Also Healthy Growth

Rapid growth is a challenge many successful companies face, including Advance Financial. In 4 years, we went from 300 employees to over 1,200 and increased our total revenue by more than 220%. Though this kind of success is certainly a “good” problem, growing pains were inevitable.

experience

8 Reasons for Hiring EMBAs to Maximize Business Impact

A fresh look from outsiders brought inside can aid the transformation into a change-oriented and even change-driven culture. The challenge is finding those outside change agents. The reality is that they are everywhere! The largest pool of talent is the army of experienced business professionals who have earned their executive MBAs (EMBAs). The knowledge they have gained through their EMBA courses makes them invaluable leaders. Here’s why you should hire them.

recruiting

Personality Assessments Aren’t Just Limited to Recruiting

Are you using personality assessments during the recruiting process? If so, are you using them for anything else? While these assessments are great for seeing whether a candidate would be a good fit for your company, you would get more bang for your buck if you were to use them throughout the entire employee life […]

Diversity

Developing a Diverse Workforce Takes More Than Recruiting

Recent years have seen organizations focus their diversity efforts on recruiting, as high-level executives have come to see how diversity benefits the bottom line, and—perhaps even more importantly—is the right thing to do. But recruitment alone isn’t the answer. Recruiting and hiring are the first steps to developing a diverse workforce, but they won’t do […]

Poor Assessments Are Harming Your Business and Your Workers

Any L&D professional worth his or her salt will understand the benefits of proper assessments: They guarantee a level of competence among the workforce, and they also represent an investment in the human capital that makes the company run smoothly.

Sex

What’s the Meaning of ‘Sex’? Supreme Court Will Finally Provide the Answer

The Employment Law Question of the Decade is: Does the prohibition against sex-based discrimination include discrimination based on gender identity and sexual orientation? After countless debates on the issue in courts throughout the land, the U.S. Supreme Court is finally primed to give its answer in three cases being argued this term.