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Narrow-Row Corn Requires Wider Thinking

December 20, 2011 | Posted in Best Practices
Had America's horses been a little less girth, the movement toward narrower-row corn might not have seen the uphill battle it has. "The 44-inch paradigm was there forever, and it's because 44 inches was the width of the Belgian horse," says Marion Calmer, CEO Calmer Corn Heads. "It came down to 40 inches around the Great Depression, but was still stuck at 40 inches throughout the 1960s."
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Keep Your Employees Focused this Holiday Season

November 28, 2011 | Posted in Best Practices
Source: Patricia Schaefer, Attard Communications
'Tis the season for all good employees to become distracted. Stress. Gift shopping and giving. Sending holiday cards. Parties and holiday lunches. Decorating. Gift wrapping. Family obligations and gatherings. How can you keep your employees focused on their work-at-hand without them having visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads?
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Recruiting Ideas that Stand the Test of Time

October 31, 2011 | Posted in Best Practices
Source: Lou Adler, ere.net
While many things have changed involving recruiting over these years, a few things have stayed the same. Here's my short list of the best things I've learned about recruiting, sourcing, and hiring top talent that seem as true today as they did when I first started as a recruiter.
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