When I first started interviewing candidates, I got the simplest and most impactful advice that I have received yet: Kill the Deal. I should not…
Hiring well is the single most important thing that a company can do to succeed. It allows for rapid development of capacity, increases diversity, and…
Last week, Kaydi joined Visual Thrive for their weekly business podcast, Business Over Breakfast. The full broadcast is here: If you are pressed for time,…
“Burnout” is something that nearly everyone experiences at some point in their lives and careers. Periods of sustained stress can lead to the social withdrawal…
I grew up in New York, and while I never sounded like Bernie Sanders, I did have an accent. It was something that was frequently…
A good manager will guide a company to success by setting goals, then organizing activity around reaching that goal. If this path is well thought…
Remember the first time you walked into your high school cafeteria? In those first few moments, your brain reeled! Where should you sit? What if…
Like so many businesses, we have found the need to communicate differently in our new Covid- shifted world. The networking events we had been using…
In case you missed it, here is the link to the video from last week’s webinar “Leveraging Company Culture to Improve Retention” presented at the…
While a good business book can inspire, clarify, or articulate great ideas to put into practice, a lot of them are painfully boring to read. …
Leveraging Company Culture to Improve Employee Retention January 21 at 10 am Join our own Kaydi McQuade as she presents a webinar with the Greater…
This Thursday December 10, 2020 at 10am, our own Kaydi McQuade will be leading a webinar on Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile with the Greater Providence…
So much of every day is spent putting out fires (hopefully mostly of the metaphorical variety), that it can be hard to realize the patterns…
Cultivating awe in our lives is more important the more stress tries to give us tunnel- vision, and the book Awestruck does a great job…
Roger Martin looks at the roots of our current understanding of business structure in When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America’s Obsession with Economic Efficiency.…
World Gratitude Day seems like the perfect time to talk about some of the things we have going on because I am grateful for the…
“QBQ! THE QUESTION BEHIND THE QUESTION,” written by John G. Miller is a quick read, and was well worth it. With the summer season coming…
With all the change and upheaval in the world this year, it has been hard to maintain focus. New patterns, interactions, and responsibilities have cropped…
Great panel presentation last night at http://www.theguildri.com/ given by https://www.fountainheadri.org/! We heard a discussion about strategies for authentic leadership, and the creation of strong company…
There is a lot going on here at Back Pocket Resources and we wanted to let you know about some of the major highlights. First,…
It is with great pride and pleasure that I announce the completion of this incredible program. The Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Business program was challenging…
This Sunday, July 21 we will be at the mini- tournament match between St Columba’s CC and Colonial Cavaliers CC. We’ve been sponsoring SCCC for…
Look for Chris Caccia at #Kscope19 next week in Seattle, WA. Chris is excited to see old friends, and meet new clients so keep an…
Our very own Chris Caccia, was awarded the Partner of the Arts award for the State Ballet of Rhode Island. Here is is pictured with…
Chris Caccia from Back Pocket Resources, and his beautiful wife, having a great time at the United Way Young Leaders Circle, “The Night Is Young”…
On this rainy, dreary Monday, we headed to a new service site, Project Hand Up http://www.btcsundaymeal.com/project-hand-up.html. What a surprise! A bright, cozy, and well- organized…
After managing my children’s expectations at nearly every school event by telling them that “you’ll never win a raffle, you just enter for fun,” I…
We have a number of open positions that we need candidates for. If you are interested in any of these positions, or just want to…
Consistently, one of our favorite days each month is when we close the office and head out to a local non- profit to help in…
This candidate is bases in the Greater Providence area, available immediately, and has excellent references. With both Workday HCM and Financials experience this resource has…
This week, we have a Data Scientist who is looking to find something in the area. He has a Ph.D in Statistics and over 3…
With our second year in the books, we couldn’t be happier with the progress we have made and the relationships we have built. We are…
We’re back again, with an oldie but goodie: do NOT dress like you are going to the gym. Or a bar. Or a nightclub. Or…
When a job has been open for almost a year, and several candidates have pulled themselves from contention, it’s a good time to examine your…
Bear with us while we learn how to build WordPress websites. We really should have recruited someone to do this…
“It’s Not You, It’s Me” is back again, with a real time- wasting head- scratcher. If anyone can help us understand it, we’d love to…
To kick off our “It’s Not You, It’s Me” series on how to avoid chasing good candidates away with your hiring practices, we present this…
We’ll be launching a new series “It’s Not You, It’s Me” to highlight some of the ways that good companies can look bad through broken…