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		<title>Create Great Interview Questions to Hire Quality Retail Employees – Part 2</title>
		<link>http://www.specialtyretailexpert.com/2011/12/19/create-great-interview-questions-to-hire-quality-retail-employees-%e2%80%93-part-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a follow up to a recent post about creating great interview questions during the hiring process, here are some great behavioral questions I encourage you to use for inspiration. I’ve always been a proponent of behavioral interview questions because they allow to get a peek into how a candidate has conducted themselves in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Create Great Interview Questions to Hire Quality Retail Employees &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<link>http://www.specialtyretailexpert.com/2011/12/09/how-to-create-great-interview-questions-to-hire-quality-retail-employees-part-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hiring quality employees is one of our greatest challenges as business owners and managers. Here are some tips to use in the interview process to weed out the losers and choose the winners. Know precisely what you are looking for. When preparing for interviews. make sure you have your job description and skills list with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dress Code: To Have or Not to Have?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wonder if you’ve noticed, as I have, that over recent years employees and businesses have become more comfortable with a dressed down environment. Balancing that trend with the belief that in business the clothes make the man or woman can create conflicts in the workplace, especially when it comes to whether or not to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Identify a Successful Salesperson</title>
		<link>http://www.specialtyretailexpert.com/2011/11/21/how-to-identify-a-successful-salesperson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#039;ve all been there. You meet, interview and then hire the person that you are absolutely sure will be your best salesperson ever. Then they turn out to be awful. So what makes a great salesperson? Are they born or made? I recently read a great article on this subject and thought I’d share my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Hiring Tips: Pitfalls to Avoid When Conducting Employee Background Checks</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:39:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Retail Federation recently released a report that said a whopping 97% of retailers surveyed utilize background screenings during the application, hiring and employment process. Hiring this year’s holiday staff will likely result in a large influx of applicants and conducting background checks is one way to whittle down candidates. Here are a few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Conduct Performance Reviews?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As managers we all know we’re supposed to conduct performance reviews, but often preparing for and conducting them seems no more desirable than filing our taxes. So why do performance reviews at all? Because it&#039;s an ideal time to speak to each staff member one-on-one, further your businesses goals and most importantly, motivate your employees [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employee Contests</title>
		<link>http://www.specialtyretailexpert.com/2011/09/02/employee-contests-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having employee contests is a great way to motivate and invigorate your employees, especially during the slower summer months. Here a few ideas. Use contests to recognize outside-of-work talents your staff may have. For example, Safelite AutoGlass hosts an employee photo contest each year and produces a calendar to be given out to customers from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest Tips for Motivating Employees</title>
		<link>http://www.specialtyretailexpert.com/2011/07/25/latest-tips-for-motivating-employees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:34:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While reading up on employee motivation recently, I ran across some interesting suggestions based on new research. I thought I’d share some of the top tips to help you put a renewed spring in your employees step. Help them see the impact of their job on others Employees will work harder and smarter if they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Customer Trust = Customer Loyalty: Increase Customer Trust and Create Customers for Life</title>
		<link>http://www.specialtyretailexpert.com/2011/07/12/customer-trust-customer-loyalty-increase-customer-trust-and-create-customers-for-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I read an article about a study on customer trust commissioned by Pitney Bowes Business Insight. Not surprisingly, the study reported that fostering customer trust leads to greater loyalty, one of the hallmarks of a successful retail business. So, how do we foster greater trust among our customers? Here are some examples cited in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips for Inspiring your Employees</title>
		<link>http://www.specialtyretailexpert.com/2011/05/13/tips-for-inspiring-your-employees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 17:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>patricia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Employee motivation is a very popular topic on my blog. After all, a highly motivated team is one the key ingredients to phenomenal customer service and subsequently, increased sales. To complement an upcoming free HR webinar we are hosting next week (see speaker and participation details below), I thought I’d offer a few HR tips of my own:  [...]]]></description>
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