Marcelle Santos wrote more than 100 articles for the TextExpander blog, mostly on recruiting, along with guides to productivity, knowledge management and clinical documentation.
Advanced remote team communication goes beyond basic video calls and chat. Get three tips for remote teams: use tech such as Zapier to share updates, rely more on video, and make use of Zoom features like polling.
Balancing screen time when working from home starts with knowing where your hours go online. Get practical tactics, from monotasking and focus breaks to no-screen hours, device-free zones, and a full day off screens.
Skills tests for recruitment let hiring teams evaluate what candidates can do, not just what their resumes say. Learn how pre-hire assessments evolved, how modern tests work, and why they can improve quality of hire.
Fresh recruitment ideas can help when job ads sit open for months with few qualified applicants. Try 11 fixes, from reassessing requirements and rewriting job descriptions to revamping your careers page and asking for referrals.
Creative recruiting ideas can attract stronger, more diverse candidates than recycled job posts. Try 11 approaches, including culture-focused social media, recruitment videos, returning employees, and referral rewards.
Onboarding remote employees takes deliberate structure when new hires can't learn by sitting beside the team. Build a solid training process, clear documentation, a new-hire journey, collaboration tools, and peer coaching.
Remote employee engagement depends on the right tools for communication, collaboration, and time tracking. Compare popular options like Slack, Zoom, Trello, Asana, Google Docs, Toggl, and Harvest for distributed teams.
Collaborating across time zones takes planning, clear communication, and empathy. Get practical strategies for distributed teams that rarely share working hours, so projects keep moving without constant meetings.
Psychological safety helps remote teams speak up, ask questions, and take smart risks. Get five practical ways to make failure safe, give everyone a voice, and address problems openly across a distributed team.