by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Last week, I suggested that you start looking at your office as a “business community” where agents go to get their professional needs…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting If you’re a hiring manager, try thinking of your real estate office as a business community or micro trade group. From this perspective,…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Many of you are fighting the real estate recruiting battle every day. Faced with our own challenges, we tend to think we have…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting As a hiring manager, part of your job is to help people make the best career decisions.To be effective in this role, try…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Recruiting is hard work.If you’re going to make the effort, it only makes sense to focus your energy on recruiting prospects who will…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Seth Godin recently surmised there are two types of businesses. Those that make money by being a destination and those who make money…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting When stuck in a work routine, many people operate from a dark place. It becomes difficult for them to recognize the reality of…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting Yesterday, we learned that unhappiness at work is a power catalyst for job change. This is true for employees working in traditional jobs…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting For years, researchers have attempted to quantify what makes people happy in their jobs. While it’s obvious this information would be helpful from…

by Ben Hess, Managing Director, ThirdPool Recruiting I recently had the opportunity to hear Jad Abumrad speak on the ingredients of successful storytelling.Jad is the co-host of a popular NPR…