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  • 2021 Holiday Humor from KSB Consulting

    Thank you for your support throughout the year.  Have a safe and happy holiday season!

  • Finding Employees with Mental Strength

    We all want to hire employees with mental toughness and grit.  But what does true mental strength look like?  The attached article provides a great description of mental strength including the abilities to delay gratification, to keep fighting when you feel defeated, to make tough calls, to keep emotions in check, and to maintain your…

  • Top 10 LinkedIn Tips for Banking Professionals

    As a recruiter for mid-senior level positions in the financial services industry, I spend a fair amount of time researching candidates and referral sources on LinkedIn. It is amazing to me how many banking professionals have out-of-date, inaccurate, or otherwise unprofessional LinkedIn profiles. Granted, there has been a great deal of consolidation in banking over…

  • Holiday Humor from KSB Consulting – 2017

    Thank you for your support throughout the year.  Have a safe and happy holiday season!

  • Time to clean up and speed up your recruitment process?

    The article below has some good advice.   Perhaps now is the time to step back and evaluate how effectively you are responding to top talent (or are you missing some altogether?). Many very good HR people I know are overwhelmed to the point where it is very difficult for them (and their companies) to be…

  • How To Negotiate The Salary You Deserve

    The article below encourages candidates to understand and communicate their value to a prospective employer.  This is something I frequently discuss with candidates, and an important “lens” to use from the first meeting to the final negotiation.  Understanding the value that you offer a prospective employer cannot only give you more confidence in compensation negotiations,…

  • Holiday Humor from KSB Consulting – 2016

    Thank you for your support throughout the year.  Have a safe and happy holiday season.

  • Recruiting and Enticing High Performing Teams

    See below a great article from Laura Hay at Pearl Meyer about recruiting and enticing teams.  We are seeing banks get more aggressive and creative to get top talent in key expansion markets.  I encourage my clients to understand WHAT is being offered in the market, and then be creative within their own boundaries to attract…

  • Attracting and Retaining Commercial Bankers

    The article below highlights the challenges that many of my clients are having attracting and retaining top commercial banking talent as they work hard to profitably grow the bank.  I thought it was worth sharing. Thursday, May 12, 2016 12:54 PM ET Commercial lending talent in short supply By Kevin DobbsKevin Dobbs is a senior reporter…

  • Characteristics of High Emotional Intelligence

    At KSB Consulting, we pay attention to Emotional Intelligence as a part of how we evaluate candidates in our recruiting process.  Our sister company, Ascend Profiles, uses personality profiling to assess each candidate’s Emotional Intelligence.  The article below provides 10 bullet points that highlight characteristics of people with high emotional intelligence. The article is highly…