Melissa McGuire to Retire as Sherpa Enters 2025 Under the Continued Leadership of Lisa Hildreth and Keith Neus 

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Melissa McGuire, Sherpa’s Co-Founder and Managing Director since 2001, has announced her retirement at the end of 2024. Current Managing Directors Lisa Hildreth and Keith Neus will be responsible for company leadership beginning January 2025.   “As I step away from Sherpa, I leave the company in the excellent hands of two industry veterans,” said…

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The Frighteningly True Reasons Driving Attrition and Rejected Offers

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As an employer, are you bedeviled with employee attrition or job offer rejection?  If you’re a hiring manager or company leader, this statistic should scare you: Right now, the labor force participation rate is 62.7% according the US Chamber of Commerce.  That number is down from 62.7% in February 2020 and 67.2% from January 2001. …

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Showcase Your Work Ethic and Problem-Solving Skills to Stand Out

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In today’s competitive hiring landscape, standing out as a job candidate requires more than just technical proficiency. In a recent LinkedIn poll conducted by Sherpa, 37% of hiring managers said that “work ethic” is the number one “soft skill” they look for in a new hire, while 29% highlighted “problem-solving” as the most important intangible.…

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