Fifteen years ago, Swift HR Solutions was born (a month after Facebook). As with many who start a business, Shannon Swift might have been considered irrationally optimistic. Looking back, she had…
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Swift HR Solutions is on Inc 5000 Fastest Growing Companies List
By Swift HR Solutions Team | Awards, Success Story, News | No CommentsWe are thrilled to announce that SwiftHR Solutions has been named to this year's Inc. 5000 list, the 37th annual ranking of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. from Inc. magazine. …
A Taxonomy of Troublemakers for Those Navigating Difficult Colleagues
By Swift HR Solutions Team | Leadership | No CommentsUniversity of Pennsylvania Clinical Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Jody Foster has seen her career in behavioral health and her Wharton MBA converge in unexpected ways. Once she consulted with a company…
Wanted: Cybersecurity professionals to protect data
By Swift HR Solutions Team | Consulting | No Comments"HR professionals like Lorraine Gauvin, a managing partner with Swift HR Solutions, says she has her work cut out for her when it comes to finding and placing cybersecurity talent. Swift has worked…
Tech's Damaging Myth of the Loner Genius Nerd
By Swift HR Solutions Team | Recruiting, Technology, Venture Capital | No CommentsThe Google engineer who wasfiredlast week overhis memowrote that most women were biologically unsuited to working in tech because they were more focused on "feelings and aesthetics than ideas"…
The Law of Startups Podcast: Joe Wallin and Michael Schneider Chat with Shannon Swift
By Swift HR Solutions Team | Consulting, Human Resources, Interview, Startups | No CommentsHear Shannon Swift, Founder and CEO of Swift HR Solutions talk about human resources for startups on the Law of Startups' podcast.
Five Top Benefits of Gratitude in Business
By Swift HR Solutions Team | Leadership, Best Practices | No CommentsGratitude Challenges are popular year-round, and especially during the month of November, when we celebrate our national Thanksgiving holiday. It can be tempting to gloss over or ignore the…
4 Common Mistakes Companies Make in Leadership Development
By Swift HR Solutions Team | Leadership | No CommentsLeadership is the biggest talent issue today, according to a survey from Deloitte. The survey revealed that only 13 percent of companies do an excellent job of developing leaders at all levels.…
San Francisco isn't the toughest place to hire tech pros these days. The talent crunch is worse in New York City than in the renowned West Coast tech stronghold, according to IT staffing specialist…
37 Signals Earns Millions Each Year. Its CEO's Model? His Cleaning Lady
By Swift HR Solutions Team | Best Practices | No CommentsDon't build a fast company, Jason Fried tells Fast Company. Build a slow one. Jason Fried is a founder and CEO of 37signals, a software company based in Chicago. Fried also treats 37signals as…