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Culture

How to Work on Constructive Feedback from Your Yearly Review

I like to embrace the new year's fresh start as an opportunity for growth and self-reflection....

Living Your Company Values: Keep Your New Year's Resolution

As we get ready for the New Year, I've been thinking about the past year and what I want to tackle...

5 Tips for Job-Seekers: A Recruiter’s Holiday Gift

Even if you're not currently on the job hunt, now is the perfect moment to enhance your resume and...

5 Wacky Ways We’ve Built Morale at JDM

Building team morale is essential for maintaining a positive and productive work environment. High...

Five Ways We Build Employee Morale at JDM

I recently participated in a conference where one of the sessions focused on eNPS (Employee Net...

The Journey to a Big Honor from Google

A little over six years ago, I was laid off. The job was great, but the startup was struggling. It...

Building an Award-Winning Workplace Culture: Behind the Policies

I’m still in amazement that Jordan Digital Marketing was named a finalist for the 2023 Google...

Setting Employees Up for Success in Q4

Q4 can be a stressful time for many businesses, and marketing agencies feel the heat as much as...

Why You Can’t Leave the Hiring Process Up to Automation

Looking for a job can be rough. There’s so much advice out there on what to include or not include...

3 Fundamentals of Maintaining Work-Life Balance

Work-life balance is always an important topic, but it’s been on everyone’s mind lately. Candidates...

The 10-Step Checklist to Prep for Epic, Truly Unplugged PTO

Unlimited PTO is one of the best corporate benefits out there. With summer approaching, “Are you...

Best Practices for Onboarding a New Client Contact

New client contacts can throw a wrinkle in the daily workflow for agency teams. Whether the old...

7 Ways to Improve DEI in Your Hiring Process

Nearly three years removed from the DEI reckoning of summer 2020, when George Floyd and #BLM were...

5 Powerful Ways HR Drives Company Values

If you last chatted about HR a decade ago, you likely think HR pros are all about compliance,...

Want to Be a Great Employer? Don’t Screw up the Ending

The end of an employee’s lifecycle is not a fun topic. It’s brutal at worst and uncomfortable at...

Top 4 HR KPIs & Metrics to Track

As an HR pro, I know our particular discipline has a lot of associations, not all of them positive....

JDM’s 2022 Highlights: Growth, Fun, and Resilience

It’s always a great exercise to zoom out of daily initiatives and challenges and reflect on the...

For HR, Feedback Is a Gift. Here’s How to Get More of It

As a People Ops leader, I have a few overarching goals: improve employee retention; prevent...

Remote Onboarding Best Practices for Happy New Teammates

Throughout my career, I’ve had some interesting onboarding experiences. I’ve had boxes arrive on my...

3 Best Practices of Great Remote Hiring Processes

Effective hiring processes that attract candidates who will be additive, culturally and...