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Keys to Recruiting Top Talent in the Mortgage Industry

Volume may be down, but it’s highly anticipated that the Fed will drop rates again in December. Hopefully this will cement current pricing and have a positive impact on rates going forward. With that in mind, beefing up your sales and operations staff may be

What’s Your Reason for Relocating?

Not so very long ago, most of our clients required their Executives to be sitting at corporate.  They offered relocation packages in addition to the standard comp, ranging from simply the movement of household goods to more substantial packages including house hunting trips, closing costs,

Now Is the Time…

According to a recent article published in LinkedIn, hiring by U.S. companies unexpectedly spiked in October, even amid two hurricanes and a massive Boeing strike. Private payrolls jumped by 233,000 last month, according to processor ADP, the most since July 2023. Labor demand appeared to

Clawbacks and Non Solicits.  Thoughts?

When did clawbacks become “a thing”?  As far as I can remember, there have always been strings attached to signing bonuses but now lenders are applying similar rules to income guarantees, sometimes with terms as long as three years.  Obviously, the intent is to discourage

Where’s The Beef???

We are all familiar with catch phrases or buzz words that stick.  “Where’s the Beef?” was one of the fast food industry’s most successful marketing campaigns of all times, created for Wendy’s but used by the general population for years afterwards to describe any situation

Is Your Company Prepared for these New Claims?

During this year’s Summer Olympics I was reminded of the comments about Simone Biles withdrawing from the 2020 Summer Olympics due to “the twisties”. Many people supported and applauded her decision to end her Olympic competition, and the subsequent time off from training and competing.

How do you Manage Toxic Employees?

We have all encountered this, the co-worker that does nothing but complain and badmouth the company.  A lot of us have also encountered leaders that have a negative energy about their role, company, and so on.  It makes your work day rough, brings everyone down,

Is the Regional Manager Role Becoming Unnecessary?

There’s been some buzz lately about whether the Regional Manager role is necessary or if this position should be cut as a cost savings measure.  The National Mortgage News recently ran an article on this subject and there’s also been some debate about it on

“Why Didn’t He Just Call Me Directly?”

I submitted a Candidate to a client the other day.  Apparently, it was a Candidate that the client had a decent relationship with, and they had each other’s contact information.  The client was surprised when I revealed the Candidate’s name, saying, “I know him! Why