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Employees are the backbone of any organization. Hiring right talent is the key to grow and expand your business. But often companies find it hard to lure talented candidates due to poor brand image, unattractive employee value proposition (EVP), lack of magnetic leadership etc. Here are few tips that may help companies to attract best talents.

Toodledo is a task list tool which helps you organize all your projects and tasks. Since it's online, it's accessible anywhere you need it, including on your iPhone. There is a free version as well as a paid version, which the main difference is sub-tasks and the length of time your completed tasks are stored. Be sure to check out the comparison chart to see how Toodledo compares to the competition. One great way I've used Toodledo is integrated to an iPhone app called Appigo Todo. It helps you manage all your tasks in a way that follows the Getting Things Done (GTD) methodology. The products work well together and really help with tracking your tasks as well as seeing accomplishments.

Evernote is a fantastic tool for clipping the Internet you like and finding it again in the future. It has free client software for Mac, PC, iPhone, and smartphones. Just clip anything you see on the web and add it to Evernote. Not only are you only saving the parts of the web page that interest you, there's always a link back to the source page so you can get back there if you want to later. Then you can organize your clipped content and find any keyword contained in it, including text that Evernote can read in pictures. For more information, be sure to watch the YouTube video on how Evernote works.

Hiring the right employee is the key to business success. Organizations spend huge amount of time in looking, connecting and bringing on-board the right kind of talent. Losing and replacing an existing employee may cost companies both time and money. It is better that you identify these few early warning signs of an employee planning to quit.

As it turns out, MS Office has an online template for tracking your job search. It works in Excel 2007. Check it out and tweak it to meet your needs.