Did you know that 43% of employers use social media to learn more about potential candidates? If you are looking for a job, consider spending some time to polish up your digital presence regardless of how great your resume is. It’s not that you need to change everything about who you are, but chances are [...]
Considering it takes almost $4,000 and 52 days to fill a position, it is safe to say that hiring new employees is an expensive and time-consuming endeavor. And the costs obviously increase exponentially if you end up making a bad hire. This is why so many companies are looking to professional staffing agencies as a [...]
Imagine working at a place which gives you the freedom to choose your own hours; a place where you can find the time to travel or take care of your elderly parents or children. More and more people are citing flexibility as a key workplace attribute – a trend that seems to continue growing thanks [...]
Sign-on or signing bonuses are a lump-sum of money offered to a potential employee to entice them to “sign-on” with the employer’s company. Employers do this in the hope that it will act as an incentive for the candidate to accept the job offer. Seventy-six percent of employers like to use signing bonuses to attract [...]
Diversity may not seem like an important issue at the workplace – until things go wrong. Take Uber for example, after numerous female employees claimed that they were being harassed on the basis of gender and HR was ignoring their complaints, many top executives had to step down, including Jeff Jones, Uber’s president. This is [...]
Ever since its launch in 2003, LinkedIn has become recruiters’ first choice to find qualified candidates across the world. If you also want to be “found” by one of these headhunters, you need to understand how exactly they use LinkedIn to look for the contenders, so you can position yourself accordingly. How Recruiters Use LinkedIn [...]
Do you think you need a four-year degree to get your dream job at one of the top companies like Google, IBM, Apple, or Hilton? Think again! Many top employers have already started expanding their hiring pools to applicants that lack a college degree but make up for it in relevant experience and skills. Companies [...]
December 20, 2019 On behalf of everyone at Kane Partners, I wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! During this season of love and joy, our thoughts turn gratefully to our outstanding clients and partners. We could not have made it to where we have in 2019 without your wonderful support [...]
For many people, working as a food production supervisor may not be the most glamorous job in the world. But – bear with this analogy for a second – the role of production supervisor in the food industry is akin to the role of sugar in cakes. It adds to the flavor, gives a soft [...]
Becoming an engineer is one of the most rewarding career choices you can make in today’s times. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, more than 140,000 new positions will be added across industries within the next 5 years, with an average yearly salary of over $91,000. 2019 saw a period of strong growth [...]
