The Tired Task of Interviewing Are you tired of interviewing? Yes? Well, interviews are a well-rehearsed stage show. Candidates and Recruiters alike are fully aware of this. Candidates prepare themselves, research the company, even collecting real interview questions from sites like Glassdoor. Armed with data, dressed up nice, prepared with a list of questions they [...]
Staying Relevant in your Job Recruiting Need Something…There’s An App For That Yes, there is an app for almost everything… from Facebook, to banking, to health monitors, and games. Just about anything you need can be found in a quick search in the app store and with multiple options to choose from. So what does [...]
Asking the Right Questions during the Interview Of the millions of questions ever asked in an interview, virtually every one boils down to these three questions: Can you do the job? Simple and obvious right? Well not necessarily. Companies have different hiring philosophies. Some want a person who has virtually done the exact job in [...]
Toys Aren't Just for Kids Philly toy manufacturers have been around for a while. Today we are happy to celebrate the 100th birthday of the Toy Industry Association. Over the past 30+ years our partners have placed hundreds of talented individuals for engineering and manufacturing, and yes even in the toy industry. It’s pretty neat [...]
The Hard Lessons in Recruiting The life of recruiting: I still remember my first placement – a day-shift Computer Operator at a large Insurance Company – He worked the graveyard at a major Telecommunications Company for $25,000 a year and told me he was quitting his night job and taking mine to a) get out [...]
Defining your Company Culture Company culture is a popular buzz word in today’s business world; but what is it? The dictionary definitions of the two separate words are listed below: Company: a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people Culture: the behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group So what [...]
Four Key Elements to Changing Jobs The process of changing jobs is complex, with many variables. Among the most common of the important factors that should inform one’s thinking are job content and challenge, opportunity (or ramp - future potential), culture, location, benefits and of course, compensation. A common sense approach to properly valuing each [...]
On the Rise Most commonly referred to as the City of Brotherly Love Philadelphia is the city that signed the Declaration of Independence, the home of Rocky Balboa, and ranked the 5th largest city in the United States. Despite Philly’s impressive history in recent years it has been somewhat glanced over or forgotten, known for [...]
Recruiting Agencies Filling a Critical Role According to the American Staffing Association’s website there are at least 20,000 staffing agencies currently operating in the United States, with 39,000 offices country wide, and which contribute more than $136 billion dollars to the U.S. Economy every year. That is a stunning dollar amount and an impressive number [...]
Coping with Evolving Technology In the increasingly competitive job market, with off shoring, layoffs, downsizing, right sizing and job eliminations the new normal, what is the best path to insuring your ability to work in a high paying role? Great, question…glad you asked! There is a current of perception which informs us that the company [...]
