When Recruiters Have no Clue Finding the right recruiter can be a job in itself. A technical manager I know posted a scathing review on LinkedIn about a competing agency. Apparently, he gets numerous bot emails about how they have the perfect job for him, identifying a specific position they have in mind. Apparently, they [...]
Recruiting Agencies and HR Partners Friedrich Nietzsche, the pre-eminent Scholar, Philosopher and prolific producer of useful quotes shared “There are no facts, only interpretations.” Armed with this idea I reached out to a large pool of Human Resources professionals to explore their views on recruitment and additionally their relationships with agencies. The same poll shared [...]
Find the Right Recruiter for your Job Search Have you ever seen the videos where celebrities interview each other by answering the questions people Google about them most frequently? It’s hilarious. It got us thinking, what do people google about recruiters? So we did a bit of research and you’d be surprised by the variety [...]
Partnering with the Right Recruiter Are you looking to partner with a staffing agency to help fill your open positions, but not sure which one is the right choice for your company? There are hundreds if not thousands of companies and contractors to choose from including large national corporations that find anything from artificial intelligence [...]
Job Recruiting through Social Media What is Social Recruiting? Should your company utilize social media in your staffing strategies? Short answer = it depends on the hire. First, let’s define Social Recruiting. Since it is a relatively new term for many. According to Wikipedia Social Recruiting is: recruiting candidates by using social platforms as talent [...]
Balancing your Job Search with your Job Finding the right position takes time, and time is valuable! Time moves fast, and trying to get it all can feel daunting. Between maintaining productivity at your current position and balancing time for the family, allowing yourself adequate time to find the right position tends to take a [...]
Recruiting is Not Just Paper Pushing Recruiting the Recruiter: In 2006, I signed what appeared to be my life, away for the next 4 years. I swore into the United States Army and vowed to become the best soldier I can be. Why? Because I was young, and all four of my brothers went into [...]
Millennials in the Workforce Part One - Hiring I’m 57. A Boomer. I not supposed to enjoy or embrace hiring Millennials. We have all read the large volume of blogs, articles, and treatises on why Millennials are not satisfactory employees: Lazy, disloyal, lax work ethic, entitled, self-assured. With close to 40% of the current workforce [...]
Connecting with the New Generation A Primer It's a challenging time to be in the recruiting game. It has become nearly impossible to connect with top-tier candidates. People no longer answer their phones and will rarely take the time to listen to a voicemail from an unknown number. It's easy to ignore unsolicited emails and [...]
Employers Separating Themselves from the Pack in Recruiting The Employer – Managing Your Reputation. In Part 1 of our “Primer” we laid out that the various parties involved in the hiring process (Job-Seeker; Hiring Manager; Human Resources/Legal; Senior Management; Friends and Family) are part of a communal process and that each has responsibilities to ensure that [...]
