While there are signs that the economy is improving and that employees are more open to making a change, there is still one fact that remains undisputable: A passive approach to hiring will not allow you to attract—nor hire—the best and brightest candidates available...
Today’s job market is one of the most competitive in recent memory. Job seekers (including passive ones) find themselves fighting to stand out from many other equally skilled and talented individuals. Consequently, everybody is looking for that certain edge, one...
In our February blog post, we discussed how social media cannot, in fact, replace search firms in companies’ quest to find the best candidates for their open positions. Why is that? Because identifying, recruiting, and hiring the people you need to help take your...
A face-to-face interview can be very exciting, since candidates are one step closer to perhaps landing the job of their dreams and taking the next step in their career trajectory. Sometimes, though, they lose track of their behavior in all that excitement. On the one...
Technology is always changing and advancing. That’s one thing that’s constant, and it’s constant in all areas of life, including the world of recruiting and hiring. In recent years, that ever-changing technology has given birth to social media. Three of the biggest...
A face-to-face interview can be daunting for anybody, no matter how many interviews they’ve been through or how much success they’ve enjoyed during their career. In fact, interviews can be downright stressful, and not being able to handle that stress can prove...
What gives you a better chance of hiring the type of superstar candidates you want to hire in this market? The “personal touch,” that’s what. Who says so? The superstars themselves. TEKsystems, a leading provider of IT staffing solutions, recently...
Every candidate involved in the hiring process appreciates feedback during each stage of the process. Feedback lets the candidate know exactly what is going on and where they stand. After all, communication is a cornerstone of any successful endeavor that involves...
The title of this blog post is a fair question to ask—and this is why: According to a recent poll of over 1,000 employees in North America by Right Management, the talent and career management expert within the Manpower Group, workers feel trapped in their jobs and...
Companies have trimmed back in a lot of areas during the past few years, but there’s one area in which no company can afford to cut—knowledge and expertise. Unfortunately, many companies have suffered such losses and are struggling to recover in the face of nearly...
The new year is here! You know what that means, don’t you? That’s right . . . New Year’s Resolutions. For some of you, making (and either breaking or keeping) New Year’s Resolutions might be an annual event. Others might not even give New Year’s Resolutions a...
Everybody wants to hire a superstar to join their team. Nobody wants to hire a “job hopper,” so to speak, but everybody wants a superstar to “hop” from another company to theirs. That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to why companies should NOT...
So you have an opening for a new position. You’re posting that job opening on your company’s website and also on LinkedIn. That means you should have a horde of superstar candidates from which to choose in no time, right? Well . . . maybe not. While it’s true that...
Thirty years ago, an English punk rock band by the name of The Clash released what became a hit song. The title of the song was, “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” A sampling of that song’s lyrics is below: Should I stay or should I go now? If I go, there will be...
There is a troubling phenomenon occurring in the marketplace right now, specifically related to companies and their attitudes toward the recruiting and hiring process. That phenomenon can be explained as follows: Companies (naturally) only want to hire the best and...
The end of the year is quickly approaching, and 2012 will be here before you know it. This is an excellent time to take stock of where you are right now, specifically in terms of your current employment situation. A new year could mean a new beginning and a fresh...
Everybody wants to hire a superstar to join their team. Nobody wants to hire a “job hopper,” so to speak, but everybody wants a superstar to “hop” from another company to theirs. That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to why companies should NOT...
If you’re a hiring manager or authority, you may have wondered at one time or another, why you should work with a recruiter in an effort to help fill important positions. In fact, you might have asked yourself, “What value does a recruiter bring to the hiring...
What have you done to protect your company? Have you hired the best lawyers you could find to handle your legal affairs? Have you hired the best accountants you could find to handle your financial affairs? You certainly have. So you’ve protected yourself both legally...
The first step in planning your reference checking is knowing who to call and choosing who to call. If possible, you want to speak with the most unbiased people possible about the candidate. Yes, the candidate submitted them as a reference because they believe the...
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