by Stacy Pursell, CPC, CERS The VET Recruiter® The new year is here! In fact, we’re already more than a week into it. However, we’re not here to talk about New Year’s resolutions. Such things come and go and they do so, as you guessed it, on a yearly basis. Today...
by Stacy Pursell, CPC, CERS The VET Recruiter® If there’s one thing that every Animal Health and Veterinary employer wants to do in 2019, it’s to have a dynamic workforce. At the very least, they want to have a more dynamic and impactful workforce this year than in...
by Stacy Pursell, CPC, CERS The VET Recruiter® While the national unemployment rate is the lowest that it’s been since 1969 and it’s a candidates ‘job market right now, ageism still exists in the employment marketplace. In fact, tech giant IBM was sued earlier this...
by Stacy Pursell, CPC, CERS The VET Recruiter® As an Animal Health employer or Veterinary employer, you want to experience more hiring success in 2019 than you did in 2018. That only makes sense. However, there are challenges aplenty that exist in the current...
by Stacy Pursell, CPC, CERS The VET Recruiter® Excitement during a job search is great. Being proactive during that same job search is even better. However, there is such a thing as being too excited and perhaps just a bit too eager. The result can have negative...
by Stacy Pursell, CPC, CERS The VET Recruiter® Hiring top talent in this current job market is tough enough. The last thing you want to do is drive away good candidates because of your job application process. Unfortunately, though, that’s exactly what is happening...
by Stacy Pursell, CPC, CERS The VET Recruiter® I have spoken with numerous Animal Health industry and Veterinary professionals during the course of my career. I’ve spoken with them about employment opportunities, I’ve spoken with them about their careers, and about...
by Stacy Pursell, CPC, CERS The VET Recruiter® I’ve mentioned before about how costly it is when an employer leaves a position open for too long. In fact, there have been numerous studies conducted and articles and reports written about the topic. However, the...
by Stacy Pursell, CPC, CERS The VET Recruiter® Every Animal Health and Veterinary employer looking to hire wants a candidate that has the right skills and experience. And when I say skills, I’m talking primarily about hard (or technical) skills. However, hard skills...
by Stacy Pursell, CPC, CERS The VET Recruiter® I’ve noticed a new trend with some job seekers and candidates in the Animal Health industry and Veterinary profession. That trend is as follows: when a job seeker or candidate accepts an offer of employment, they ask the...
by Stacy Pursell, CPC, CERS The VET Recruiter® If you’re like most people in the Animal Health industry or Veterinary profession, then you’re looking to gain an edge in your job and in your career. It could be that you’re looking to gain control of your career. You...
by Stacy Pursell, CPC, CERS The VET Recruiter® Make no mistake about it: there is a competition happening right now. That competition is between Animal Health and Veterinary employers that are looking to hire the best candidates in the employment marketplace. What...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® You’ve probably heard the phrase “All in” before, as in someone saying that they’re “all in” regarding a situation. Well, this phrase is also applicable to hiring top candidates in today’s employment marketplace, including within...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® I’m going to present a series of facts in a logical order, all for an intended purpose. All of these facts are pretty much indisputable. Here we go: We are in a candidates’ market, with plenty of opportunities for job seekers and...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® The title of this article poses an important question. However, as important as it is, I would be willing to bet that not many professionals in the Animal Health industry or Veterinary profession ask it. But they should be asking...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® Employers in the Animal Health industry and Veterinary profession face plenty of challenges. They face all of the challenges that every employer faces, and then they face the challenges that are unique to the profession in which...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® There are all sorts of crazy things that happen in a candidates’ job market like this one. I can attest to this, of course, from personal experience. Unfortunately, job market conditions such as these cause job seekers and...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® I’ve written before about the dangers of a candidate attempting to circumvent the recruiter and speak with the hiring manager directly after the recruiter has made the candidate aware of the employment opportunity. Unfortunately,...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® I probably don’t have to tell you that times are good in the U.S. economy. Or that times are also good in the Animal Health Industry and Veterinary Profession. However, it’s one thing to know about a good situation. But it’s...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® The process of finding and hiring candidates has changed quite a bit over the past few decades. After all, the Internet has not always existed. And it’s not just the Internet, either. Perhaps you’re old enough to remember fax...
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