by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® There are a number of reasons why the face-to-face interview is one of the most important parts of the hiring process. In fact, it could be argued that it is the most important part of the process. While that point is debatable,...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® I’ve written a lot about money lately, specifically salary negotiations between Animal Health and Veterinary Employers and candidates. That’s because in this tight market, salary negotiations have become quite important. However,...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® I write quite a bit about the topics of both compensation and negotiation. That’s because not only are they two of the most important topics for job seekers and candidates, but they’re also two of the most popular topics among job...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® If you’re an employer in the Animal Health Industry or Veterinary Profession, you are probably of the opinion that the marketplace is tight when it comes to talent right now. In fact, you probably think this is especially the case...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® People have different personalities. That’s a fact. Not everyone is a type-A personality. That kind of person is pretty much moving all the time. They typically have a lot of energy, but they’re sometimes high-strung. On the other...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® From all indications, more candidates than ever are being dishonest and/or misleading during the hiring process. This includes, but is not limited to, lying on their resume. Just how bad is it? HireRight issued a report last year...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter ® I’ve been teaching the same message to employers for the last several years: just because you have a job opening doesn’t mean that qualified candidates are going to come running. In some cases, they don’t even come walking. In...
by Stacy Pursell, The VET Recruiter® As an experienced Animal Health Recruiter and Veterinary Recruiter for more than 20 years, I’ve seen a lot of resumes. Thousands upon thousands of resumes. As a result, I’ve seen just about everything when it comes to resumes. I...
Stacy Pursell The VET Recruiter ® There’s no doubt that a job interview is extremely important in terms of a person’s job search, and subsequently, the future of their career. That’s why we’ve devoted so many of our newsletter articles and blog posts to this topic....
Stacy Pursell The VET Recruiter ® The Animal Health industry and Veterinary profession are very tight right now in terms of the employment marketplace. What does that mean, exactly? It means that high-quality candidates are difficult to find, and that’s especially the...
Stacy Pursell The VET Recruiter ® If someone were to ask you, “What’s the #1 key to hiring top talent in this current market?” you probably would have a litany of answers ready for them. “An attractive salary and benefits package.” “A great company culture.” “A great...
Stacy Pursell The VET Recruiter ® We’ve discussed the topics of money and salary negotiation before, and we’ll be doing so again. There are a couple of reasons for this. First, negotiating money correctly is very important for candidates who want to maximize the job...
Stacy Pursell The VET Recruiter ® There is no doubt that LinkedIn is one of the biggest and most popular social media platforms. In fact, as of the beginning of this year, 530 million people use LinkedIn in 200 countries around the world. But do YOU use LinkedIn? I...
Stacy Pursell The VET Recruiter ® Not hiring the best candidates in the marketplace hurts your organization. There are no two ways about it. However, there’s something that is almost as costly as not hiring the best candidates. That’s hiring the best candidates and...
Stacy Pursell The VET Recruiter ® Professionals in the Animal Health industry and Veterinary profession occasionally make mistakes in the employment marketplace. I know this because I’ve witnessed some of these mistakes. In some cases, I’ve been an unwilling...
Stacy Pursell The VET Recruiter ® Even if you’re a casual sports fan (and I suspect that some of you are more than casual fans), you know the truth of the above headline. It doesn’t matter if your sport of choice is football . . . or basketball . . . or soccer . . ....
Stacy Pursell The VET Recruiter ® I reach out to candidates on a daily basis about career opportunities. Sometimes these candidates are active job seekers, and sometimes they’re passive candidates. If they’re an active job seeker, there’s a good chance that they’ll...
Stacy Pursell The VET Recruiter ® Perhaps at no other time in the history of the United States have core values been so important to the hiring success of organizations. There are many reasons for this, but perhaps the biggest one is the emergence of the Millennial...
Stacy Pursell The VET Recruiter ® I’ve written before about the fact that the margin of error in the current marketplace is small for Animal Health and Veterinary employers. (See “Why Hiring Mistakes Are Magnified Under Current Market Conditions.”) Since I wrote that...
Stacy Pursell The VET Recruiter When I started in the recruiting profession, there was no LinkedIn. In fact, email was relatively new. Believe it or not, people still used fax machines. (If you don’t know what those are, Google it.) One of the ways people used fax...
"*" indicates required fields