Though there are plenty of job opportunities out there, there is no assurance that you can get a certain position to the field or industry that you want to belong to. In every company, there are set of rules and requirements and if you don’t fit or aren’t qualified to those requirements you will not get the…
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Employee experience can seriously impact your bottom line. The Employer Brand Index gives you insight into what talent really thinks about your company.
Each year, LinkedIn release their top 10 overused buzzwords on LinkedIn profiles. In 2012, the most used word was creative as it was in 2011. In 2013, there’s a new winner – responsible. Here are the rest of the results from 2013 – courtesy of LinkedIn themselves: Top 10 overused buzzwords on LinkedIn profiles 2013:…
These days, getting a job can be a challenge, not because you are not qualified, but because there are so many other individuals to compete with. In fact, every applicant’s objective is to stand out first. Once employers pay particular attention to them, that’s when they can dazzle them with their skills. The first step…
One of the most common reasons given for non-acceptance of job offers in modern-day hiring and recruitment is undoubtedly the classic counter offer scenario. A counter offer is whereby a candidate is incentivized to stay with his or her present employer after he or she has announced their intention to take a job with another company. This usually…
LinkedIn is a great website and a necessary tool for getting yourself noticed by candidates and clients. A lot of key people take time to get their profiles updated, including the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies. This shows that LinkedIn is not only used by recruiters but also managers and executives who may be looking…
Winter is coming, but that doesn’t mean your job search has to stop. Too many job seekers take the winter off to make eggnog and cookies, missing out on great job opportunities. Continuing a job search during the winter months can help you beat your competition, snag a seasonal job, or even find the perfect…
We often go into an interview prepared to answer technical questions regarding ourselves and the job that we are applying for. Being prepared is a good thing, but there would always be a question or two that would catch us off guard. One of these questions would be “Why do you want this job?”. A lot of…
You’ve been to interview after interview and still have no job. When your inbox is empty and your phone’s not ringing, it’s easy to feel like the air has been let out of your tires…well, it’s time to get pumped up! As exhausting as the job hunt can be, it’s your job to stay upbeat…
So you’ve been applying for jobs for a few weeks (maybe months) and after a successful interview, you’ve finally been given the all-elusive job offer. It should all the plain sailing from there, right? Except that’s not quite the case for most! In fact, for most people, the job offer is only the start of…