Finding the best candidates means exploring all potential channels, and from there deciding which professionals are perfect for your vacancy. If you stick to just one outlet for posting a new vacancy, potential star candidates might miss your job listing. Just as job seekers must use every viable method to discover the right vacancies, recruiters must consider all job posting opportunities. Here are the…
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Throughout the course of our daily lives we are negotiating with everyone around us. Whether you relish the art of negotiating or dread the thought of it, there are ways to make the process and outcome a positive one in a professional setting. Here are 10 tips that can help you succeed in your next…
Critical thinkers are a dying breed and logic is becoming a lost art. Ironically, we have more access to information than any generation. Whether it be at the gym, office or on the couch, we can readily access information, however we question the validity of what we read and hear less and less. If I…
Every website out there should have either Google Analytics or at least some way of measuring hits, time spent on your site, what people clicked on and for how long, where the surfer was located… (a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…) But did you know that Google can tell you some…
As a recruiter used to interviewing lots of candidates every day, you probably realize by now that some interviews go wrong purely because candidates are nervous and this makes you lose some really great hires in the process. It’s in your best interest to create a comfortable and welcoming atmosphere during the interview. This way…
LinkedIn recently released a report on the US staffing trends of the last four years, which has pin-pointed three key trends to incorporate into your business strategy for 2015. The report was based on LinkedIn’s fourth annual survey, which covered 11 countries, 1,994 staffing leaders and 300 million members; drawing conclusions about the recruitment industry in the US.…
Most career sites cater to the low-hanging fruit: candidates who were going to apply already. They hope branded searches, job boards and ads are enough to draw in plenty of candidates and engage them, but we know they won’t. Our friends from meshworking.com have looked at more ways to connect with candidates in this handy infographic.…
Today, recruiters are taking to social media profiles to check out their candidates potential before offering them the job. For those fresh out of university or just those who have just not been keeping track of their activity, cleaning up your social profiles is a definitely a priority. If you want to make a good impression…
Albert Einstein once said that “If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.” This advice also feeds constructively into the recruitment industry, with fairy tales holding a surprising number of lessons to help recruiters win their happy endings.…