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One day after a trying day at work, I contemplated my role in recruiting, my accomplishments and my coworkers, and I asked myself…why are we all wired so differently? What is the common thread that we share? After all, we come from an environment of superstars! I know it’s not drive or lack of it…
Do you use mobile in your recruitment strategy? HireRabbit thinks its important – here’s why… Takeaways: 87% of the world’s population has a mobile subscription. Ensure that your site is mobile friendly! Mobile sites can create an edge over other recruiting companies.
The most satisfying scene in The Apprentice occurs when Lord Sugar looks at Dave, the cocky 22 year-old with a 2:2 in Social Marketing from Thames Valley University (who performed very poorly in this week’s sausage-making contest), and tells him, “you’re fired!”. It is the absolute expression of power: telling the unlucky Dave that he…
As a recruiter, I speak so often to candidates about the importance of being clear about their personal brand statement. It is critical to know your strengths, the sweet spot of your skillset, and how to explain your background to a potential employer. Without this clarity, you may be overlooked in the screening process. I…
In my last blog post, I wrote about the unfair advantages good-looking people experience in the workplace, and a new website looking to capitalize on them. There is plenty of data to support the fact that positive work attributes are more likely to be credited to the genetically gifted. However, an interesting counterpoint was recently…
Paranoid? Who, me?!! Who said that?!! During a recent dialogue with a fellow recruiter (whom I am representing for a new role) who was awaiting feedback from a client, the call from the decision maker didn’t come instantly and as the minutes and hours ticked by, the candidate started texting me from work saying “Is…
Have you taken any calls recently from software providers? Calls where you’re promised the world if only you would switch from your existing software provider? The chances are that you’ve taken a few of these, and that’s a conservative estimate. For those of you who haven’t, it begs the question: What exactly is cloud-based recruitment…
What is a recruiting tragic? A recruiting tragic is a person who just can’t help bringing most things in life back to… recruiting. I admit to being guilty. I know others in the sad club. We don’t want to be like this. We are not proud of the affliction. It’s just in our DNA. Think you may have the ‘curse’? How many…
If your LinkedIn profile is written in the 3rd person, stop reading this blog and go change that description of yourself right now. I am dead serious. Nothing annoys me more than inflated egos (most employers think this way), and one simple technique for identifying inflated egos is the reference to the self in the…
