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Talent Acquisition

How Tech is Improving the Candidate Experience

This article is sponsored by Talentsquare, a free, simple and easy recruiting software. Finding a job has become more competitive than ever and therefore it is essential that recruiters make use of all options available to make a job search for candidates as easy as possible. One aspect that has helped the applying to jobs experience is technology. Applicant…

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Workplace

Don’t Be the Fruitcake of the Interview this Holiday Season

The holidays are a fantastic time to revitalize your career search. As the year comes to a close, businesses are evaluating what their needs are, and with a surplus of charitable events and parties being hosted prospective applicants have new opportunities to network with their dream employers. When attending these festive functions and getting to…

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How to Negotiate Your Salary in 10 Simple Steps [VIDEO]

Many factors influence your job satisfaction but it’s safe to say that salary is one of the key components. Your salary level has deep ramifications on your everyday life, and surely, most of you wouldn’t refuse a little raise. We all know that asking for a higher salary is something delicate to ask but you…

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Employer Branding

What Horrible Bosses Can Teach HR

We’ve all had at least one. Just the utterance of the words “bad boss” immediately evokes a potent image of that abrasive, passive aggressive, short-tempered, credit-stealer who everyday made you question why you were still working for them. It is perhaps this – the universal experience of this particular breed of workplace villain – that…

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Workplace

How Understanding Your Industry Advances Your Career

The moment you choose to strike out on your own as an independent contractor, it is all up to you to stay afloat and thrive in your industry. There is no-one above to make the big business decisions or to hand down a detailed growth strategy to you; there is no one to market your…

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Employer Branding

How Fortune 500 CEOs Use Social Media [STUDY]

Oh yes, it’s that time of year again. Our friends at CEO.com searched for the social profiles of every single CEO on the FORTUNE 500 list on five popular social networks to determine which CEOs are lighting up social media – and which CEOs are still in the dark. Here’s a peek at what they…

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Talent Acquisition

Sales Recruiting Cold Call: What Are You Getting Out Of It?

To say there is a love hate relationship with cold calling would be an understatement. In any sales career cold calling is the lifeline of your success. You’re job as a salesperson is to get the person on the other end of the phone to say yes so you can complete the sale. In agency…

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How to Use Social Media to Seek New Opportunities

If you are looking for a new opportunity, or even if you just want to surf around the web for attractive job opportunities, I recommend that you begin with social media channels! 1) Don’t just seek – become sought after: You may not know it, but employers spend time searching for their most suitable candidate…

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Workplace

How to Write an Honest Cover Letter to Avoid the Wrong Job

When there’s an opening for your dream job but you’re not qualified for it yet, what should you do? A lot of people will look at the qualifications specified for the job and think of ways to embellish their actual skills and experiences to make it seem like they’re a good fit. But where’s the…