The tech industry is a hot market for professionals across the globe – the future of tech is looking pretty promising. Cracking into the tech industry doesn’t have to be a mission impossible, though. This infographic, by our friends at InternMatch, showcases how to break into tech careers. Takeaways: On average, one-year-old tech startup firms create nearly…
Annual trends from Aon Hewitt’s global employee database reflecting employee engagement and perceptions of their work experience are shown in the infographic below. The data is taken from 3.8 million employees in 2,500 companies. Takeaways: 4 out of 10 employees are not engaged. 2 out of 10 employees are actively disengaged. Global employee engagement is…
One of the worst kept secrets in recruitment is there are still plenty of employers who are not very keen on hiring disabled people for a particular job opportunity in their organization. At times, well-qualified and deserving candidates are ignored for less-deserving candidates that are not suffering from any disability. At the other end of…
René Bolier finds sourcers sexy – much sexier than the average recruiter. Find out why in his slideshow below. He likes that sourcers share – as they believe it will gain more than keeping it to themselves. Sourcers are nerds – and nerd is the new sexy! Sourcers are charming. What’s your opinion on sourcers?…
The Talent Project asks whether you really know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth about your employees. See for yourself in their slideshow below. Takeaways: Only half of your employees are happy in their jobs. 43% of employees think about quitting their job. Only 29% of employees would recommend their employer…
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…
Ho ho ho! It is that time of year again where blogs all over are being written to reflect the seasonal mood out there. Lots of reflections over the year, in fact, this blog almost became a look back over 2013 – how it compared to what I had planned back on Jan 1st 2013 and…
There’s a lot of articles and infographics from LinkedIn on buzzwords that users should avoid using on their profiles – but which words should recruiters steer clear of? This infographic by LinkedIn gives a quick run-down of the most overused buzzwords by recruiters – to ensure they stick out from the crowd. Takeaways: Responsible is used…
I remember receiving a call from a client that I had worked closely with, building their IT team from a single member to a fully functional team. One of the first developers I had placed with them, an extremely talented guy (we’ll call him Bob for the sake of argument), had handed in his notice…