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Employer Branding

5 Signs You’re Ruining Your Employer Brand

The importance of employer branding has grown exponentially as the war for talent rages on, and candidates increasingly make “culture” a deciding factor in their employment decision. Is your company winning or losing the employment brand battle? If you see any of the following items going on at your company, you may be further behind…

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Workplace

How Interviews at Startups and Big Companies Differ

Picture this scene. You’ve just been invited for an interview with a super hot startup. Eager for the chance to latch onto the next Google or Facebook, you spend the next two weeks gearing up for the interview of your life. You rehearse your life story until it comes off like a TED Talk. You practice behavioral questions so…

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Workplace

9 Killer Tips for Video Interviews

Looking for a job? It’s high time to confess that the hiring process is far from what it looked like ten or even five years ago. To keep your eye on the ball and get that dream job, you should be ready for a video interview. Six out of ten hiring managers used video technologies…

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Talent Acquisition

4 Steps to On-Site Recruitment Success

Many businesses still operate on the misconception that their recruitment function is a subservient element of the HR function. I still speak to business leaders who simply want to be free from the hassle of recruitment. This type of resentment still exists as a result of the sales style approach to recruitment which has pestered business leaders with…

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Talent Acquisition

10 Survival Tips for New Recruiters

I remember my first day on the job clearly, like it was yesterday. I also recall how at the time everything seemed as clear as mud. In the beginning I had no idea what to really expect from a career in agency recruitment. I’d heard all the great things about the industry, from the great people to the perks of…