I remember when LinkedIn was a nice professional network, great for catching up on old colleagues and a source for professional introduction. The discussion areas were good, and the sharing of information, expertise and advice was fruitful. Then, let’s be honest: Us recruiters took over. We saw it as an opportunity to headhunt, without phoning and…
Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) are used by recruiters and companies worldwide as a reliable method of recruiting employees – but it is important to have one that is easy to use and reliable, to gain the best return on investment. But which one is the easiest and best to use? And which gives the best results…
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Are YOU Wired to Be the Best?
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.
There’s been a lot of buzz over the past couple of years about employers checking potential employees’ Facebook pages. According to some research, 37% of employers checked out a candidate’s Facebook profile before hiring them, and half of candidates were rejected because of the content they found there. With somewhere around 1/7th of the world’s…
Hiring is becoming more of an art form rather than a run-of-the-mill activity performed by an HR Rep. There are metrics that determine what makes a viable candidate, a team of personalities who will be a part of the decision-making process, and more tests than you ever took in High School Geometry just to determine…
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…