Undercover RecruiterIn a light-hearted moment, I agreed to celebrate my son’s graduation with an activity he selected for us to do together. I certainly wasn’t thinking about a Segway tour! Fear and the promise of exhilaration churned in my stomach as I reluctantly agreed to ride a Segway. As I finally began to enjoy the ride,…
Anecdotal evidence consistently suggests that many recruiters and hiring managers spend less than 30 seconds on the first reading. Will a Summary or Profile section help your résumé to cut through? I hear many opinions both for and against the idea of including a Summary or Profile section at the beginning of a résumé. Some…
A few months ago I met a prospective client who is the recruitment manager for a major international consumer goods company. Naturally talk turned, as I’d hoped, to how, when and who they used as third-party recruitment agents? The answer did not make me feel well. In short the use of agents had over the…
Look around the office. How many people are thinking about changing jobs? Who’s applying already? Who’s open to speaking to a recruiter? In the world of talent acquisition, the “passive candidate” is often spoken of in revered tones. This is the individual who is not actively seeking a new job, is likely performing well in…
I have been recruitment consultant for the last 10 years and absolutely love my job. I’m aware that recruiters don’t always provoke happy thoughts in the minds of job seekers and clients alike and that is maybe a blog post for another time, but for now I want to give some tips for getting the…
Technology positions can sometimes be hard to fill – with a recent CareerBuilder/Sologig.com study showing that a third of IT employers having open positions which they are unable to fill. Here are 5 steps to make the process easier: 1) Finding the candidates Candidates can be easy to find, but you have to be willing to take…
In the relentless war for talent, recruiters are constantly searching for a silver bullet—a source of hire that delivers exceptional candidates who are engaged, productive, and likely to stay for the long haul. We spend fortunes on job boards, recruitment agencies, and sophisticated sourcing tools. Yet, for many organisations, the most powerful talent pipeline is…
Recruitment technology has changed extensively since the early days, and with the birth of social media it’s become a lot more interactive. Here are some of the main points of its history, courtesy of TalentBin. Takeaways: In the pre-computer era, jobs were found via bulletin boards and newspapers, whereas passive candidates were found via resume…
As a recruitment company, we feel we can offer job seekers some well needed insight into the mind-set of recruiters and our decision making processes. We see so many worthy candidates that we have to trust our instincts when it comes to choosing the cream of the crop. So here are the ways to make…
