Undercover RecruiterOnce you master the small talk, here are some tips that will help you impress your interviewer. 1. Work on your handshake Don‘t offer up a flimsy or sweaty hand. Instead, when you meet with prospective employers or interviews, offer a firm handshake, with one or two pumps from the elbow to the hand. It‘s…
Okay, you’ve got me. We operate a PSL (Preferred Supplier List) in our recruitment team. Only we like to say it’s more of an ‘L’ than a PSL, as at the last pass it was starting to resemble a novel by Tolkien. I’m exaggerating of course. Slightly. I believe that a key mistake made by…
Social media is an absolute necessity in these modern times when recruiting new talent. Twitter is an extremely useful tool for posting job opportunities as well as researching applicants. Alongside applications such as Hootsuite (which can post tweets and job posts) and FollowerWonk (which can analyse statistics about potential candidates), here are the top 5…
How do you build up your talent networks on LinkedIn? Running you own groups is definitely one of the most popular ways. There are over 2 million groups on LinkedIn now, I would venture to say that a majority of those were created for the purpose of recruiting. Most active users are now members of…
Millennials, also known as Generation Y, are entering the workplace in record numbers. They are idealistic, diverse, digitally-enabled, social and perhaps most importantly, ambitious. While these are all traits that can make a positive impact on your organization, it is a tall task to retain and motivate millennials for a variety of reasons. Their attitudes…
OK you’re a recruiter and you’re trying to use Facebook for job postings. Let’s say your Facebook Page has 1,000 fans and you do an update about a really hot opportunity. The average Facebook user has 130 friends, meaning you have a potential reach of 130,000 users right? Wrong. The average Facebook post only reaches…
After attending college, most fresh grads go straight in seeking for a job instead of getting a new degree. But in a world where everyone else seems like in a race track chasing for their preferred career, it will be hard for someone who doesn’t have any experience to reach the finish line. However, if…
A start-up’s survival is directly tied to hiring better candidates than its competitors. As top talent is a highly perishable resource, this is to help anyone who has had that sinking feeling when a great candidate tells them they have changed their mind. Or even worse; gone to a competitor. To avoid losing candidates through…
I was on a panel discussing LinkedIn the other day and an old favourite topic popped up: Is it better to have many or only highly relevant connections? Here are my thoughts about quality vs. quantity of LinkedIn connections. Roughly what I have to say in this video: There were a few differing views on…
