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Employer Branding Workplace

Can Your Name Cost You a Job?

A few weeks ago, BuzzFeed posted a video on their site that is causing quite a stir. According to the video, José Zamora applied to 50-100 jobs a day on Craig’s List, but received no response. In order to avoid racial discrimination against his ethnic name, he decided to change his first name to Joe.…

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Talent Acquisition

How Recruiters Use Social Media: By the Numbers

Using the data from Adecco’s global study, this infographic breaks down how recruiters can effectively use social media for online recruiting. The data is gathered from the responses of recruiters from 24 countries. 1,501 recruiters participated in this study, 73% using at least one social media account for professional purposes. For more information on the study you can download…

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Talent Acquisition

4 Ways Contingency Recruiters Can Harm Your Business

All companies make hiring decisions and recruitment partner agreements based on a variety of factors that are important to their specific organization or department. Critical factors in making this vital choice will include budget restraints, confidentiality, management style, competitors, skill set and market availability, culture and the seniority of the position. Only the hiring manager…

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Workplace

The 5 Most Common Interview Mistakes

Interviewing for a new job is stressful, to say the least, and that goes for everyone involved. Prospective employees come in with their game face on, dressed and ready to impress potential employers. Interviewing employers, on the other hand, are tasked with selecting an employee who may or may not actually live up to the…

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Talent Acquisition

The 10 Traits of a Top Billing Recruiter

The top billers in the recruitment industry possess a number of key characteristics that prime them for success. So have you got what it takes? Our list runs down those essential traits that will take you to the top! 1) Communication skills: All sales roles rely on excellent communication skills, and as a recruiter, you…