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Talent Acquisition

Your Career Site: Pretty or Sh!tty?

According to the global employer branding research firm Potentialpark, your career site needs to score high across the following 6 areas to score high amongst your candidates: Usability Employer Branding Talent Relationship Building Application Management Recruitment Process Assessment & Individual Feedback Are you getting it right? We’re going to breakdown these 6 steps and make…

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Workplace

How to Turn an Internship into a Career

Internships are a fantastic route into your dream industry or career. However, how do you turn an internship into a career? ProgressiveBusinessPublications.com has the guide below. Takeaways: 54% of recent undergraduates are unemployed or underemployed. Be proactive – demonstrate that you can take initiative! Show up on time, follow the dress code and don’t push…

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Talent Acquisition Workplace

The Anatomy of the Counter Offer

The subject of the counter offer is a very highly debated topic. If you are in a job search while currently employed and in fact entertain a new offer, it is a safe assumption that your current employer will do what it takes to keep you. And while having two companies fighting over your professional…

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Employer Branding

How Does Emotional Intelligence Affect Your Career?

Emotional IQ is determined by the level of your emotional intelligence, and can be a major factor in your career. How important is it? University of Maryland answer that below. Takeaways: Managers especially can benefit from high emotional intelligence. Employees with high EI normally remain calm under pressure. Improve your EI and it will improve…

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Talent Acquisition Workplace

How Jobseekers Use Glassdoor

As Glassdoor expands its presence around the world, the platform’s overall impact on a company’s recruitment and talent attraction process is still relatively unquantified. However, one company endeavored to find out how job seekers in the US are using Glassdoor during their job hunt. This slidedeck (by softwareadvice.com) shows the results of a poll of 4,633 job…