When there’s an opening for your dream job but you’re not qualified for it yet, what should you do? A lot of people will look at the qualifications specified for the job and think of ways to embellish their actual skills and experiences to make it seem like they’re a good fit. But where’s the…
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Top iOS Apps for Your Job Search
Whether you’ve got a shiny new iPhone 7 or stuck in the middle ages on your iPhone 5, we have accumulated the best iOS apps for discovering your dream job. Apple’s App Store is cluttered with a zillion apps, so finding anything that isn’t a Flappy Bird clone is the digital equivalent of a religious crusade. Luckily,…
The Bay Area is a funny microcosm-It’s the home to Facebook, LinkedIn, and more importantly, 7 and a half million other people. It’s the hub of tech in a world where everywhere seems to have more tech than they did yesterday. But the most popular occupations and industries of the San Francisco Bay Area extend far…
Social media is becoming an increasingly important medium for recruiters to source talent and promote themselves, and equally importantly, staying in your contacts’ peripheral vision. However, too many recruiters leave their strategy down to guesswork. They push out some content and leave it there hoping that will attract attention and create a vibrant online community.…
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How to Attract Top Tech Talent
It’s widely reported in recruitment that there is a global tech talent shortage. Developers and engineers no longer need to apply for jobs; the sad reality is that 89% of Software Engineers have applied to less than 2 jobs in the past 5 years. What does that mean to you as an employer? It means…
I’ve worked in recruitment for a lonnnnng time. One thing I bet you’ll agree on is that recruiting has never been a more disruptive / busy / dynamic / agile environment that it is right now! You lovely recruiters have so much to do / say / listen to / persuade / influence – and…
With the wonderful World Wide Web turning 25 recently, it’s only natural to reflect back on how it has touched almost every part of our daily lives. The technology has helped develop new business models worldwide and changed our economies forever. It’s predicted that by 2020 most skilled professionals career paths will be disrupted by smart…
I listen to podcasts to keep me in the social media, social recruiting and technology loop (and to prevent guilt from not “working” and #FOMO). Yes, I have become one of those stats – I take my smart phone (soon to be Galaxy S5) everywhere! I wake up in the morning, look to make sure…
In the startup ecosystem, company culture can be a young team’s greatest asset, but amongst the mix of investment funding, cash flow, pivoting, product dev, it is often underutilized. As a startup, it is key to optimize any opportunity to generate buzz while accomplishing objective goals for your company’s growth. In today’s job market and startup…