There are distinct differences between a passive candidate and an active job seeker—their motivation, their approach, how they’ll respond during the recruiting and hiring process, etc. These differences are often easy to forget at the beginning of the process, but they should not be forgotten.
Branding Your Career: Your Online Identity is Affecting Your Employment
Discussing the link that exits between your online identity and your personal brand, especially as it pertains to your career. But first, a word about your “personal brand” vs. your “professional brand.”
The ‘New Math’ of Recruiting & Hiring in Today’s Marketplace
Today’s marketplace comes with unique challenges for those companies continually seeking to hire only the best and brightest candidates. Hiring the best and brightest has always presented obstacles and challenges, but events within the economy since 2008 have created special circumstances that have made hiring superstar candidates even more difficult for some companies. The reason: […]
What The Matrix, Your Online Presence, and Your Career Have In Common
You should have more than just an online presence. You should have an online identity. The first place that potential employers often meet you isn’t in the real world . . . it’s in “the Matrix” (i.e., on the Internet).
Employers Providing THESE 5 Things Attract Top Talent
Ultimately, you want to give superstar candidates reasons to work for you . . . not reasons not to. Make sure your recruitment team is well equipped to offer top talent the very best. Ask yourself the following questions about your company, to see if they’re ready to recruit the best!
Is It Time to Audit Your Current Employer?
If you’re not 100% sure that where you are is where you should be, then it might be time to audit your current employer. What does that mean? It means taking a hard look at your current situation and asking questions about your employer that you may not have considered before, questions like the ones […]
Have You Reached Your Peak Potential?
Maximizing your resources and reaching your peak potential as a team is the goal of any good manager, and while many companies have been attempting to do more with less over the past couple of years . . . is that the best approach to achieve that goal?
Be All That You Can Be
“Be all that you can be.” It’s not just good advice for members of the armed forces. It’s also good advice for members of the workforce. Being all that you can be is not just for the Army . . . it’s for you, too. Let’s face it, the modern marketplace can be likened to […]
Hiring During A Recession – Budget Friendly Tips for Employers
Your budget might be tight at the moment, but that doesn’t mean work has to fall by the wayside or that deadlines and objectives can’t be met. You can add to your team on whatever budget you currently have, and by selecting a strategy that best fits your needs, you’ll be setting yourself up for […]
The Top 7 Steps to Successful Recruiting
Recruiting, like any other task, has a formula for success. Whether you’re trying to find a receptionist or a CEO, there are steps for identifying, attracting, and hiring the right person for the job. Shortcutting the process often leads to poor hiring, mismatches and early terminations. All of these are costly. While there is a […]