Changing Company Culture to Increase Productivity

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A corporate culture is more than just the image that is portrayed to the community. It has been noted that a strongly positive corporate culture can support long term success and productivity. Yet, many companies fail to recognize this until high performance employees begin leaving to pursue other opportunities. If your business has been experiencing… Read more »

Could Your Job Descriptions Turn Away Top Talent?

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When it comes to recruiting the best, hiring managers often turn to job descriptions to attract the best talent out there. Job descriptions are basic requirements and traits of a job, written in a format that explains the general expectations of any given assignment. However, it’s these same job descriptions that could possibly be repelling,… Read more »

Making Great Hires with Great Job Descriptions

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Last week, we shared some important factors that will improve candidate engagement through great job descriptions. Now we will be discussing how carefully crafted job descriptions can also improve the quality of new hires. This is an area that few companies consider until they struggle to find great candidates, or encounter an overabundance of resumes… Read more »

Improve Candidate Engagement with Great Job Descriptions

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A job description is so much more important than you may think. At first glance, it’s just a brief explanation to potential candidates, to give them an idea of what the job is all about. Yet, the way in which a job description is worded can be an indicator of what the candidate can expect… Read more »

Asking for the Right Recommendations | Job Seeker Tips

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As a serious job seeker, you’ve probably already been asked several times to provide the names and contact information from colleagues and former co-workers who can recommend you to potential employers. You may have even organized these folks into a reference list that you hand out to recruiters when interviewing for jobs. However, if you… Read more »

Ways to Network, other than LinkedIn

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Professional networking is a necessary component of the job search and career advancement process today. It’s something you must do if you’re hoping to land yourself in a better place, employment-wise, now or in the near future. Unfortunately, for many people out there, LinkedIn and Facebook are the sum total of their networking efforts. While… Read more »

Understanding the Millennial Candidate | Recruiting Today

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With a whole new generation of young job seekers out there, millennial job candidates (those who have graduated post 2000) have been a bit of a head-scratcher for many recruiters. They’re a different breed of worker as compared with all those who have come before. In order to recruit and hire this new blood, which… Read more »

Crafting a Rejection Letter. Be Respectful

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Ask any Human Resources or Recruiting manager what their least favorite task is and you’ll probably get a unanimous vote about writing candidate rejection letters. However, if you want your company to be viewed as professional and leave candidates with a favorable impression, then drafting thoughtful rejections letters should be part of your recruitment process…. Read more »

Preparing for the Changing Job Market | Executive Job Search

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The job market is continually changing to meet the needs of businesses worldwide. However, as an executive level job seeker, it can be challenging to keep up. If you’ve been out of the loop for even a year or so, the ways in which you look for new career opportunities are different now. It’s time… Read more »

Your Employment Brand | Why It’s So Important

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As a hiring manager or recruiter, you may have heard the terms “corporate brand”  and “employment brand” thrown around a lot lately. This basically means the image that your company is projecting to potential clients and to job seekers in your market. Yet, how important is this image when it comes to attracting suitable candidates… Read more »