Over the past year, a steady stream of articles has commented on the leadership of RCMP Commissioner William Elliott. Depending on the source, Mr. Elliott is either an explosive tyrant who is destroying the storied culture and morale of Canada’s iconic national police force or a beleaguered change agent fighting valiantly to fix a horribly broken paramilitary-styled organization.
Studies show that despite the economy, or maybe because of it, companies are emphasizing “employing top talent.” Stephanie Keairns, a partner at Vaco Los Angeles, an Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing placement firm for financial and accounting professionals, indicated that hiring a good fit for a company in today’s market may be more challenging than most executives realize.
Wall Street pay for 2010 is likely to be down nearly across the board, according to traders, executives, and compensation consultants, as the industry rounds out a choppy year in the markets and dealmaking.
The Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) worldwide professional association for the retained executive search industry has announced the acceptance of UAE Based Vision Executive Search (VES) into membership.
Recruiting Daily welcomes once again our good friend and guest blogger this week – Ken Sundheim
I can never truly understand as to why some people make the excuse that there is not enough time in the day to read. Reading and learning is such a fundamental and necessary exercise to keep one’s brain intact as well as continually improve one’s skill set.
To make myself better and better at what I do, I make it a point to read for about 30 – 60 minutes daily and, just as crucial as the act of reading, I formulate reference outlines as I know I am going to forget most of the information that was just processed in about an hour. To me, the resulting frustration from forgetting knowledge that was once fresh, can be taxing, but there’s no other way.
Therefore, after reading about 15 books in the past few months, I began to see a keen similarity in a few of the more interesting, worthwhile and in-depth books. That similarity was that the messages within them could not only help the direct reader i.e. Welch for managers, but would significantly improve your interview skills.
Winning by Jack Welch Jack Welch’s management theories don’t just ring true to the manager; they ring quite as loud to the job seeker. Throughout the book, Welch indirectly tells you what to look for in a potential employer and how you should act both in an interview and, following the acceptance of an offer, the subsequent work environment.
Key Takeaways For Interviews:
– Welch preaches candor. This is quite a spot-on point when interviewing as, if you are direct and to the point, you are much more likely to get your message across, thus get an offer as opposed to being your typical wishy-washy and indirect candidate. Being candid gets people to listen – try it sometime. Continue reading “3 Books You Wouldn’t Think To Read For Interviewing Tips”
Recruiting Daily welcomes once again our good friend and guest blogger this week – Ken Sundheim
I can never truly understand as to why some people make the excuse that there is not enough time in the day to read. Reading and learning is such a fundamental and necessary exercise to keep one’s brain intact as well as continually improve one’s skill set.
To make myself better and better at what I do, I make it a point to read for about 30 – 60 minutes daily and, just as crucial as the act of reading, I formulate reference outlines as I know I am going to forget most of the information that was just processed in about an hour. To me, the resulting frustration from forgetting knowledge that was once fresh, can be taxing, but there’s no other way.
Therefore, after reading about 15 books in the past few months, I began to see a keen similarity in a few of the more interesting, worthwhile and in-depth books. That similarity was that the messages within them could not only help the direct reader i.e. Welch for managers, but would significantly improve your interview skills.
Winning by Jack Welch Jack Welch’s management theories don’t just ring true to the manager; they ring quite as loud to the job seeker. Throughout the book, Welch indirectly tells you what to look for in a potential employer and how you should act both in an interview and, following the acceptance of an offer, the subsequent work environment.
Key Takeaways For Interviews:
– Welch preaches candor. This is quite a spot-on point when interviewing as, if you are direct and to the point, you are much more likely to get your message across, thus get an offer as opposed to being your typical wishy-washy and indirect candidate. Being candid gets people to listen – try it sometime. Continue reading “3 Amazing Books You Wouldn’t Think To Read For Interviewing Tips”
Today, Tri-Power Consulting, LLC announced the initial launch of its new “Careers” web-portal which has been designed to aid the Company’s efforts in the Contingent Labor market. The web-portal allows public access to numerous job postings for a wide range of engineering disciplines as well as other technology needs required to support its growing customer base.
Shares of online job board Monster Worldwide Inc (MWW.N), which sold for $10.01 in August, have more than doubled since then, as Wall Street reassesses earnings prospects after its purchase of rival HotJobs.com from Yahoo (YHOO.O) and a stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings report.
They may be called social networking sites, but Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook could just as easily be named “first impression” job sites because that’s where recruiters and hiring managers are more likely than ever before to get their first glimpse of you as a potential job candidate.
TalentWise, the number one ranked employment screening solution provider that offers employment screening and onboarding solutions designed for human resources, staffing and recruiting professionals, announced today the launch of a pre-integrated employment screening solution for Bullhorn® customers. The streamlined solution from TalentWise allows Bullhorn’s staffing and recruiting customers to perform employment background checks and drug screening on candidates, right from within Bullhorn.
If you’ve ever spent days looking for jobs, you might have found that there’s something about the job search that’s just plain alluring. Sifting through help wanted ads to find your perfect place of employment can be exciting. It’s like playing matchmaker with jobs. If you’re someone who enjoys finding the perfect job fit, why not make a career out of it? A job in Medical Sales Recruiting will allow you to put your matchmaking skills to work, helping other people find their ideal places of employment.
HarQen, a leading enterprise voice platform company that develops smart, user friendly voice applications to help optimize business processes, and Advanced Personnel Systems (APS), the makers of the SmartSearch applicant tracking system (ATS), announced they have partnered to provide a seamless interface between their award winning products through an API integration of HarQen’s Voice Advantage capabilities.
Eliassen Group, a leading technology staffing and clinical data management consulting firm, today announced the acquisition of the IT staffing division of Dextrys, a global provider of product engineering and application services outsourcing. The acquisition adds to Eliassen Group’s record growth over the last several years and enables the company to continue to build on its experience and expertise in several hot IT industries, including healthcare and insurance.
As you know, we listen very closely to customer feedback here at LinkedIn. This year alone, LinkedIn Recruiter customers have submitted hundreds of comments and suggestions on ways to further strengthen their core sourcing tool. And to date, we’ve acted on over 50 of them.
Jobs2web, the leading provider of interactive recruiting solutions, today announced that one of the largest companies in the world — GE — has selected Jobs2web for interactive recruitment marketing. With more than 300,000 employees, GE is consistently ranked as one of the most admired companies around the globe.
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