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Gravitas LLC Completes Merger with Career Movement, Inc.

Gravitas LLC Completes Merger with Career Movement, Inc. »

Gravitas LLC, a leading provider of board and senior-executive search services, recently announced the completion of a merger with Career Movement, a successful search firm focused on mid to senior level management talent search.

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4 Ways to Tap Into the Hidden Job Market

4 Ways to Tap Into the Hidden Job Market »

The Web is usually the first place people go to find a job, and many fill their days blasting resumes in response to online job postings. That’s a classic mistake, says Donald Asher, author of Cracking the Hidden Job Market: How to Find Opportunity in Any Economy, which will be released in December. In this job market, “people have to do something different to find a job,” says Asher. “If they’re simply applying to posted openings, there will always be someone who’s a little more center-of-the-bulls-eye.”

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Monday Morning Inspiration – Success Is There For The Taking

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So recruiters- what is the key characteristic that all successful people have in common? Successful people all maintain successful attributes. But what does that mean exactly?

It is simple. To succeed on your own terms there are four basic principles to focus on;

I choose to succeed” – To be successful you need to make a commitment to yourself and not allow anything to compromise you reaching your goals. Dedicate yourself to your objectives and you are more likely to accomplish them.

I can succeed” – Focus on your positive attributes, your strengths and your skills. You should also be open to criticism and bettering yourself. There is always room to learn and improve.

I will succeed” – Eliminate distractions and obstacles that prevent you from hitting your goals. Use affirmations and reminders to keep yourself on course, and plan accordingly.

I have succeeded” – Use the achievement of past goals to motivate you and drive you to attain newly created goals.

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Decrease your candidate screenings 72%: Ovia: Video recruiting done right

In my honest opinion I think the tool is pretty innovative. Is it a new concept? Maybe not some much as recruiters and organizations have been talking about this for a few years, but Ovia brings it home.

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What if I said that I have a potential solution that will reduce your candidate screening time by 72%? Would that be a nice feeling? Would that create an efficient environment for your recruiting team? Would you    hiring managers be more engaged? Would your earnings rise due to increased customer satisfaction?

These are the questions that have been asked from the people at Ovia. Ovia is an interesting recruitment tool that blends interviewing, screening and video together into one complete package for your hiring teams. I will be up front and say that I have not used this tool in real time with my clients but I have used it behind the scenes.

In my honest opinion I think the tool is pretty innovative. Is it a new concept? Maybe not some much as recruiters and organizations have been talking about this for a few years, but Ovia brings it home. It’s quick, very easy to use and if used properly should have a serious impact of your screening and selection process.

Why you should consider test driving this tool:

  1.  It’s very efficient
  2. The quality if video is high quality.
  3. Videos are indexed properly and easily accessible for your hiring teams.
  4. Spend time video screening candidates and collecting the videos. Schedule a weekly meeting with the hiring manager and review the videos with him/her to discuss immediate feedback. I currently work with other tools were we do this and the relationships immediately gain credibility.

Pit Falls:

  1.  I am not sure how discrimination laws govern video at this time, so be sure to research this on your own.
  2. Advise hiring managers not to weigh too much in on the candidates composure on video. This is probably not a normal thing they do every day.
  3. This should be used to screen in and not out. Still depend on your traditional methods and use this as an added check point.

 How it works:

  1.  Invite:  Similar to other apps like Tungle and social networks you let your candidate know that you are inviting them to partake in a screening or recruiting event. The screening is pretty simple. You create the questions and invite the candidates to answer those questions via webcam. Clearly you will need to get the candidates permission prior.
  2.  Record: Candidates get to record their responses to your questions in an unrehearsed manner using their webcam. The idea is that the software tries to simulate real time interviewing. The candidate will have 10 seconds to review the questions and than 2 minutes immediately after to record their response.
  3. View the interview: Once the candidate has recorded the video responses you have the ability to review the responses with the hiring teams in an efficient and concise manner.

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"How to use" the Boolean Bar: 100+ Pre-constructed Boolean searches

Boolean got you down? What if you saved all of your searches in a safe place to use for a rainy day? Well, that’s what I did. I should say that’s what I do. It’s efficient and helps me to track my searches.

Watch the video and learn how to use the Boolean Bar/ RecruitingBar toolbar!

It’s big, it’s bad and it’s jammed packed with more than 100 pre-constructed Boolean searches for you to play with.

Check out the original post Here. I’ve gotten a boat load of emails asking for advice on how to use the the toolbar. This post that you are reading now is to share the “how to” video when trying to use the toolbar.

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Functions That Good Applicant Tracking System Should Not Lack

Functions That Good Applicant Tracking System Should Not Lack »

Good person submitting focus tracking systems have been really critical for organizing any recruitment process. These collection have been critical for accessing report database which is utterly fugitive in any required means. For any recruiting routine to be successful, up to date report is rarely recommended.

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Recruiting Excellent Job Candidates

Recruiting Excellent Job Candidates »

An independent recruiter, recruiting agency or executive search firm is charged with tracking down excellent potential candidates for available job positions. Despite the fact that there are innumerable people seeking positions of employment in the 21st century, it often seems to a typical recruiting agency that qualified men and women are few and far between.

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Kinsey Allen Strengthens European Practice

Kinsey Allen Strengthens European Practice »

The global executive search firm has announced the appointment of Isabella Trupke. Trupke, a qualified barrister, has been appointed to lead Kinsey Allen’s legal and compliance business across continental Europe. She will focus on senior mandates within the European financial services sector.

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Why You Should Never Skip the Interview Thank-You Note

Why You Should Never Skip the Interview Thank-You Note »

Put yourself in this situation: You’re invited to an interview. You love the company, you get along well with the hiring manager, and you’ve received every indication that you are a good candidate for the job and next steps are to follow. A few weeks go by and you haven’t heard anything. The hiring manager said she wanted you to come back and meet with the rest of the team. Everything seemed to go so well. What happened?

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Software That Can Help In The Recruitment Process

Software That Can Help In The Recruitment Process »

Recruitment is one of the most important keyword that is been used these days by most of educated people across the globe. There are many web portals available on the World Wide Web and they even do give regular updates to the people who are associated with them but not all people get job what they want.

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Well-Paid Staffing Company

Well-Paid Staffing Company »

Accomplished professionals often don’t consider the staffing firm as a prospective job. But they should– half of the staffing industry hires in the past several months have been reported recently as rapidly growing business in the country and all over the globe. And by the estimates, the economy needs to hire more people and keep the ” mission-critical” functions up and going.

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Recruiting Staff by Email is a Waste of Time

Recruiting Staff by Email is a Waste of Time »

You’ve written a well-worded job advert, posted it on a number of online recruitment websites and over the weekend you receive a healthy response. Now you have the painful task of sifting and sorting the noise to find the best candidates. This is where all HR staff, recruitment consultants and hiring managers can use a helping hand.

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Around The Industry: Five For Friday

The first week of November in the books. We made it once again recruiters to another #HireFriday. Hope that you all had a productive first week of the month. There are exciting things going on for us here at Recruiting Daily as we have begun work on the next phase of our little RD project. The goal is simple- to create a avenue for recruiters to make deals, grow their desks, and make their clients happy.  If only it could be so easy, but we do feel that were are creating a tool that will actually help on all those fronts. Best of all- did I mention it was FREE? I know I have teased this in the past, but formal details will be coming out very soon and we are anxiously awaiting the feedback from RD readers.

“Success has a simple formula: do your best, and people may like it.”
Sam Ewing

A great quote and something we strive for everyday at Recruiting Daily- to do our best. That is what as recruiters we all try to do in serving candidates, clients, and as well as our internal customers- our colleagues. No one ever said recruiting was easy, and those that did lied. Having great colleagues and others you can learn from, and more importantly that inspire you, can really make a huge impact on your desk. That was the whole concept behind the RD Network and also another tease for our upcoming big announcement.

And now a look at this week’s most popular stories from our Around the Industry news feed;

Executive Recruiters See Impressive Hiring Growth Trends »

Why Can’t Recruiters Write Good Job Copy? »

JobServe Launches Mobile Headhunter »

Hiring Employees, With Help or Without »

IT Staffing to Increase By 1 Percent in 2011: Report »

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