Recruiters, professional resume writers and other career experts give out tons of advice on how best to write a resume that will stand out from the competition. Their intentions are noble-they want to help people land jobs-but the problem with their advice is that it doesn’t always apply to IT professionals….
Richard Piske, co-founder of The Staffing Cooperative (www.staffingcooperative.com) discusses with his partner Dave Reiss, what he focused on to grow Olsten Staffing through every economic period during the 80s and 90s. This conversation was held before staffing executives and staffing professionals at AST’s 2009 Users Group in Jersey City.
According to a recent survey conducted by executive search firm ExecuNet, a striking 77 percent of respondents indicated that they use the web for screening potential job candidates.
When this question is posed to a room full of experienced recruiters, the answers are very predictable. The most common ones include the following: “We have better candidates,” “We thoroughly check references,” “We thoroughly test all skills,” “We conduct extensive background and criminal checks,” and “We have established relationships with our clients.” Do these sound familiar?
What will the best-prepared candidate bring to the interview? You bring what it takes to show the hiring manager who you are, what you’ve done, and what you can do for him. That means that you bring everything that demonstrates your success in the past and shows him how you intend to be successful in the future.
Tired of weeding through resumes from dozens of unqualified, inexperienced applicants? Dealing with a bad hiring decision? Need a top performer, but don’t have the time to source, screen, and recruit? If you’re dealing with problems like these, then it’s probably time to hire a staffing firm. But, since not all firms are created equal, how can you find one that’s right for you? Here are five steps:
These days, one’s resume should be all about skills and expertise rather than a chronology of the jobs you’ve held in the past. Especially if you are looking to transition from a field like communications to another area, you’ll want your resume to highlight the talents you have and the skills you’ve developed that could launch you into a new field.
Hospitals and healthcare are definitely on the reliable growth pace. Current industry trend is really reverse to what you would expect, being new to this sector – this is shortage of nurses and medical professionals, meaning that it is rather challenge to find certified applicants, and not really to get new contracts from healthcare organizations.
Jobvite, a maker of recruiting software, released the results of its third-annual social recruiting survey this morning, and the findings underscore the many reasons job seekers need to incorporate online social networking into their job searches.
What do your recruiters look for in an employer? The list below comes from a study done with employees in several types of companies and will give you a good idea of what makes most employees happy and content. The list appears in order of importance.
In the original article, Rebecca Sargeant, talks about the biggest summer rumor of all – No one recruits in the summer. Obviously, we all know that while it slows down in the summer, recruitment doesn’t stop just because of the holiday season – after all not everyone has the same two weeks off do they?
I had a great meeting today with a prospective client. We were talking about corporate branding, the challenges of multi-divisional marketing, social media marketing, staffing website development, and most importantly, the unique challenges of selling technical and professional staffing. During our meeting, our conversation turned to the topic of cold calling, and the person I was speaking with had one of the best observations I’ve ever heard about cold calling:
Financial services search professionals are seeing an uptick in business, as Wall Street reports a return to hiring to replenish a diminished workforce. This adds to the list of industries that are starting to climb their way out of the recession. According to a Businessweek article this morning, “[financial] firms are adding jobs for the first time in two years, rebuilding businesses cut during the financial crisis and offering guaranteed payouts to lure top bankers.
With a tedious history of wasted time, resources, and manpower, recruitment has long been a costly enterprise. Print advertising of the past (and present) has meant many hours squandered going through numerous unsuitable candidate applications after waiting patiently for publication dates.
Recruitment Software is used to automate as well as streamline a finish employing process. It streamlines a inner processes by facilitating programmed person submitting application tracking as well as skill-based searches.
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