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A Recruiter’s Take on “The Truth About Recruiters”
The truth is, it can be tough to be a recruiter. The stigma around the profession is oftentimes still negative and hard to work past when attempting to build new relationships with clients and talent. I get it. Some recruiters are bad - just like some lawyers, some...
Recruiters: How to Develop a Timeline to Better Serve Your Customers
There are many important factors that go into matching top talent to the right career. There are a lot of details for a recruiter to gather about a position, such as the culture of the workplace, ideal candidate profile, position basics, compensation, positional...
Emotional Intelligence: Do You Have What it Takes?
Your intelligence quotient, or IQ, used to be the number everyone wished was higher. Employers took IQ heavily into account when interviewing new talent. Determining intelligence with a standard test and set scale seemed reasonable. Recently, a new intelligence score...
What to Do When Opportunity (or a Recruiter) Knocks
The definition of opportunity is “a set of circumstances that make it possible to do something.” I received an email recently that made me reflect on this definition.
10 Hilarious Movie Quotes to Help Your Job Hunt
When I was growing up, my brothers and I rarely spoke our own thoughts. Instead, we spoke in movie quotes probably 90 percent of the time. This tormented my mother to the point where one night at dinner she yelled, "WHO IS BILLY MADISON?" She had thought it was a...
4 Reasons Your Recruiter Is Asking Personal Questions
When enlisting a recruiter in your job search, a lot of questions will be asked. Where do you currently work? Why are you looking for something new? What is your current salary? This will most likely be overwhelming. Being asked to disclose such personal information...
How to Leave a Job Without Burning Bridges
Whether you’re leaving because you hate your boss or because you found an excellent opportunity to grow yourself, it’s important to remember the age old saying: Don’t burn your bridges.
What’s The Secret to Employee Engagement?
More and more companies are beginning to realize that the U.S. workforce is changing, and that it is important for employees to feel valued in their roles. A shocking survey conducted by Officevibe, an employee survey tool, unveiled that 88 percent of employees don’t...
How to Answer Salary Questions: The Truth From An Insider
This past year, a practice for decades gone by has been called under scrutiny: an interview question so highly controversial that our government has become involved. “What is your current salary?” Candidates feel the practice is invasive, and some believe it is even...
