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Blog Post: HOW TO MAKE YOUR WRITINGS MEMORABLE WITH EASE: The majority of students do not like writing and consider it to be the most horrible task…; Added by Tobias Casey at 10:36am on March 16, 2016

Comment on: Blog Post 'Is Recruiting Becoming an Unhealthy Profession?': dering along with ours. I see them often choose ours anyway because they were obviously superior to the internal one. For positions that are very critical to the success of a dept. they seem to not care about cost, just the right person. All our fees are 25% or higher. So even though they have the name of a potential candidate can they deliver them for an interview. Ken said " behind these recruitment tools are junior recruiters-managing heavy req. loads-with very little time " (not to get that old internal vs external argument going again). But we all know it's timing and presentation. I can talk to them today and they have no interest and you talk to them next week and they are now interested. No one person is going to be aware of ALL the best people available at that specific moment. Our ratio is for every 4 candidates we get interviewed (not all at the same company) 1 will be hired. So that means 3 were not. It's a #'s game, never forsaking quality for quantity though. In my 42 yrs we have worked a lot of different markets. It is my humble opinion that most still want the best candidate and are willing to pay for it. If they aren't- next. You have to move on to those who will pay and share the same vision for the process. Here is one big negative regarding technology in our industry--In some of the agreements we get from clients there is a paragraph that if you send them a candidate that is in their database EVEN if they have had no communication with that person in a year or so they will not accept your candidate. I don't sign those. With today's technology a person could have sent a resume to many openings to many companies and have no idea where all they did send it. Jeffery Allen, legal writer for The Fordyce Letter (# 1 publication in recruiting industry) wrote about a tact that has been going on to avoid paying a fee. You send them a resume, they have the "Geek squad" tech minded internals go through Monster, Careerbuilder, etc to find the candidate and then tell you they already have it. Even if you blind it, they can find it. They query "find operation mgr in Atlanta that speaks Mandarin Chinese". It was on the resume. I would like to think that none of my clients would do that. But guys we are populating their database. This is the biggest threat to our industry. I am going to write a blog about the things that we see in contracts these days. Whoever is putting them together, whether HR , Legal, or procurement, it is impeding the organizationin hiring good candidates because a lot of us will not work under that type of agreement.…; Added by Steve N Odell at 3:48pm on May 17, 2012

Blog Post: 10 Important Rules for Job Searching

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Added by Sophia Clark at 10:44am on September 13, 2016

Blog Post: It’s all in the Details baby – how your job hunt is like event planning: Added by Heather Gardner at 4:14pm on October 21, 2008

Blog Post: 3 Worst Times to Ask for a Raise

Added by Patrick Algrim at 6:08pm on May 10, 2020

Blog Post: Me a Product?! - Career Marketing 101

A job search seems to have many hurdles to…

Added by Pharice Brown at 11:48am on March 25, 2016

Blog Post: Students get academics to write their essays for €50 an hour

According to some educational institutions, plagiarism is no longer their biggest problem. It is the issue of external…

Added by Tobias Casey at 8:13am on February 12, 2016

Blog Post: How to Win Job Interviews When You're a 100% Introvert

Your resume is a work of art. Your cover letter is perfect. And no one fits this job better than you.

But here goes the problem:

You're a 100% introvert who, put it nicely, doesn't…

Added by Lesley J. Vos at 6:24am on September 13, 2017

Blog Post: The Trusted Recruiter: In his well-known book, The Trusted Advisor, David Maister explored the paradigm of that very important business relationship, using the professional services paradigm as a basis. His book covered…; Added by Charles Van Heerden at 7:51am on December 10, 2009

Blog Post: When Does a Resume Need a Serious Facelift?: If one of your favorite songs is the old folksong "The Times, They Are A-Changin'," then you'll want to be sure to check that the resumes you send out are up to date. For, yes, the times really…; Added by Sarah Boisvert at 12:12pm on August 12, 2013