With plans to switch job or with a hope to get the first job, people often are in a hurry. They want a resolution, and they want it at the earliest.

However, while asking for the same, people often make many mistakes.

If you have made a sudden job switch or have been desperately looking for one, you might consider reading this before applying for the next job opening.

Check out the following points and decide whether are you making the same mistakes or you are sensible…

When listing your education provide the institution you attended, degree and your major(s). If you have multiple degrees, you should start with your most advanced degree then work your way down (Master’s – Bachelor’s – Associate’s). If you attended multiple schools in your quest for higher education, you only need to list the one you received your degree from.

The following are tips on how not to list education on your resume, which was prepared by…

Hiring season is in full swing with recruiting agencies circling employers like sharks.  Today's climate in the staffing world reminds me of the staffing spike in 2006.  Back then, submitting the right candidate to a prospective client got you in the door and ensured, fast-track placements.  This time around, it may get you in the door but it doesn't…

Clear, compelling data to support all of your talent selection and development decisions: doesn’t that sound like the perfect gift for the HR professional in your life?

The good news, according to OutMatch, a leader in talent solutions technology, support, and services, is that it’s possible. The key is to do what more than 8 in 10 Fortune 500 companies are doing: integrate assessments into your hiring and development…

As noted in a TechCrunch article, there’s “little doubt … that nearly every business and every industry is running on software delivered as online services.” 

In HR technology, the spread of cloud-based software continues in full force. According…

Talent Sourcing is easy but getting the desired Talent and even more important ensuring that they join the organisation isn’t as easy as people make it out to be. Most Talent Acquisitionists can relate to the scenario and thus are constantly seeking out for new resources and techniques or strategies to boost the joining ratio.

Having, said that we’ve spoken a great deal about how to improve the…

Per the Global Recruiting Trends 2017 by LinkedIn, in the top 3 of recruiting metrics we see “length of stay” and “hiring manager satisfaction.” Both of these point towards quality of hire. Another main recruiting metric is “time to fill,” but this metric…

Now that the dust is finally settling on the election and 2016 is drawing to close, many of us are beginning to think about the possible changes coming our way in 2017. Because no one has time to follow each and every new new political development live, here is what you need to know about the changes that we could start to see as the next presidential term begins.

Mandatory Overtime Could Go Away

The Obama…

It’s hard to believe that 2016 is coming to a close, and 2017 is just around the corner. As companies develop new ways to innovate, attracting the best talent continues to be the biggest challenge many businesses face. The latest employment trends coming in 2017 focus on how the evolving workforce changes the relationship between employer and employee.

Trend #1- Millennials take on more senior roles as older leaders retire.

Today, millennials make up…

**This Guest Post originally appeared on March 24th at akraya.com/blog**

In 2012, popular job board and employment advice website, CareerBuilder.com, conducted a survey in an attempt to determine just how much a bad hire can cost an organization. Of the employers that responded to the survey, 69% said that their companies had been "adversely affected" by poor…

Do you love everything about vehicles? If so, it's not a bad idea to choose a career that allows you to be paid for doing what you love. Whether you love driving cars or you are extremely knowledgeable about all types of vehicles, there are several great career opportunities awaiting you. Below…

Are Your Hiring Requirements Truly Necessary?

In today's Talent Driven market-place, a true trend to watch is whether your requirements are truly necessary to do the job in the first place. Today, many organizations have tight requirements in their staffing push that are:

>Inflexible and Based on Someone's Gut Instinct VS. Data Driven…

When it comes to writing your CV, the first impression really counts. The employer can be easily put off by any tiny mistakes. Therefore, it is very important to know how to write a nice CV. The chronological CV is the most common used format in resume writing. It lists your work experience chronologically from the most recent job to the earliest you were involved in. This format should be straight forward and simple. Make sure you separate every work title distinctively to create separate…

The old age question that has been argued each way since time began, or at least since we started pondering the questions of our existence. Where did we come from? How did we get here? Which came first the “chicken” or the “egg?” It’s the same scenario…

There’s no doubting that we all care about money. However you look at it, the money we earn in our jobs supports our families, allows us to own that home we’ve always lusted after, and for some allows us to become the sugar daddy/momma we’ve always wanted to be… If that’s your bag…

So when we are looking for a new job, is money still the biggest and sometimes only…

Every year it’s the same, people professing to be a whole new them in the New Year. Whether it’s losing weight, tightening the purse strings or stopping a bad habit. It gets boring. The truth is, December is the perfect time to reflect and a great time to look at your career year. Was it one to remember or not a great…

It’s a problem that recruiters and candidates alike are all too familiar with: poorly written job descriptions that do little to direct the right talent to the right open positions abound. To make it even worse, many resumes are similarly uninformative, making it equally challenging for employers to find the right candidates through simple keyword searches. Google has…

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Here is what I have to say about David Heinemeier Hansson's outrageous libel against me, a crime which he committed merely because he received my email for a job opportunity on the same day his puerile book was released...  Soap-box standing and so on, dhh is no example of ethical 'cleanliness'.…

So day 2 Breakout session 3, included “How to Source Slack” by Angela Bortolussi, and Abracadabra! The Magic of Excel” By Aaron Daniels and Cyndy Davis  .

First up “How to Source Slack” by Angela Bortolussi. It starts out with explaining more about slack and what it is used for. Things like Slack Etiquette, do’s and don’ts come next. The on to…

So I’m just about 6 months into this whole recruiting thing.  Loving life so far.  I’ve nailed the acronyms for the most part, now I’m trying to focus on the tools.  Recruiters use a LOT of tools; Chrome extensions, plugins, apps, tickers, etc. (Anyone still have a pager?)  For someone like me who likes to be organized and “simple” when it comes to “things”-there are way too many freaking tools out there.