Telling a candidate that they have not been chosen for an opportunity is never easy. When you do have to inform a candidate that the company will go in another direction every recruiter should handle the situation just as they would want to be treated. Yes, the advice is simple, but it’s also good business. The candidate-focused interview process should not cease at the…

Game of Thrones season 6 finally returns on Sunday, for what seems like an eternity, it is now only a few days away!

Is Jon Snow actually dead? What will happen to Daenerys now she is a prisoner to the Dothraki's? Will Cersei seek retribution on the High Sparrow? All will be revealed hopefully soon...

Before that however, let's us look at some of the…

Choosing a career is daunting. So many people are unhappy in their careers, and further challenged by the prospect of a career change every couple of years just to stay marketable in your area of expertise. If you are looking for a career that is in high demand and allows creative freedom without having to completely change careers to stay on course, consider Front-End Development.

A front-end developer designs and maintains websites, portals, web apps…

I am continuing to discover new job boards, recruiting sites, and other interesting recruiting startups. The last roundup was over a month ago, so I guess I'm due for a new one - and here it…

You want to hire the best people. Always.

But the next time you try to project a “superstar” in your job description, think again.

In a Harvard Business School publication called “Toxic Workers,” Michael Housman and Dylan Minor point out that avoiding candidates with ‘toxic’ behavior provides much…

Most of the people lead a busy life while some are up before the day even start, it’s either because of school, work or they have to prepare something for their family. It’s a normal routine that a lot of people in the world do. It’s tiring, but, do you have a choice?

If your answer is “NO” then you are wrong because you do have a choice.

Let’s start by paying off your bills

There are a lot of ways to pay your bills nowadays in a very…

During October 2015, David Cameron announced that ‘name blind’ recruitment will be introduced into the processing of University admissions and apprenticeship applications.  This is a key weapon in the fight against admission discrimination and will be introduced by 2017.…

The very essence of our organizations is found within the corporate culture of the organization. It creates the vision of the organization both internally and externally to your organization. From the very beginning of the TLS Continuum series we have stressed the need to see a problem, feel its affects on your organization and create a new corporate culture. In the April…

If you are searching for something that will help you in the best way and you are looking to find an easy way to check different Instagram profile viewer, then you should know that there are different things that you will have to do so you can come up with better results. There are multiple things that you will have to go through, and you should start your research to find a better way to view different private Instagram profiles. Here, we are going to share important things that you need to…

Interviewing for the sustainable hire 

I’ve had a number of conversations this month with hiring managers who feel like their interviewing techniques aren’t getting the desired results.  One CEO in particular said, “We aren’t doing a good job of interviewing for the long term.  We’re getting to the baseline…

Interview questions are often stock, template, and predictable. Be prepared!

Far too often, candidates are caught off guard by common, template interview questions. A little research and preparation can make the difference between embarrassing stumbles and confident delivery. Here’s the top interview questions and the best way to respond to…

Marketing strategies, even successful ones, will not work forever. In most cases, companies find the need to change their marketing approach on a fairly regular basis. Print advertisements and commercials undergo subtle to radical changes every year to ensure the message being conveyed is not a stale sales pitch.

Even the elements of a marketing strategy need to be changed from time to time. One such element that advertisers find useful are customer reviews. Reviews are most…

Is anybody from RB a trucking recruiter? I wonder what your day is like because I hear that it is one hot job market. Trucking and freight companies cant hire them fast enough. 

There are several trucking jobs boards to which you can post your jobs to. So I wanted to list them here and give you a basic idea of the costs…

When I first started my career in recruitment I held the enthusiasm and naivety (in equal measure) to believe I would successfully fill every position I worked on. Some of these positions were handled on a sole agency or retained basis, but the vast majority were by way of a contingency approach i.e. working simultaneously…

If you have a high level position that you are trying to fill, it may be worth considering bringing in an executive search firm. Our sister company Adderley Featherstone specialise in recruiting people for board and senior management positions and have being doing so since 1991.

Adderley Featherstone identify and recruit the right people for the modern business…

The workplace is getting younger – you can’t move for articles about the millennial generation and how the professional world is going to change as more members of Generations Y and Z flood businesses as replacements for retiring employees. Businesses might be understandably – but unjustifiably – worried about the impact that an influx of young people might have on…

Up next in my Spark Series is a recent friend of mine, Joe DeHart.  Side note- my Spark Series is where I interview my network of friends who are doing amazing things and share insights from their stories. Joe and I met briefly years ago through a mutual friend but it wasn’t until this past December when I stumbled upon his blog “…

So this is the 5th presentation of the conference. Titled “Rapid-Fire Tips&Tricks”   BY Jim Schnyder. So this was basically Jim showing a few tools and then an open forum for everyone to chime in on tools.…

If you are looking for the perfect job opportunity, you should consider working with recruiters to help you find good career options. In a previous post, we discussed some of the finer details of finding and communicating with a recruiter. To be as successful as possible, make sure that you remember what to do and what not to do when working with a…