We’ve all heard it before: Personal branding is key to job search success. Hiring managers and recruiters are looking for information about candidates online, and when they can't, they are less likely going to select those candidates for a job opportunity. But did you know job candidates are searching you the same way you are searching them? Perspective applicants, as well…

I’ve been hired to help broker the sale of TreasuryJobs.com, the only niche job board that serves that sector of the financial job market in the United States. The site launched in 2014 and has significant double digit sales with a strong history of growth since its inception. The site is hosted on theForceFinder job board software platform.…

Compensation isn’t always easy to talk about. In fact, it’s still one of the most closely guarded topics within even the closest circles of family and friends. While we’re reticent to discuss how much we make or how much we pay in our personal lives,…

For the last 5 or so years technology in the recruitment industry has been developing at an alarming rate. The onset of this period began with the explosion of social recruitment. All of a sudden, companies could use largely free data on social media to attract and recruit new talent for their business. Although the third party recruitment industry was frozen out for a…

Retaining top talent is a hefty task for every employer. Recruiting the best candidates can be costly and tenacious.”A+” players are the employees who contribute…

A friend who works for a mid-sized oil & gas company told me a few weeks ago that they didn’t spend any money on recruitment marketing, or any type of recruitment for that matter. She loved the idea of what we do, but wasn’t sold on the benefit of creating a marketing campaign or developing content to attract applicants. Her alternative was to simply post an ad on…

Preface: Its been a long time since I have posted here so I thought I would leave this right here...

The Break Up: Why Leaving a Bad Employer Early Is a Good Idea

You can put lipstick on a pig but it is still a pig.”

Since the dawn of chat rooms, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reddit, Glassdoor, and Quora, an employee has access to more information on…

Creating a great company culture can mean the difference between success and failure for your department. Employees who are happy at work are more productive, support their teams and produce quality work. Yet how can you create this type of work environment? A great company culture is created by listening to your team and creating an open line of communication. Discover how…

Remember, when LinkedIn acquired this company:

... and integrated its functionality into the main product, we got this menu item - Contacts. I became a fan of it early on. The Contacts became the foundation of…

Over the last few months, we’ve posted countless job ads to various job boards, and their variety has ranged from engineering jobs to office positions. We’ve noticed that some jobs perform well, while others get…

Tomorrow, I’ll be joining my friends at Beyond to …

The activity with the most responses i.e. the Wednesday’s Discussion being the Hike Group Chat will now resume on the WhatsApp Platform. This new development was taken well by all the Members of the North, South, West and East Group.

This decision to revert back on WhatsApp was made upon the request of our loyal Hike Group Members. So we…

Technological advancements have been immensely instrumental in helping businesses and business owners enhance the productivity and performance of their business processes; however, many business owners make the mistake of believing that simply using a particular type of technology will automatically maximize their business process. The truth is that there are established practices that can be used to optimize the effectiveness of any type of technology. For recruiters who have invested in…

According to a 2013 Addecco Staffing survey, 92% of executives believe there is a very real "skills gap" that prevents employers from finding and hiring top talent.  Many thought leaders in the recruiting and staffing industry have weighed in on whether the skills gap is real or imagined.  But it's clear that in certain…

It might be folklore, but it’s still a great story. 

The most successful job ad ever written was Shackleton’s broadside advertising for the crew of the Endurance.  Printed with hand-set type on cheap paper and glued to piers and posts around the harbor, it read:

A reported 5,000 men lined up…

Lunchtimes may never be the same again in FMC Towers. Around the dinner table in our kitchen the topic of Tinder is a regular theme. A significant number of 20 somethings are embracing technology in the search for love, however short term that maybe! Recently the older and more settled members of the team have been getting in on the action, offering their ‘wisdom’ in helping…

Being the new person isn’t easy, slowly and efficiently easing new talent into your workforce is a crucial part of actually keeping your shiny new edition. Be thoughtful, actively think of ways you can incorporate your new talent, so that they feel…

Personal branding is primarily the long-lasting process of building an impressed image or impact in the perception of others about an individual, group or organization. Personal branding usually involves the application of one’s name to several products.

What is Personal Branding for Recruiters?

Personal Branding is the employ of recruiters marketing themselves & …