Search engine optimisation involves optimising website internally and externally so that it appears on Google and other search engines for your chosen keywords. The idea is to research and select keywords that potential customers or clients might search including both branded and non-branded phrases.

SEO is difficult because despite there being hundreds of different factors that can help with…

There is no news that big companies monitor their employees. Yet how exactly do they do it? When do the acceptable methods of boosting staff's efficiency cross the line and interfere with employees’ private life, violating their rights?

How Do They Track the Staff?

Checking the letters sent via company email is considered legal employee monitoring.…

The resume objective is proposed to show potential managers your capabilities for the job and your knowledge level in the field. What was once observed as a key approach to catching everyone's eye of hopefuls is currently observed as obsolete and abused.

If you’re giving out resumes and not getting many calls to interview, there’s a…

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again - tomorrow’s recruiting, and even today’s recruiting, is very different from the recruiting of the past. In a booming international economy that is marked by greater flexibility of location and…

It’s been said the most in-demand jobs of the future exist only in our imaginations. An estimated 65% of children entering schools today will work in roles that don’t currently exist and the central driving force is technology. The quick pace of high-tech, in-demand skills training has caused…

In the past five years, much has been written about the tech talent shortage. As recently as this past September, Fortune reported that 65% of technology leaders believe that hiring challenges are hurting the industry. Yet in an article for The Huffington…

A good business plan acts as the platform from which an entrepreneur shouts ideas. It’s vital that the plan is logically organized and engaging, and that it conveys the energy behind your unique business idea.

The plan must offer absolute clarity about the venture. That said, a good business plan is thorough and detailed. Still, the best business plans are compact, offering only a snapshot that spells out intentions, objectives, and projected outcomes.

To follow are some tips…

Each company strives to optimize its business processes and automate in-house systems in order to increase productivity. Keeping track of employee performance is quite a widespread practice today. It's especially in high demand for companies billing their customers on an hourly basis. Nevertheless, enterprises with different business models can take advantage of it, too.

 We live in times when…

Even before I fell into the recruiting industry, I never believed in cover letters. Now that I have been immersed in the recruiting industry for years, I am a firm believer that cover letters are and will forever remain dead.

Here are just a few reasons that job-seekers should stop wasting their…

You sourced candidates, brought them in for interviews, emailed your colleagues for feedback, and got…radio silence. After making it through almost every stage of the hiring process, you’re stuck chasing down your colleagues while sought-after talent takes another offer.

Everyone involved in the recruiting process has faced this problem at some point or other. Lack of internal communication can be one of the most time consuming aspects of hiring new talent. No matter…

Good day to one and all, yes, I am writing about how, what way and so on to get your GRIND on, yes, a little urban but effective.

I have a goal, not to work for another if I can help it and help others with the ups and downs of the job search. For a person {which is me} that has worked, looked and achieved jobs for the last thirty years I have some say so on the all-important job search.

How many remember the days of the NY Times, the Daily News and yes even the NY…

The Hourly Full-Time and Temp Job Market:

Staffing companies across the nation fulfilling hourly full-time and temp job contracts consistently face two questions:

1. Is this candidate going to show up for work on Monday? and;
2. Will they act professionally in a manner to satisfy this role?

Unfortunately, two…

If you were making an important business or recruiting decision, I’m sure you would spend a lot of time preparing and researching. You’d understandably want to have all the facts and information so you could make an educated decision. No one wants to make a mistake - it’s human nature.

Now imagine for a moment that…

At some point of time, we have all come across this witty interview cartoon of Canary Pete where the interviewer (presumably) was seen testing the candidate’s out of the box thinking ability.

But how do you spot and hire high achievers who can add supreme value to your organization? It’s challenging, but not rocket science. As part of Pervenio’s…

Adapt.

You have to learn to adapt.

If you do not, you will go the way of Kodak, Blockbuster, and Research In Motion (Blackberry).

Their failure to be innovative and adapt to future trends are well-documented, and they were all doomed because of a simple premise:

“That’s the way we’ve always done things around here.”

This way of…

Not everyone is made for an office job. In fact, some people only flourish when they're testing their mettle in high-risk, high-energy situations where anything could go wrong at any time. Does this sound like it describes you? If so, here are four electrifying careers that will keep you on your toes.

Firefighter

Firefighting is one of the most dangerous jobs…

    OkCupid is an American-based international operating free online dating, friendship, and social 

    networking website that features member-created quizzes and multiple-choice questions.

Now  OKCupid is not well known in the staffing world. And not a lot of recruiters try to source there . The reason is simple they do not know how. Well to…

New Year, new me! Or so you would hear and see all over social media. I found that at the end of last year most candidates preferred not to resign until they received their bonuses. Then come January, HR managers get an influx of resignation letters streaming across their desks. This opens new opportunities for candidates to fill those vacant roles. But often we find that when a candidate goes for an interview, they end up doing a lot of things wrong. You could have a phenomenal candidate…

The way you express yourself in writing can not only show that you know how to avoid mistakes but also contribute to your career. This aspect is known to be often neglected y job recruiters because of a common…