Sponsorship is a pain.  There’s a cost and there’s paperwork.

But for some searches the candidate pool is really tight and opening up to sponsorship does open up the candidate pool.  The decision to not sponsor is an easy one if you can fill the position without it.  However, the negatives are not significant enough to take the option off the table for challenging searches.

Todd Kmiec…

It's hard being a new graduate. So many entry level jobs require experience and many don't pay particularly well. The competition is also fierce with other recent grads, who might have more work experience or internships under their belts. But it's certainly not impossible to land a job that will jump-start your career, and these five tricks will help make that happen.…

With more and more talk about the advancement of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics in the future, it seems that the world is destined to be taken over by robots in the years to come!

With this in mind, here are just a few robots that could be competing against you in the recruitment work place...

ROBOCOP

Straight laced, organised and…

It’s easy to lose sight of what you are recruiting for.  We want this.  We have to get one of those.  It’s imperative that you know what you are.

What does your business do?

What do you provide?

What do you sell?

How do you sell it?

Recruit with that in mind.

Todd Kmiec…

In the United States about 5,000,000 people leave their job every month and a little more than 5,000,000 people take a new job.

Do the numbers on that…..per region, per state, per metropolitan area etc…..

That’s a ton of movement and clear evidence that the candidate pool is always changing.

Todd Kmiec…

You can get stuck in anything.  Fixing a mechanical problem, recruiting, sports, writing and on and on.  Getting stuck is normal.  Staying stuck is a problem.

The key to getting unstuck is to change things up.  A small tweak.  A different source.  A different tool.  As soon as you realize that you are stuck, look to change things up and get moving again.

Todd Kmiec…

Hiring candidates in a perfect world goes something like this:

Step 1: Post the job opening for the position you need to fill.

Step 2: Fill that position with a qualified candidate.

Step 3: Pop the champagne bottles because you are on fire !

Here’s the reality: Measuring the success…

“Gain elevation” was one of the favorite phrases a former CEO used to say to me. I think that phrase serves us well as we talk about improving engagement. Too often I see organizations get stuck on slicing and dicing survey results, rather than looking at the big picture and developing some action plans that are highly visible and impactful for their workforces. So let’s get…

Intrapreneurs are members of your workforce capable of inventing products/solutions that your company many not even offer, based upon their recent market knowledge. They’re totally invaluable. So... how do we spot them?

1.       The Employees That Make You Feel…

The use of social media by job seekers seeking new career opportunities is ever increasing. The days of looking through newspapers and industry magazines for ads, posting or faxing CVs over to recruitment agencies and organisations and calling company after company asking if they have any vacancies, are long gone. The first thing that comes to our mind when searching…

We all want the perfect fit.  Sometimes we get it.  Sometimes it’s just not there.  One approach is to keep working at it and be patient.  Better to have the perfect fit at some point than to have a very good fit sooner.

The other approach is to constantly work to improve the roster.  Upgrade each spot every chance you get.  Work hard to expand your reach and identify the best fit that you can land for each spot.  Great sports teams do this.  Look at the New England Patriots.  They…

We recently interviewed a fellow recruitment colleague on the expectations that he had when he started out his career. He had the impression that he would go and hit the ground running, but after a couple of months he realised it may not be as easy as he first thought. This is what got us thinking about the importance of learning to walk before you can…

Long gone are the days of having to be stuck behind a desk and confined to an office, now we have the potential freedom to work from our homes, our local coffee shop or even our favourite holiday destination! Remote working has provided us with a whole new working world where we can be flexible during our working day, with more than 4 million UK workers now working remotely!…

The recruiter’s job is to acquire talented workforce for his clients. So, if the recruiter cannot communicate his achievements, personality and skills for candidates, he will lose out heavily. The task of a recruiter is not easy and he will need to establish his own brand image to get faster and better responses and ratings. Watch this Video…

As home and rental prices go up year after year in the U.S., seeking out a city with affordable living can be a difficult task. Nationwide housing crises have put Americans in a tough situation with housing…

Sometimes you know exactly who you need.  One target.  The approach, a shotgun approach, is simple.  If you have lots of time you can work towards the goal of landing the ideal candidate without a lot of risk.  If you don’t have a lot of time, the risk goes up significantly.

The other approach is to have many possible targets and expand your reach to engage as many as you can.  Much lower risk.  Much more likely that you will be able to engage the right candidate.  You may even end up…

If you are wondering on the best way of revitalizing your writing business, it is important you consider branding.…

Winter is coming this season (7) and we all can’t wait for 16th July to watch the first episode. Game of Thrones never 

ceases to surprise us and I am sure this season will be no different. While we anxiously wait for these unexpected events,…

If you have scored an interview for a job that you are interested in, you probably want to ensure that it goes as well as possible. Unfortunately, if you are like a lot of people, you might be nervous about the actual interview process. This is perfectly normal; sometimes, even the most confident and qualified of job candidates…

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These Insider Secrets to Graduate Interview Success are not for your typical graduate job hunter.

But first let me congratulate you on obtaining your degree. Now with that out of the way let’s get down to real business.

The contents of this post are a departure from your typical graduate interview preparation…