What if you could predict the job performance and longevity of your next tech hire? The signs are there if you know what to look for. Enough data exists in your organization and through public and private resources to transform your candidate searches from gut reactions to repeatable formulas.

At best, only …

Face it - inefficient processes are preventing us from being able to focus on strategic HR. In the flurry of new hire negotiations and making arrangements, the countless documents floating around via email, requiring different signatures and approvals, can be overwhelming. Luckily, there’s an easy way to cut through the clutter: workflow automation. It turns repetitive, time-consuming tasks – like emailing forms – into trackable, automated workflows.…

Code Guru  is where developers can come to share ideas, articles, questions, answers, tips, tricks, comments, downloads, and so much more related to development and programming..  Not a lot of recruiters try to source there. The reason is simple they do not know how. Well to do this without worry you need go no further than into…

Hiring a technical executive is as much about building institutional knowledge as it is finding a leader who will smoothly integrate with the current executive team. We all know how hard it can be for smaller businesses to hire tech superstars. Giants like Amazon, Google, and Apple benefit from deep pockets and prestige, but competing against the tech behemoths isn’t the only stumbling block. Many companies seeking to enhance the expertise available in the C-Suite have…

Last week I read Ina Jaffe's article and this powerful article, which was hard to believe, revealed to me how age discrimination is real. For example, there is a collective lawsuit against the company which hired 1,000 people of which only 19 were older than 40. Also, research shows that résumés which include older birth data get fewer responses.

Since I am a…

While technology and business go hand in hand and will continue to develop together in co-existence, it is only natural that business strategies also take a turn to greater and newer ways as a means to continue to improve. So when there is a software made available to ease the process and advance to greater heights, we make sure to put it to good use.

For most of you who are not aware of what an …

If you don't know Harry Joiner, you should. He's been using EcommerceJobs.com for years to recruit the best and brightest in online retail. He uses a great domain name to bring in referrals and he barely uses LinkedIn.

I think you'll find my 30 minute conversation with him interesting to say the least.…

Recruiting (from sourcing to hire) can be an arduous process. Whether you use spreadsheets, software, or your calendar, most successful recruiters and talent acquisition professionals have at least one habit that keeps them on track. We reached out to some of the top talent in our industry to find out what habit makes them great at their jobs and got some brilliant…

Thinking about making the change to your bring your own device (BYOD) policies at the office? Companies that have allowed employees to bring and use their own devices at work do face a number of unique security issues, but they also see a number of benefits. Employees often work better and faster if they’re using devices they are comfortable with, even if they’re…

Following on from my blog “why bad managers give recruitment KPIs a bad reputation”, this…

The term API is often posed our way in the technical space and the storm came with the Instagram API which was released and took brands and businesses all into a state of confusion and chaos. Questions of how the Instagram API integration takes place, what’s the Instagram API, in fact, floated around for quite some time with the added anguish of applications of a majority of the brands being rejected by the Instagram team on one ground or another. They’re programming instructions and…

Oracle DBA 11g Certifications are designed for more in-depth knowledge on database administration

Oracle DBA 11g courses are extremely popular DBA courses available worldwide. Professionals who are already in database administration can learn a lot more from these courses and make themselves suitable for the jobs with any sorts of challenges. Through this…

As Microsoft continues to transform LinkedIn, it, by proxy, transforms the world of recruitment. What becomes more and more apparent, however, as LinkedIn evolves, is that Microsoft does not seem to find the value in LinkedIn as it pertains to recruiters. A continual push to not only push LinkedIn more into the social media sector has many wondering, is…

If you’re a good sales person… you should probably know how to sell your most important product. Yourself!

Employers are looking for someone to represent their brand, and you will become that brand. So nailing this at interview stage is so important. When it comes to selling yourself over a video interview though, is it harder? Yes. Do you miss out a bit on reading…

….in order to generate higher pay rates.  It’s an economic truth.  If there are too few of something the price goes up.  More demand for that widget than there are widgets to satisfy the demand will make them more expensive.

In recruiting it takes more than just scarcity.  Try finding a Diesel Mechanic when you need one, or good Manufacturing Technicians with PLC programming.  They are hard to find and there are more needs for them than there are qualified candidates to fill…

Over of a third of catering professionals cited the ‘love of food’ as what they enjoyed most about their job, as a recent survey from catering equipment provider Nisbets revealed.

Their survey of 825 catering professionals covered various elements of recruitment in catering, including the best and worst parts of the job and where the respondents felt like they learned the most. It gives us an insight into how the recruitment…

It’s Monday. Again. If you’re dreading work, it could that you just need a little break, a mini vacation to boost your morale and not want to stab your eyes out heading into work. This could be a sign of burnout, nothing more. People tend to get burnt out on jobs, but in some cases, it's only a passing phase. But there’s a chance that Monday dread means this job isn’t right for you anymore. Often, signs of burnout like depression, low energy or…

As a tech professional, you’re already in high demand by definition. The unemployment rate in the IT field stands at 2.5%, meaning you likely have a multitude of positions available to you and recruiters contacting you regularly. But how can you make yourself…

Stack Exchange is  a network of question-and-answer websites on topics in varied fields, each site covering a specific topic, where questions, answers, and users are subject to a …