When I was in high school I applied for a job at Pizza Hut. A few of my friends worked there and I hated my current job so I figured I’d try it out. The day of the interview I was a little nervous - standard nerves about an interview - nothing crazy. The manager came to the front of the restaurant to meet me and we sat in a booth to begin the Q&A. The first thing he asked was, “So that’s your real name? We all were taking bets it was a stage name.” To say that I was shocked would be an…

If you want to know why you recruit, ask yourself why you are in business.  Companies are in business for a reason or for a number of reasons.

• To make an impact on the world.
• To satisfy a need.
• To make a given set of people happier.
• To make things easier for a given set of people.
• To make money, employ people, produce something useful……..

If you’ve got a reason to be in business then there’s a reason you need to recruit.  In…

Hiring staff isn’t just a one-way persuasion – it’s a contract between two parties. So when interviewing candidates, it’s as much as advertising your organisation, as it is for the candidate to advertise themselves. Candidates love modern, quirky companies, that think outside the box, so…

Paylab mapped the current trends in Compensation and Benefits and examined the ways in which the top three positions of Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer and Country Manager are compensated in Central and Eastern Europe. A total of 3,551 salary reports from top level managers in these three positions were analysed from 10 countries in the…

Let’s face it. We’re up against a vacancy that’s pretty urgent and when running some basic searches on our chosen job boards, we’re quite simply not getting much back. The pressure is on, we’re running out of time, and we’re feeling fairly helpless.

We’ve generated a quick-fire way to generate a greater number of targeted results when CV…

I was just listening to a discussion of the multiple legal infractions involved in threatening to slander someone for conducting perfectly legal business and it reminded me very much of my own experiences several years ago.  Reiterating my position on the illegal conduct of the now-defunct "Fordyce Letter", they were involved in a conspiracy to extort and defame me, prior to going out of operation.

Here is a link to the 2013 article in question, which was never retracted, and is still…

With any online endeavor, the topic of SEO always arises. In the past we’ve touched on the importance of organic versus manufactured SEO, making the case that trying to shortcut your way to SEO success is ill advised and, most likely, ineffective. Ranking well on search engines, especially…

How does a DUI impact your career? There are many ways a Driving Under the Influence charge can change the way your current or prospective employers view you. The risks associated with drinking and driving don't end with being pulled over and arrested. They can continue for Americans into every aspect of your life.

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If you do something well, it is better to put more effort and resources into doing more of it than to branch off into something new.  That is until you’ve covered most of the market.

It’s a really big world and most businesses don’t have enough market share to worry about having too little room to grow.  If you’re fishing in the ocean, there’s no need to go out and hunt buffalo.  Just cover more water more efficiently.

Todd…

Every day the recruiters come to fight for the best talent and use the familiar tactics. When we start the search, the first method to which we refer is the power of LinkedIn and Job Boards. Recruiters use all the possible tactics and different combinations of search.

What do the lazy recruiters do?

Firstly they create a vacancy on Job Board and source for the suitable candidates for LinkedIn. The most cunning copy details from other vacancies such as the job…

Over the last three months we’ve been touring Australia and New Zealand with Recruitment Yarns – it was great to see the number of senior recruitment leaders who are very passionate about their recruitment agency’s brand. One of the most frequent questions we were asked during the tour was around recruitment marketing budgets, specifically ‘what should be spent on marketing delivery and paid advertising?’

For most recruitment agencies, the largest marketing expenditure is…

Currently, a lot of human resources departments are automating their HR processes. This has brought about mixed fortunes in that there are both advantages and disadvantages associated with streamlining the HR processes via information and management systems. If you are considering automating your HR processes, you should take…

The 4^th of July is the biggest date in the history of our country. It is the day we became a FREE, new nation. It is a date that we as Americans should hold sacred because it is the date when we actually became Americans. While we celebrate this significant event and date lets also remember those that fought so hard and not only opened the…

I’m a Cubs fan.  Have been all of my life.  Last year the Cubs won the World Series and it was an incredible ride all year long.  This year, not so much.  They are playing 500 baseball (roughly the same number of wins as losses) and while they could still turn it on, they aren’t dominating like they did last year.

This year some other teams are dominating.  The Astros and Dodgers to name a couple.  The Astros have clearly followed the same process as the Cubs.  Drafting well, building…

In the business world, for-profit and non-profit organizations are often described as completely different entities with little to no relation to one another. What many business owners fail to understand, however, is the mutual benefit that can accrue when a for-profit business partners with a non-profit charity organization. Here are just four of the ways such a…

Working with a recruitment firm is a smart and effective way to handle the hiring process at your organization. Recruitment firms come with a vast network of connections and can more quickly and efficiently locate, evaluate, and secure top talent. According to the Wall Street Journal, companies with more than 10,000 employees globally pay a median figure of $1,949…

s a HR recruiter, you certainly want to know where the most qualified as well as large talent base to find, though most of the recruiters these days too, do not use social media as their effective as well easy way to find candidates. If you are among them, try to get involved in social media as well as possible. The possibility of…

Anyone that knows me knows that I do not cook so talking about ingredients is a little ironic. But the analogy I am using is a good one to explain how digital marketing can be successful so I have the oven on (virtually speaking) and I am ready to create.

We are currently in an environment where we are getting bombarded with content at a crazy pace (thanks Facebook). There is an expert on every corner telling you if you did (insert their product or skillset here) you are going to get…

The title of this post may be a little misleading as it implies there is a singular right way to do recruiting website photos. The photography that’s right for your staffing agency may not be what works best for another. With a variety of industries, niches and demographics, the right photos can differ greatly from agency to agency.…

Great results come from doing good work consistently over a long period of time.  It’s easy to fall into the trap of believing that a heroic effort will generate a quantum leap to greater success.

In recruiting or any other business it takes a build up to break through to generate truly great results and a sustainable high level of success.

todd@toddkmiec.com…