A cover letter is another “pleasant thing” that online resume services can provide to their clients. Yet only a handful of job-hunters avail of this benefit whenever they seek the help of these entities as they walk through the job search trail. Cover letters provide the potential and future employers a glimpse of what a job seeker can do to their company. It gives highlight on the passion and interest of…

[Before or after you read this missive, be sure to read Derek Zeller's "You're Not Really A Recruiter"]

Can you articulate what makes you a recruiter, let alone a great one? Can you describe to your loved ones exactly what makes you a recruiter?

Great, you…

Staffing and recruitment firms who are achieving the fastest growth in margin percentage and dollars are taking their cues from some of the best at innovation: Starbucks, Airbnb, Warby Parker, Patagonia, Kickstarter, and Apple. Instead of bombarding tons of prospects with mundane sales and marketing pitches, hoping to get them to care about their offerings, they are figuring out what matters most to these buyers, then delighting them, one person at a time. This approach,…

From a recruiter's perspective, knowing the right way to handle interview individuals after the interview can be tricky.

Some interviewees are needier than others and some can be downright presumptive, assuming they've got the job when in actuality your client may already have chosen someone else. Some of these problems may be avoided by recruiting the right…

On the back of a stellar jobs report unveiled last Friday, I was asked by a reporter for Hearst Publications to take a look at our data for engineering job advertisements in the final quarter of 2014 and to compare them to the final quarter of 2013.

Across the board, every engineering discipline saw a marked increase in the number of jobs advertised on any given day in the final quarter of 2014 vs 2013.  What makes this particularly insightful for this year's recruiting - the…

It’s the end of the workweek. Some people in the office leave a little early to get a jumpstart on their weekend plans; some people didn’t even come in because of their flex schedules. Friday for the average professional is a godsend. For job postings on the other hand, the end of the week doesn’t ring the same bell as it should. Fridays were once the ideal time for job postings.…

There is no doubt in the fact that women love shopping and bargaining. However, not all of them can enjoy hunting for any specific dress or any shoe because of their busy life or because of their responsibilities towards their family. In case if you too find yourself in similar condition and if you have a desire to buy designer clothes then you shouldn’t get disappointed as there is a great way by which you can buy women’s designer clothes easily from the comfort of your house or from your…

If you love playing Movie Star Planet and you are always searching for the ways to unlock the amazing features, then you will have to come up with the best hacks so you can become VIP on MSP. There are plenty of services available online that will provide you the best hacks online but, you will have to conduct detailed research, so you don’t have to face any issues in the long run. We are going to share few important things that you will have to keep in mind, so you don’t have to face any…

If you have hit the new Commercial Use Limit on Search on LinkedIn, your search results screen will look like this - the first few results are shown and the rest are blurred:

Amazingly, the…

Android applications have come very far and it keeps on getting better. Whether you need a nice game or an organizer, there is definitely an application suitable for your needs. Developers work day and night just to bring the consumers excellent mobile applications. Here is a rundown of the best android mobile applications for the year 2016.

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There is no doubt that workforce actually serves as the building block for a firm’s strength. In order to make sure that company actually achieves the goals set in its mission statement, one has to focus on organizing its labor force. Well, organizing and leading an army of skilled labors is much necessary. This is the second task. Organization through motivation and leadership skill comes later. In the very first step company’s management must focus on gathering a group of expertise who are…

You're ready to get to work but worry about the gaps in employment on your resume. You wonder if recruiters will immediately dismiss you as a candidate due to these lapses in employment. Fortunately, there are some ways you can present yourself in a positive light to prospective employers, despite the holes in your resume. Below we will discuss ways that you…

New England Patriot Quarterback Tom Brady is secretly sort of lame. Credit: Keith Allison, Wikipedia Commons

Tom Brady is regarded as one of the most desirable…

Often the first point of call for potential candidates your company website can leave a lasting impression. A successful website should showcase what you do, what you are about and drive applications / registrations / engagement.

Various elements come together to create a great recruitment website however it is…

It used to be that, in order for you to manage and meet someone, you would have to go to social places where people gather. Perhaps a bar, a restaurant or even a bookclub. You would get in touch with that person, you would start to talk to them and if they were interested enough for you as well you will try to find those things you have in common.…

Handling the water damage in the house is always the most expensive home improvement task and house owners usually fear such an investment. You have to spend a lot of money to get the water damage repaired, along with repairing the structure damage to the house done by the moisture because of water damage. But you can easily skip all of these expenses by regularly getting your house inspected from some professional water…

How to source on the lesser known sites!! Fossies

Fossies is an open source software archieve. Fossies is not known in the community and few have tried to source in it. Well to do this without worry you need go no further than into your bag of tricks and pull out an old tried and true tool, called…

Endlessly scrolling through jobs listings when you’re seeking employment can be a tedious and time-consuming task, especially when 95% of what’s on offer isn’t right for you. Thankfully there is an answer. Specialist jobs boards focus on a specific industry and only post job vacancies relevant to that industry. Almost every sector is represented, from healthcare to construction.…

There are great recruiters around the globe that are unrecognized both in industry and business.  Their names you may have never heard, their titles differ, and their salary is not a measure of their success.  Great recruiters are employed, unemployed, and underemployed.  They are in development, yet to develop and developing others.  However, they all have some greatness in them.  Some have learned their craft through due diligence, others try a haphazard approach, and still others forge…

Selecting recruitment software is a decision that doesn’t come around often. If your recruitment software isn’t enabling consultants to find and place more candidates it isn’t working. If you are in the market for new recruitment software make sure you ask potential providers the right questions so you know the system you purchase does the job it needs…