How in the world can I stop the onslaught of Endorsement notifications that are filling my LinkedIn updates stream? 

This has been a popular topic ever since LinkedIn announced the ability to endorse connections. It seems like everyone on LI is endorsing every single one of their connections for a wide variety of skills. I've received Endorsements from people I don't know and have never worked with. For me, LinkedIn Endorsements have been overly used…

Many of us have experienced the departure of a negative co-worker or manager from a company. Always, there is a collective sigh of relief as the removal of this cancerous presence breathes new life into the organization. No longer drained by the unhealthy distractions and toxic interactions, the team is free to focus on the business at hand instead of shielding and protecting themselves from the next wave of negative fallout. It’s little wonder that we often see a surge of productivity and…

 A few weeks ago my ex-husband called and asked for my help. He has a small business and has had a rash of turnovers in his now-open office assistant position.

He asked me how to find a good candidate with a guarantee they won’t leave in a year. I told him there are no guarantees in life and that, my friend, goes double when it comes to recruiting and keeping good employees.

I work for a professional staffing firm and the good news is that there are ample…

My LinkedIn account is having multiple problems with the functionality. It's happening for the second time in the past few months. I can't use my RPS account (it is a variation of LinkedIn Recruiter). I hope they will fix it again.

The nice LinkedIn managers, who support my RPS account, point out…

It’s the age-old debate – do you really need a degree to get a good job?

The answer is simple – it depends on what profession you want to enter into and then the question of whether this profession needs a degree is for professional bodies or employers to answer.

But then even if the professionals decide they need or want you to have a degree in their field,…

Motivational Monday #52 Trial and Suffering

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experiences of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, vision cleared, ambition inspired and success achieved.”

Helen Keller

I…

Following the recession in 2009, it has become incredibly challenging for university graduates to find a financial job. However, finance is a crucial part of every organisation and this sector is vast with different types of opportunities. Graduates equipped with appropriate qualification, professional training and specific skills are likely to find desired financial position in the company of their choice.

Many companies also arrange graduate training schemes to expose these new…

In house jobs offer professionals an opportunity for leading a better lifestyle. Decent pay package, predictable working hours, job benefits like health insurance and bonuses; all these together make an in house legal position appealing. There are quite a lot of ways of finding suitable in house legal positions. The most common way considered by most attorneys working for law firms is accepting a job role with one of their clients.

It is also important for you to be familiar with the…

Ideas for Recruiting Great Candidates

Tap Your Employee Networks in Recruiting Candidates Spread word-of-mouth information about the position availability, or eventual availability, to each employee so they can constantly look for superior candidates in their networks of friends and associates. In this age of online social and professional…

Photo by Valentino Martinez - Ralston Purina Recruiters & Recruitment Booth - NSHMBA National Job Fair

In recruitment advertisement use what works. If the image/message represents a…

Did you ever engage a candidate who is likely to defect after taking your offer? Almost every seasoned recruiter would have come across this situation many times yet react in a way that it is happening for the first time in life.... I would say incidents like these make recruiters job special and exciting. Across the world at least 10% of candidates drop out after accepting an offer. Any idea how we deal with these situations. As a Recruiter what goes in the mind…

Hello all,

First off I thank each of you that post in this blog. I have learned a lot from reading various posts here and now I have my own.

I may be getting out of the Air Force in the coming months. I am a recruiter and love the recruiting side of the business but, I am ignorant to the other side of civilian recruiting(cultivating applicants/split placements etc...). I am a Business/Marketing major currently attending college( 15 classes to go).  I am…

If your name is Michael Jackson, Leonard Nimoy, Lindsey Lohan or Mark Twain, you might as well skip this article. It doesn't apply to you. 



It may seem rather ironic to some people that I'm talking here about online reputation.…

I'm wondering what different agency commission plans look like. Do you have to meet metrics to be eligible for commission? 

My metrics are based upon interviews, reference checks, send outs, interviews, and of course placements. 

Is it pretty typical for a recruiter to not receive commission for the first year of work even if their placement goals are met?

Here is our weekly feature in which we share the top articles we enjoyed from the past week about recruitment marketing, social recruiting and anything else in the recruiting space. In this article, we’ll be talking about moneyball, big data, candidate sourcing, Avery Bradley and career sites.

Also, here is…

Scott shines a light on some of the reasons why individuals fail to follow through, and simple ways to overcome them.

1. ADD – Attention divided dilema
2. Fear – False evidence appearing real
3. Competing priorities…

We all use email, and we use it all day long. It’s both a great help and a great hinderance. Great for some tasks, massively overused for others. In many ways, it has changed the way that we work, and the speed at which we correspond.

The reality is that email is as much a part of our working lives as the telephone is, in fact it has even taken over a lot of what…

If you are a recruiter, you are quite familiar with the phrase "cultural fit," but in most cases it's coming from a client who wants to make sure a new hire will fit in with the existing team. But cultural fit is an important requirement for job candidates, too, especially for Millennials.

A…