Purely my views.

Being a recruiter means dealing with myriad of personalities.

Whether you have worked in the recruiting business for years or decades or you’re just getting your feet wet these days, you undoubtedly will find that some applicants are easy to work with, others on the other hand, not so easy.

With that in mind, keep in mind that most applicants truly just want to…

Finding and being found

We’ve all known them – bad employees that are either out to ruin your day, or the company. These creepy-crawlers lurk around, spreading their infectious toxins everywhere they go putting a serious strain on employee morale and overall company culture. Not only are they expensive, demoralizing, and infuriating, toxic employees can bring teamwork to a grinding halt, jeopardize goals, and potentially become and…

Patty McCord, Netflix’s former Chief Talent Officer, has a very different take on HR. Credit: meme.com

Netflix’s philosophy on human…

Some time ago I started wandering what the most frequent resume mistakes are. I decided to ask my friend Jana Rookard, who has been an HR manager for ten years and now works at Assignment Jedii – assignment help service. She said that she has looked through more than 10 000 resumes in her career. Some of them are…

Many of our customers chose to use video interviews in preselection in order to save time and money. They came for efficiency reasons and stayed, thanks to the many other benefits of video interviews. Below I present to you a few of these reasons: high volume recruiting, international recruitment, decentralised organisation and benefits for candidates. To get a more complete picture, I recommend our “…

Elance is a site were you can find freelancers to do project work, post positions, and post your

Protoflio. Elance  is known in the community but 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 x-raying.

So to…

Netflix’s culture seems to fly in the face of what people associate with Silicon Valley. Credit: Netflix

In a world of ping pong tables, “…

By Eric Foutch

There are tons of brands, people and companies that are taking advantage of my favorite social media outlet, Twitter. As of January 2014 there were 645,750,000 Twitter users with 135,000 new users being added daily.

Twitter is a great social media platform…

When it comes to the selection of the best vaping device, then you should know that there are lots of complications involved in the process, and you just cannot purchase anything that you have seen in the shop. If you are going to spend a lot of money on your vaping device, then you should always look for the best quality product and the one that you will find useful for yourself in the future. You need to understand your requirements from the vaping device that you are going to purchase. If…

In California, it is wide-spread practice to take out a payday loan for an immediate cash assistance. It is easy, fast and a convenient way to have a loan for immediate cash use. Although the amount you can get from a payday loan is small and limited, many people are still using availing of the service due to its convenience.

What is a Payday Loan?

A payday loan is a short-term cash loan service given to employees who wish to loan for a small amount of cash payable within a…

Debt relief organizations help people who are going through financial problems. They free people from the burden of debt. These companies provide advice to debtors as credit advocates and help them to recover from monetary problems. Debt relief companies have debt specialists who suggest remedies to customers. A debt specialist helps in decreasing balance and rate of interest of…

As an employer, you’re probably bombarded with applicants, maybe more than you can handle. But do you know how these job seekers found you or what the best channels are to reach them? How do you guide your recruitment marketing decisions? What information are you using to understand your job seekers social preferences?

There is certainly general research in our…

I'm going to continue the LinkedIn Lovefest from last week by detailing here the fake connection requests I receive for the week as well as the subsequent research I conduct to determine how deep the cancerous root is growing. Your comments are always appreciated.

~Steve

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The bane of a recruiter’s job… not finding the right candidate. Most recruiters want to find the right candidate in the right amount of time without sacrificing candidate experience. Sounds easy enough, so why is it so hard? Tim Sackett recently wrote about how simple…

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Women have different necessities when it comes to clothing. Whether Casual clothes, working outfits and even bras. But a woman’s common mistake is buying a bra that doesn’t compliment with their breast cup, or buying bras that are too big or small for them to use. Women need bras that would not only make them feel comfortable, but also make their breasts feel comfy as well. Here are some best bra types for different breasts sizes and forms.…

Someone I know; and is highly respected in the Talent Acquisition / Social Media space, mentioned the other day on Twitter that she had received a Valentines card through LinkedIn.  She was rightly offended, as that's an inappropriate use of LinkedIn.

It got me thinking about how some people can be inappropriate in their use of Social…

You’re probably familiar with Instagram but the question here is how well do you know Instagram and its features? Is the knowledge you have enough to guarantee success?  These are important questions that require answers. Especially since, the current trend that is followed is social network recruitment.

Instagram is the perfect app for those of you who have a flair for photography and images. You can use this app…