Nick Fury - spy, former head of S.H.I.E.L.D., and leader of one of the most powerful teams in the marvel universe: The Avengers.  Despite Fury’s closed communication management style (as Tony Stark puts it, “his secrets have secrets” x), he is an impressive recruiter and…

Carefully-crafted, impactful recruitment emails are the white Bengal tigers of the industry: they’re fabulously and unfortunately rare. We’ve all seen examples of the canned drivel that bad recruiters spam out. You know the sort. They usually include clangers such as obviously generic templates, unspecified clients, pleas for CVs/referrals and heavy…

HR-managers are quite demanded folks these days. Professionals of great caliber are usually overloaded with duties, assignments and board meetings. No room to breathe, no room to take your 8-year-old kid to the zoo. Deep inside you hope you’re a superhero, an x-man, or prodigy, coping with plenty of tasks better than anyone else. But, as a rule, workaholics are…

This blog was originally posted at taraflannery.com.  Click the link to see examples of great professional photos!

As you are pulling yourself together and getting ready to embark on a job search, is it necessary to have a professional photo to go along with your resume?  I think it is becoming more and more important, but there are a few things to consider before you pick out a snapshot and paste it next to your…

Companies are remiss if they go it alone in trying to recruit good people. Most organizations are unable to fulfill all of their own needs for full-time employees and temporary help. And that is okay, as hiring is not their core business. This is the staffing industry is a vital contributor.

Staffing and recruitment companies must do a better job of delivering services that allow their customers to always hire someone today or acquire contract talent in an instant. Almost every…

If you've been a smoker for a while, you might be oblivious to the message is sends out about you. This can make a huge difference in an interview and to potential employers. We're going to look about what smoking says about you, and how it could influence potential employers as to whether they take you on or not.



They might say it doesn't matter - but that isn't necessarily the case



Most interviewers and potential employers want to seem as open-minded as…

The more you leave to chance the more likely you are to lose your candidates. Recruitment's not a roll of the dice and here are thirteen pitfalls that if you haven't already experienced, you have yet to look forward to. 

The wrong location

You gave the wrong address and sent your candidate to Newcastle…

From business meetings to school presentations, video conferencing is an excellent tool for communicating with several people in more than one location. With the aid of the Internet and a phone line, you can now attend a class in Ohio from your living room in Texas, or make a sales pitch from your Los Angeles office to potential clients in Berlin. This cuts down on travel time, expenses, and inconveniences. Blue Jeans can provide the software and venue for a technically flawless video…

When our Business Development Managers meet new customers, they ask ‘Why are you considering using the services of an umbrella company?”. The answers are varied and wide ranging but let us explain the main advantages to your business that you should expect from a compliant service provider. In making the decision to engage with an umbrella company, you’re…

Nitric Max Muscle is a muscle-growth supplement that aids in muscle-growth by triggering Nitric Oxide Synthesis in the body. This is a chemical activity that turns Nitric Oxide into free form gas and lets this gas flow with the bloodstream. This process creates many changes in the body that helps a lot in making you work harder on your gym exercises which will give you better results.

Increased recovery rates

As your body undergoes several…

Heroin is used by millions of drug addicts all over the world. It is one of the most highly addictive illegal drugs which lead to crime and death. People who decided not to take heroin no more can face horror with it comes to withdrawal. The drug is made from plants and like opium the drug is removed from the pod of the plant and refined making the morphine and can be refined again and become in a form of heroin. Most heroin is injectable creating a high risk of other diseases like AIDS and…

If there were only one theme dominating recruitment in 2015 it would certainly be this: inundation. The old database model and conventional job boards are colliding with the social media explosion more than ever, leaving recruiters drowning in a mass of information that is hard to effectively track and aggregate.…

We live in a world that is dominated by technology. The advancement in technology has resulted in almost every one being active on popular social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and Pinterest. This development makes one wonder whether Social Media Monitoring is essential. If this question has crossed your mind then you are on the right track.

Well then let’s answer the question, “Social Media Monitoring – Why is it essential?” Mind you if you…

How to source on the lesser known sites!! SCGuild

SCguild is a site for contractors to show they are available, what they do and post resumes. SCGuild

is a known in the community but few have tried to source in it. Well to do this without worry you

need go no  further than…

Using video as a recruiting tool is a relatively new application of webcam technology; however, it is continuing to expand. Many employers are using video chat programs such as Skype and Google Hangouts to conduct video job interviews. Some employers are even accepting video resumes from candidates…

I recently interviewed Tim Keningham, Global Chief Strategy Officer and EVP at Ipsos Loyalty. Tim is co-author of a terrific new book titled The Wallet Allocation Rule. At one point, our conversation focused on recruiting, and more specifically, the candidate experience.

Here’s a transcript…

Man did this ever ruffle feathers… a small company in San Diego is hiring not ONE but TWO awesome developers. Instead of bothering with a laundry list of must haves and educational requirements, they dropped an F-bomb laden missive on Craigslist targeted at a certain kind of developer. You know, the kind that has a sense of…

How do we work best? It’s a question on every manager’s mind, but it can be difficult to answer. There are lots of remedies, solutions and workarounds floating out there, but it’s not always easy to see what methods work best for your own staff. However, conducting the right tests can help you make key decisions while hiring and…

Did you know the military has over 7,000 job positions across more than 100+ functional areas, and 81% of these jobs have a direct civilian equivalent. Veteran candidates already have the knowledge, skills and experience…