Just a couple of weeks ago, we wrote about how companies are invading your privacy by inquiring about Facebook, asking people to log in during interviews etc.  We spotted this wonderful infographic about how Social Media can get you fired, and we wanted to share it with you.

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Social Media is everywhere. You would be hard-pressed to find a large brand that wasn’t taking advantage of these free broadcasting platforms. So why aren’t you? Here we’ll address some common misconceptions to those excuses that might be keeping you out of the loop.

1. I am not tech-savvy.

Do you know how to check your email? Good news, you’re qualified and capable to manage your own social media!

Social media is not hard. Personally, the…

Maybe they’re helping new startups rise to Googledom. Or maybe they’re enjoying the spoils of working for big business. Whatever the case, these guys and gals are enjoying the job flexibility that comes with being in high demand.

Great tech talent. You won’t find it by hitting the job boards.

A Techie’s Playground

The real players…

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a direct-hire executive, and able to leap big projects in a single bound, it's the Supertemp!

That is the term that the Harvard Business Review used in its recent article, "The Rise of the Supertemp," to refer to a growing group of executives who are…

Good Workers + Great Values = Success.

Most employers/employees alike seek career success and the path to success is paved with hard work. As winning the lottery is not always an option, most people know success means hard work, working with people, understanding corporate objectives and managing challenges. Take enlightened footsteps on a career path to success; implement these steps into your day to day career life, if you haven’t already.…

I recruit mainly in EMEA based out of the UK.  High tech start ups are my speciality along with building teams from scratch.  Last year was a fantastic year.  This year less so but still ticking along well enough.  I have never actively marketed my business as clients have always come to me but now after last year's record billings it has occurred to me that I am functioning at about half capacity at most and could easily repeat those billings year on year.  I am therefore interested in…

What can you, as mangers and employers, do differently to attract and retain your organization’s greatest asset in the midst of this ever-growing talent crisis?

Pick up the Pace

The single biggest contributing factor to loosing our ideal candidate is time!  Waiting too long.  All steps of the hiring process should be conducted in the shortest time possible.  The longer we wait, the more likely other factors will influence our chances (another company comes into the…

By Jennifer Brownell, Managing Director, Q4B

banter - an exchange of light, playful, teasing remarks; good-natured conversation

Well if it were only that simple, we would all be closing more business.  I know that I can exchange good-natured conversation with the best of them and certainly enjoy supplying one or two teasing remarks.

As you might imagine that is not the banter to which I refer. I am referring to something that is critical to the ultimate…

One of the biggest issue that staffing organizations and for that matter any organization faces, in the advent of remote workers, is how to keep and make a remote team a team.

 Well keeping a remote team a team, can easily be done if you are not only a great manager but a great leader.

A great leader will find a way to motivate, congratulate, educate and unify a team regardless of…

Getting the Job

The job seeking process can be both challenging and fulfilling.  If you approach the job search as a “full-time job” you will find a sense of purpose and improved focus on the goals that will lead to your next official title.

As with any project, the best way to begin the process is to break the quest down into reasonably-sized tasks and milestones. Apply your project management skills to set best practices in motion and keep yourself on task. Get up at…

Lately I’ve been watching a number of presentations by recruiting and sourcing professionals on their recruitment marketing strategy and how they are able to drive success at their organizations.   Most if not all have a technology component that helps them drive innovation in their process.

With many of these organizations, they’ve been able to determine a successful recruiting strategy through a few key steps.  Here is my simplified…

Think back to your most recent “bad hire.” Remember the time, eff ort and resources that went into posting the job, screening candidates, interviewing and training. And then there was the trial period. Like most companies, you’ve gone through the discomfort a bad hire can bring. By the time you cut your losses, this preventable mistake will have cost you and your company over $40,000,  and in some cases even  $200,000, when valuable customers get caught in the flack.…

Despite my busy recruitment workload in the last few weeks I've taken time out to wear my other hat and offer some career advice and guidance to a handful of experienced director-level contacts requiring some help.

I'll get my apologies and excuses in early if you don't mind. I'm not a qualified career coach, counsellor or even a trained psychometric testing assessor. These contacts of mine have sought my help because I know their sectors and have been a senior level recruiter…

Online recruitment is a serious buzzword in the HR spectrum. Companies are becoming more and more aware of its importance and its prevalence in the market. 20% of the UK population are looking at a job board online more than twice every single day. This is a huge active market with advantages that can include improvements to corporate image, reduction in recruitment costs and a reduction in administration. So why is it that recruiters are finding it a challenge to integrate it…

It’s a tough job market out there today as you are frequently up against a small army of competing job seekers.  Acing the interview is crucial for winning the right position.

Watch out for these 12 top interview mistakes:

1. Walking in with the Wrong Attitude

According to a recent survey of more than 3,000 HR managers and employers 77% listed answering phone calls or texting as their top pet peeve during interviews. Make sure your mobile is off before you walk in the…

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Success in recruiting is all about doing a lot of small things… very well.

Pretty much all recruiters follow the same process. We screen, we interview, we match, we meet clients, and we engineer scores of mini interactions which stitch…

This post originally appeared on the Talent Technology Blog: http://www.talenttech.com/blog/headcount

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Making the tabloid news rounds today is the story of how UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, and his wife accidentally…

Employment and unemployment issues have been widely discussed over the last few years, however an even more detrimental issue is the impending talent crisis.

“According to a yearlong study conducted by McKinsey Co., the most important corporate resource over the next 20 years will be talent.”

The Talent War Defined

Are you already sensing shortages in the talent pool?  Most likely, yes.

We have completed extensive market research and found that…