I sometimes receive email from people who appear to have mental illness, asking the question: “Why would I use a spammer like you as a recruiter?”  Although this is clearly a loaded question, based on the false presumption of email contact by recruiters being ‘spam’, it does deserve an answer and provokes thought.

Firstly, you can call anything you want whatever you want to, up to a point.  Shakespeare wrote “A rose by any…

I approached an expert SEO firm offering local SEO services. After examining my business and its own presence problems, the SEO group offered an SEO deal that included a broad selection of methods made to boost the internet search engine site position of my site and push sales and more traffic to me. Let us examine how these methods worked for advertising my business.

Today, when…

Wonder what you missed at #TruSF?  Here's a quick video recap of the event.  Who you missed, what you need to know, and where to find the next event.

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• Stacy Zapar of …

Can you guess what time is it? If not here’s a hint - were you part of the WhatsApp Group Chat that was held? Figured it out yet, you guessed right it’s time for a recap of these chats that we all so patiently wait for.  Here’s what went on in this week’s chat where Recruiters and Talent Acquisition professionals like yourself got together to discuss why Recruiters & Sourcers should use Twitter.…

There aren’t many experiences out there that are more nerve-racking than the lead-up to a job interview. In that time, we tend to make our biggest mistakes as we are feeling our most anxious. Fear not. Here is a quick guide that outlines the biggest job application mistakes to avoid making when you are preparing for your interview....More...…

Spiceworks is free network management software and help desk software designed for networks

with up to 1,000  devices .  Spiceworks is not well known in the community and some 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…

In a previous post, Corporate Recruiters List Top Three Soft Skills, had highlighted the fact that communication is a hot job skill in high demand. If you can communicate well, you can instantly stand-out in the crowd of applicants.

Since you cannot be everywhere, speaking,…

Change is inevitable; whether its personal, professional, whatever. Change happens! In talent acquisition, it's a way of life so I've made a point of embracing it, but for most of us it's not natural. In fact, it's downright uncomfortable and something most people don't like to do. Simply put, life is easier in our comfort zone because it's a known quantity - a safe place. 

Every now and then, change happens that is not voluntary. That's when you have to take a step back and realize…

Would you like to be able to work only 4 days a week, keep your current salary, have more time to spend with your loved ones and pursue your personal interests? I would! And I know many others who would too! But, do you think a shorter work week could make you more productive?

Today, more and more employees are struggling with achieving a healthy work life balance and…

LinkedIn, the third most popular social network after Facebook and Twitter, was launched back in 2003. Now, it is commonly used to search for jobs as well as deserving candidates. Human resources specialists are probably the most active on this network, discovering all the features and options it offers, but you as a regular user can also apply a few tricks to tweak…

In this technological period we should not ignore what is lost inside our foundation, we should be arranged to fight with our opponents. Your institution will be successful if they student you are serving are intelligent and successful students. However, it is in your hand to make a good learning environment inside your education system.

So here are a couple tips about How…

Are you a good interviewer?  Are you using all of the tools available to you?  What could you do to improve your interviewing skills and get better information from your candidates?

I work with many, many recruiting professionals and hiring managers, and all of us think we are great interviewers.  I’ve found that most of us could still improve a bit!  Many of the…

As a recruiting and staffing agency you want to win clients, place candidates efficiently and conveniently access information needed to make strategic decisions. A strong ATS (applicant tracking system) with a built in recruiting CRM software (customer relationship management) can assist greatly. There are many recruiting CRM features to look out for during the software…

Looking to expand your IT team?

The latest evolutions in workplace technology, including cloud-based platforms, mean that IT isn't what it used to be. This also means that the process of recruiting the best IT professionals now and in the future has changed.

Check out these tips for successfully building your IT team:

Build a Team with Mixed…

Well it’s time for another recap of what went on in this week’s WhatsApp Group Chat. Sourcing Adda (@SourcingAdda) being a group for Talent Acquisition Professionals to interact with each other is a great platform to gather together and discuss more about the subject of Sourcing and Recruiting that we are all passionate about.

Having said that it’s time to find out what the discussion on the common questions was all about like is it possible to survive without job portals? If yes,…

Companies train their employees for the jobs they do. That’s a given. Even if they’re versed in their field, new hires need guidance to get up to speed on the ins and outs of the company, learn about their specific role there, and establish…

Everyone makes mistakes, including during performance reviews. Despite the fact they are supposed to help solve issues in the workplace, individually and team-oriented on a grander scale, managers sometimes make these 6 mistakes during the…

When I first started life as a recruitment consultant my manager and mentor at the time told me that there are only three things that are important in the hiring process:

1. personality

2. personality

3.…

Some of you will be aware that I am not shy of bemoaning the fact that there are so many poor job posts littering the online space. You only have to visit a job board and pick a few ads at random to find cut & pasted job descriptions, phrases like "Our client are looking", hideous examples of awful grammar and a whole load of posts that just have no kind of sell or…

When we think about our work life, we fundamentally want to be happy. Studies have shown that performance and job satisfaction (“happiness”) go hand in hand in making an organization successful. Associate Professor of Organizational Psychology at Yale University, Amy Wrzesniewski, discovered that people have one of three…