For those of us who have been required, scratch that, privileged, enough to recruit college students, screening resumes can be…interesting. You scan a resume, review the candidate’s education, and notice they conveniently left off their GPA. Uh-oh. They might as well list “didn’t study enough” under the activities and interests section. What is often overlooked, however, is for those that may not have studied as hard, the extracurricular activities list is typically in abundance.…

Video resumes are growing in popular with time and job candidates find this a useful method to stand out from the crowd. It is basically an opportunity for candidates to demonstrate your professional skills and good communication skills. Recruiters and employers are more likely to remember what they see than what they read in a text resume. Another benefit of video resume is that hat they are recorded, and can easily be forwarded to hiring managers,…

Online Recruitment and the Social Opportunity

You all know that familiar feeling when standing on a beach – there’s a crash, as water

particles stumble over each other, racing faster and faster as the

shallows near they simply build up and then…

After yesterday’s (ok earlier today but still Day 8) comments about optimism, disappointment and realistic expectations it won’t surprise you to know that I was a bit frustrated today with a feeling of impatience and yes, a little disappointment. This was despite reflection and writing Day 8 first thing today. Maybe it was to be expected.

Therefore…

I have now been actively looking for a new job for 2 whole weeks. This is Day 10. I’m counting the days as those on which I actively seek work, or at least should be. 2 weeks wow!! I remember sitting in the office on my last day thinking it is so cool to have August off – I can enjoy the summer and relax. I expect this is pretty much how everyone else would react too.…

I hear you asking “where did Day 6 go” on Saturday? Well it went fishing; yup I had a day off from #myjobhunt

And a very pleasant 7 hours it was too. The fish thought so too, they were quite comfortable at the bottom of the lake, not giving my flies a second glance. Well one did and I bet all its buddies were having a right laugh at it.…

So this was the first day that I wasn’t going to turn on a PC all day and thus would have to rely for the most part on email and the phone, although with my iPhone I wasn’t going to be too far out of the loop. At the moment that is a good thing I can tell you.



So, where to start?



Over the last couple of days I have met a number of people as you will have…

In Canada it is safe to assume that more than half of organizations do not carry measures to assess compliance with their Suppliers. Much of the time to manage documents is via filing cabinets; excel spreadsheets, or in-house databases. Lack of confidence in reporting tools is a good sign that their systems, or lack there of is not dependable.…

Recruiters strive to keep stats measuring which online sources yield the most applicants and ROI when considering job posting costs. Is there a way to also measure which sources yield the best applicants?

The following ResuWe Employer ATS screenshot views applicants who have applied for a VP Sales position. The left highlighted column lists the applicants' ranking based on keyword matches according to the job description. The right highlighted…

The number of companies recruiting online has risen in the last quarter, according to data from online recruiter Jobsite.

The research shows that the number of firms hiring rose by 4% on the last quarter to 48%, while 11% more SMEs advertised vacancies compared to the

last quarter.

The research also shows an 8% increase in candidates using between three and five job boards.

Online job boards remains the most popular source for jobseekers…

It's obvious that how your boss feels impacts how you feel at work. Are they jumpy, hyper, and it's due to their nature and not the economy?





If they micromanage out of fear and nervousness,…

Every decade brings a new buzzword with itself. This one brings – “Social Media”…

Early-users has definitely started calling it ALA “Dot Com Bubble” of internet. We have to remember that it merely serves as a “Tool” and not as an entire “Strategy” with a stand-alone usage.

Well, with this post I would like to highlight a big “Don’t” in Recruitment as far as social media goes. Social media does give a large visibility on internet with it’s advance tools…