August 2017 Blog Posts (104)

Who Should do Oracle DBA 11g Certification

Oracle DBA 11g Certifications are designed for more in-depth knowledge on database administration

Oracle DBA 11g courses are extremely popular DBA courses available worldwide. Professionals who are already in database administration can learn a lot more from these courses and make themselves suitable for the jobs with any sorts of challenges. Through this…

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Added by Michael Warne on August 24, 2017 at 5:30am — No Comments

Is LinkedIn Abandoning Recruiting?

As Microsoft continues to transform LinkedIn, it, by proxy, transforms the world of recruitment. What becomes more and more apparent, however, as LinkedIn evolves, is that Microsoft does not seem to find the value in LinkedIn as it pertains to recruiters. A continual push to not only push LinkedIn more into the social media sector has many wondering, is…

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Added by Adam Appleton on August 23, 2017 at 2:16pm — 6 Comments

Business up top, party downstairs. The trials and tribulations of video interviews!

If you’re a good sales person… you should probably know how to sell your most important product. Yourself!

Employers are looking for someone to represent their brand, and you will become that brand. So nailing this at interview stage is so important. When it comes to selling yourself over a video interview though, is it harder? Yes. Do you miss out a bit on reading…

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Added by FMC Global Talent on August 23, 2017 at 6:55am — No Comments

It Takes More Than Scarcity......

….in order to generate higher pay rates.  It’s an economic truth.  If there are too few of something the price goes up.  More demand for that widget than there are widgets to satisfy the demand will make them more expensive.

In recruiting it takes more than just scarcity.  Try finding a Diesel Mechanic when you need one, or good Manufacturing Technicians with PLC programming.  They are hard to find and there are more needs for them than there are qualified candidates to fill…

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Added by Todd Kmiec on August 23, 2017 at 6:01am — 1 Comment

Nisbets – New Insights into Recruitment in Catering

Over of a third of catering professionals cited the ‘love of food’ as what they enjoyed most about their job, as a recent survey from catering equipment provider Nisbets revealed.

Their survey of 825 catering professionals covered various elements of recruitment in catering, including the best and worst parts of the job and where the respondents felt like they learned the most. It gives us an insight into how the recruitment…

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Added by Jake Holyoak on August 23, 2017 at 4:20am — No Comments

Are You Burnt Out or Do You Need a New Career?

It’s Monday. Again. If you’re dreading work, it could that you just need a little break, a mini vacation to boost your morale and not want to stab your eyes out heading into work. This could be a sign of burnout, nothing more. People tend to get burnt out on jobs, but in some cases, it's only a passing phase. But there’s a chance that Monday dread means this job isn’t right for you anymore. Often, signs of burnout like depression, low energy or…

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Added by Devin Caldwell on August 22, 2017 at 2:30pm — 1 Comment

The 5 Hottest Technologies for Your IT Career

As a tech professional, you’re already in high demand by definition. The unemployment rate in the IT field stands at 2.5%, meaning you likely have a multitude of positions available to you and recruiters contacting you regularly. But how can you make yourself…

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Added by Chris Donovan on August 22, 2017 at 9:50am — 1 Comment

How to source on the lesser known sites!! Stack Exchange

 

Stack Exchange is  a network of question-and-answer websites on topics in varied fields, each site covering a specific topic, where questions, answers, and users are subject to a …

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Added by Dean Da Costa on August 21, 2017 at 2:00pm — No Comments

The Top 5 Items to Consider in a Career Change

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Added by Tony Gulley on August 21, 2017 at 1:11pm — No Comments

Why Richmond is a Great Place for Your IT Career

As someone working in IT, there’s a lot you already know about how great an industry it is. Tech skills are in hot demand across the country, and you likely have many choices on how you’d like to grow your career from here. Faced with an abundance of opportunities, the question then becomes: where should you live and work next? One city near the Eastern Seaboard has the…

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Added by Smart Resources on August 21, 2017 at 10:08am — No Comments

The Art of a Fantastic CV

Our top tips and tricks to help you make an impact using just the power of words!

Employers can gauge a first impression of your CV after as little as 3 seconds of reading it, and often have just 60 seconds to read it in its entirety. How do I get 3 seconds of greatness into my CV, you may be thinking?…

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Added by ISL Recruitment on August 21, 2017 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

Hello phone, my old friend

It’s a funny recruitment world we live in these days. Funny, in that so many new consultants (and to be fair the managers who teach them) have grown up in a world dominated by email, and on-line recruitment systems. Funny, for those of us who grew up in a world of desk phones, private incoming phone lines and fax machines.…

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Added by james nathan on August 21, 2017 at 5:16am — 1 Comment

5 Most Common HR Complaints

For your business to work efficiently, it's necessary to maintain the efforts of the human resources department. When the manager's performance goes unchecked or incompetent workers get hired, a number of complaints arise. Pay attention to several, common complaints that affect the HR department.

One Person Is Getting All of the Work

In every…

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Added by Rachael Murphey on August 18, 2017 at 1:11pm — 1 Comment

Job Changing? Don’t Do It Just To Make More Money

It is very common for people to seek new jobs for the sole purpose of making more money.  However, If the sole purpose is to make more money, it’s a losing position.

This is not to say that wanting to make more money is fundamentally wrong.  The problem lies in more money being the only reason to make a job change.

Don’t do it.

Obviously the money factor is a key element in any decision to change jobs, however other key factors…

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Added by Bernie Reifkind on August 17, 2017 at 12:12pm — 1 Comment

Recruiter Advice: How to Avoid Epic Career Damage

Navigating a career can be tricky business.  Just one career mistake is all it can take to have a damaging impact on your professional ambitions. To avoid tripping up, here is a list of common career mistakes.

Avoiding these mistakes, while keeping your focus and passion for your work, will help you navigate a successful career. We all want to excel at our jobs and grow in our careers, but there are certain tendencies and behaviors that can really end up holding us back.

Here…

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Added by Bernie Reifkind on August 17, 2017 at 12:11pm — No Comments

Post Job-Interview Tips

So, you have been working closely with a recruiter over the past few weeks to find your next career opportunity. Your CV has been updated, formatted and sent out to clients, you have been put forward for specific roles and finally you have the interview date! You have researched the company, been prepped by the recruiter and feel prepared and ready to face the…
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Added by Charlotte Barrington on August 17, 2017 at 11:20am — No Comments

One reason why you are missing out on great candidates

The ideal candidate — sorry, let me rephrase that, the “perfect candidate” is like a unicorn. They are extremely elusive, if not completely imaginary. You have heard about them in meetings with the hiring managers and read about them in your …

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Added by Manan Shah on August 17, 2017 at 9:05am — No Comments

7 Takeaways On How Programmers Use 'Search' While Job Hunting

Have you ever thought how other people search the web? In this article, we’ll reveal what software developers are using to facilitate their job seeking efforts. It’s no secret that …

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Added by Andrew Stetsenko on August 17, 2017 at 6:43am — No Comments

5 things that we think the recruiting world needs to fix!

  1. Think Quality of Hires!
We all know that companies want to improve the Hiring Quality of their organisation by improving the recruitment process and performance of new hires?

How can we fix this?

Well firstly gathering Hiring Quality data that highlights the factors that make for a successful hire. Ensure the data you can access is accurate and easy to use e.g. expressed as simple percentages. It will allow you…

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Added by Howard Flint on August 17, 2017 at 4:50am — 2 Comments

5 things that we think the recruiting world needs to fix!

  1. Think Quality of Hires!
We all know that companies want to improve the Hiring Quality of their organisation by improving the recruitment process and performance of new hires?

How can we fix this?

Well firstly gathering Hiring Quality data that highlights the factors that make for a successful hire. Ensure the data you can access is accurate and easy to use e.g. expressed as simple percentages. It will allow you…

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Added by Howard Flint on August 17, 2017 at 4:30am — No Comments

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