The hardest part of posting a new job advertisement is building the description itself. You know what the job entails and you even have a perfect candidate in mind, but how do…

Productivity, performance, and standards are key facets of your team’s day-to-day work. But before issues with these develop, what can you do? Are there any preventative measures departmental and company leadership can take? Yes – specifically…

Veterans can apply for compensation from the Department of Veteran Affairs in order to be proved eligible for VA benefits. These benefits come in handy especially for many ex-military officers who end up in debt and homeless due to lack of a steady income.

Such cases have been on the rise due to the fact that many employers are not hiring veterans for a number of reasons. The main reason is the fact that…

The Discerners A NEW Series by Steve Levy and Maureen Sharib

Chapter 1

Ballscon / Day One / Morning Session

“Omygawd she wants us to move?” the pretty twenty-something long-haired brunette hissed as she leaned in, uncrossing her long, thong-footed legs in…

The job landscape continues to be difficult to navigate, especially for those already unemployed. If you're in this position, you probably want your job search to be over as quickly as possible. Here are five ideas to help shorten your search.



Assess Your Goals

Take time to assess your goals and…

Thinking of using an RPO provider to augment your recruiting and hiring processes? You’re not alone. The RPO market is rapidly growing, and with today’s increasingly dynamic business environment, it’s no surprise. While outsourcing is not a new concept in the world of HR, it has evolved into a more targeted service. More specifically,…

Job hopping, or the act of consistently leaving numerous jobs after short periods of time, is typically frowned upon in the working sphere. If a hiring manager or recruiter notices that a candidate is a “job hopper,” they take it as a sign that he or she is either pursuing the wrong career, or has a poor decision-making process when it comes to finding employment.  It can reflect a lack of commitment, staying power and seeing things through to the end.

But there are other factors that…

In a world of increasingly complex technology, where we are more and more connected each day and our every move is documented online, why is it that so many people have a ‘blind spot’ for their LinkedIn profile? You would be hard pressed to find someone that doesn’t regularly update a Facebook, Twitter or Instagram pages, but why are so many LinkedIn profiles left forgotten…

Yes… no…. depends? It is a question I most often ask of every manager or leader I meet for the first time, whether a prospective client, an existing client, or a new colleague. One simple answer speaks volumes about mindset and puts a stake in the ground indicating where the conversation, if there is to be one, needs to start and where it needs to lead. We are…

A company's culture can essentially be defined as the thing or things that make it a cohesive unit.

Company culture focuses on what the company not only believes, but also how it puts those beliefs into action in interactions with employees and…

Our people are our greatest asset.

We offer great upward mobility. 

We like to work hard and play hard.

I’m sure you’ve all heard the phrases before.  Honestly there are a lot of us who have uttered them before ourselves.   The thing is, when the phrases are so commonplace and everyone is saying the same things, it strips any real meaning from the…

Learning and development programs will change, or at least they should… that’s the reality. Your workforce isn’t the…

According to career counselors, there are a number of factors and situations that decides the career path of an individual. But among all, the one major contributor is our personality type. Although there is no precise parameter to pin-point how much exactly personality type affects, but promoters of this concept say it is crucial in deciding how much one would earn…

PROVIDING CANDIDATE FEEDBACK IS A NO BRAINER

As we know recruiting is a process. One in which is nonstop until the hire is made. This is a no brainer. But sometimes we forget about the candidates. Those who spent time speaking with us, updating their resumes, speaking with our clients, going on an interview and sometimes not. As recruiters we need to remember candidates are people who deserve feedback. Providing candidate feedback during the process and at the end of…

Leaders are often frustrated that they have to repeat themselves. Are the recruiters and other staff members on their team not listening?

No, often, they are not.

Short attention spans have gotten shorter. We have just nine seconds to capture someone’s attention. And only 30 seconds to share our full message being tuned out.

Less is more when it comes to being masterful in conversations. Being a “soundbiter” will have more of your direct reports listening, wanting to…

More and more Companies are looking for cost effective and time saving methods and techniques to improve the quality of hires. While Social media is the obvious choice, most companies are now looking at campus recruiting as the obvious choice. It’s a surprise! Isn’t it?

You are probably wondering the same things as I am. So let’s tackle the question that is on everybody’s mind. Why is that so? Therefore, with an effort to ease you’re curiosity as to the company’s choice of action, it…

#AskHR is an initiative started by Applicant Tracking System, where we reach out to Talent Acquisition professionals and discuss with them about the most burning issues of recruitment world.

This time the debate is about the most common issue an organisation is facing. Even when…