When you own a small business, hiring the right employees is key. You need five-star employees who bring a positive attitude with them every day and are productive throughout their shifts. The challenge is knowing how to find these people when you have dozens of candidates to sort through. Here are five tricks that will make it much easier to spot the cream of the crop.…

So we are going to take a break on our series on lesser sites, to start a miniseries on a Sourcing Methodology, I use that has been very successful. This will be the last post of 2017 so the series will begin in 2018, however, I will lay the groundwork here.

The Methodology is pretty simple, Research-Source-Scrape(or download), Enhance and…

U.S. staffing companies employed an average of 3.22 million temporary and contract workers per week in the third quarter of 2017, according to data released today by the American Staffing Association, remaining above three million for the 14th consecutive quarter.

On a year-to-year basis, staffing employment was essentially flat (-0.7%) in the third quarter of 2017 compared with the same period in 2016.

Temporary and…

Talking with business owners, recruiters and other HR professionals, we have realized that many of them have the same two questions: “Which recruiting tool should I buy? Recruitment Marketing software or ATS?” The problem is that many of them, besides not knowing the difference between the two, don't know that there are 2-in-1 solutions that offer…

Career change is not just moving from one job to another, but is actually a bigger shift than this because making a change is not only just applying your knowledge or skills in a new area or filling the gaps needed, but it also needs a major thought process, search and plan before jumping into this.

Once you have figured out what career to choose, it's time to take action and the first step towards success is landing a job interview in this process. You will…

Career Myth #1: You can't make a living doing something you really, truly love

This is the grand-daddy of career myths, the belief that you can't have a "practical" career doing something that you are passionate about. It has to be one or the other. This career myth is rooted in fear. Fear that we have to sacrifice our happiness to make a living. Don't buy the myth that you can't earn a living by doing what you…

The first reason that you recruit is to solve an immediate need. The hiring manager recognizes a need, a strategic change, or some deficit that is preventing the business from achieving an objective. He or she comes to HR or recruiting and says you need to find me this. Whether you are patching, growing, or replacing there is an immediate need that you have to take care of.

The second reason you recruit is to build a better business, a great business. You have a vision for the…

The holiday season can be a challenging period to find motivation or time for work in between company parties and vacation time. Human resources teams can especially feel busy this time of year as they are tasked with end-of-year responsibilities like bonuses, vacation time, and maintaining company…

Recruiting new employees is an arduous task for hiring managers as it requires lots of efforts and time. It eats up their energy as they go on scrutinizing hundreds of resumes and deciding the candidates who must be interviewed. While this is a never-ending process for the hiring managers, the work does get monotonous after a while when they are supposed…

Let’s look past the critical faults in the movie — it was still entertaining.

Every hero in the Justice League is a lone wolf profile — individuals that are highly talented but don’t necessarily work well on a team.

So how did Batman recruit all of them? Any recruiter or team lead who watches the movie will instantly recognize several of the tactics that…

Choosing the Perfect employees is the key to a Successful company. One of those manners of locating deserving staff members is by way of cold contacting. Most virtual recruiter avoid cold calling since it will acquire awkward, disagreeable, and it is frustrating too well as the candidates may possibly not likewise be curious.

Despite all that, cold calling is a…

As 2017 draws to a close, it’s time to review the last 12 months and think about how you can drive your recruitment career forward next year. And what better festive role model to use than Santa Claus?…

This is one among the findings out of LinkedIn’s recently released 2017 Global Staffing developments report.

Highlights of the survey included within 2,000 manager-level and above, search and staffing recruitment professionals in 35 countries — include: The good news is the fact that 68% of staffing firms assume their firms to develop compared to 2016, also say they plan to hire greater…

Employer Branding ideas are essential for building a strong and attractive employer brand. Many firms have started investing more in their employer branding strategy so I decided write about some real-life employer branding ideas and strategies. HubSpot and Facebook have mastered their employer branding and…

Companies do not underestimate the strength of their employees’ social contacts. Just the opposite, they’ve begun to reward them if they help bring new and skilled help into the firm.

Every employee knows someone who knows someone else, and their neighbour has a guy who’d be perfect for a specialised position in…

I must admit that until I started using the search technique that I am about to describe, I did not realize that a significant number of LinkedIn members customize their Headlines. I had expected most members to stay with the default Headline, which is <Job Title> at <Company>. Not true. It won't be easy to estimate the percentage of customized Headlines, but they are quite common.

What members put in Headlines often falls into one of these…

Today’s blog is focused on helping you understand what Hiring Managers are looking for from candidates during assessment days and group exercises.

For those of you who are less familiar with group assessment days, we’ll start by briefly covering the basics of how assessment centres work and what you can typically expect from the day.

Assessment days: The…