On Oct 31st a new NYC law around salary fairness goes into effect. The law says that you cannot ask a prospective candidate about their salary history. The intent is that you will not offer a candidate a new salary based on their prior salary history and the goal is to minimize salary inequality - especially between men and women. You can read more about the law …

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I posted this on linkedin this morning but thought that it might be useful for other external recruiters to see and even copy and paste selectively for their own use! Slightly cheeky to teach clients how to work with us but 

It is important for clients and hiring managers  to understand how contingency recruiters…

I got into the recruiting world 3 years ago and, like a lot of us, started using Linkedin very heavily to find prospective candidates and work my network for referrals. Recruiting like any sales process is inefficient but the one thing that struck me was the heavy reliance on guesswork on which candidates I would reach out for specific positions. Linkedin has many great features but a key thing it lacks is giving you an understanding of candidate intent when it comes to job search. In fact…