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Hiring Remote Workers? An Inside Look at How They Work:

As you go about the hiring process, you want to get a good sense of who your top-tier candidates are. From understanding their specific skill sets to determining why they want to work for your company, it's critical to understand why any given job seeker would want to work for your organization – and yours alone. If you're hiring remote workers, you definitely want to find a candidate who is...

Don't Shoot From the Hip in Hiring – Use Predictive Analytics

Veteran's Day may be behind us, but it's always a good time not only to honor our service members, but also to recognize the valuable set of traits that veterans bring to the professional world. The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs outlines several coveted characteristics common among military veterans, including follow-through, discipline, and work ethic. Military.com also lists 10...

FlexJobs 250: the Top Companies for Flexible Jobs

To celebrate the progress of workplace flexibility in recent years, flexible work job board FlexJobs compiled the FlexJobs 250, a list that features the top 250 companies with the most flexible job postings in the company's database over the last three years. FlexJobs defines a "flexible job" as "a professional-level job that has a telecommuting, flexible schedule, part-time, or...

Now Is the Time to Plan Your Career Strategy for the New Year

Yes, I hate it, too, when people mention Christmas in November. Let's at least wait until December! That said, it's never too early to start thinking about the new year when it comes to your career. In fact, there's never a bad time to be thinking about your career. Let's be honest: Most people invest more time in planning their annual two-week holiday than they do in planning their...

3 Ways to Make Sure Your Holiday Office Party Doesn't Turn Ugly

If you haven't experienced a bad office party yet, you just haven't been in the workforce long enough. Give it some time. Eventually, you'll have that almost universal experience put in some jobs data. It might not end up being the kind of cartoonish bacchanalia portrayed in movies and on television; it's unlikely anyone will puke in a potted plant or say something and get slapped. But...

4 Reasons to Be Thankful for Resume Screeners

Resume screeners, also called applicant tracking systems (ATS), get a bad rap among job seekers. That's because many job seekers see resume screeners are black holes that rarely yield responses or interviews. However, it's Thanksgiving season, a time to find things to be thankful for! Believe it or not, if you know a little bit more about ATSs, you'll find that they actually aren't so...

How to Keep Post-Election Conflicts Out of the Workplace

The surprising (to some) election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States has led to widespread protests and an even deeper division between the left and the right in American politics. And given that it seems everyone has a strong opinion about the outcome of this election, regardless of which candidate they supported, the post-election tension is poised to seep into...

How to Be a Successful Recruiter After M&A Activity

Mergers and acquisitions happen every day, and they're not slowing down. In January 2016 alone, global MA activity in the pharmaceutical industry totaled $56 billion – more than double the total a few years ago, the Financial Times reports. In medical technology, the total value of mergers reached $127 billion in 2015, according to data from EP Vantage. And those are just two...

Why It's a Good Idea to Make Your Team Multilingual

"We believe that the largest limitation to any company with international ambitions is no longer technological – it's human," says Jake Jolis, cofounder and CEO of online language-learning platform Verbling. "Companies that want to successfully strengthen their international business aren't limited by how equipped their computers are, but rather by how equipped their people...

Why Persistence Is the Key to Recruiting Success

Employers must play the long game to win top talent. The best employees have many great options. Accepting any job offer represents a significant opportunity cost for high-performers, and they don't typically make such decisions lightly or quickly. To win these potential candidates, employers must be persistent with both nurture campaigns and outreach campaigns. Nurture Vs....

Looking for a New Job? How to Evaluate the CEO:

I serve quite a few chief human resources officers (CHROs). When I am supporting one of them in a career-marketing search, I tend to get a little strident about how important it is to qualify their potential bosses before taking a role. Usually, this is the CEO or the business owner. I push CHROs to explore the following question when evaluating a CEO: Has the CEO Taken Charge of the...

6 Job-Search Strengths and Challenges for Introverts

After a sleepless night and a very long day at work, I'm not too keen on going to a business networking event tonight. Normally I'd go, but I see the following scenario unfolding: The night will start off fine, but soon I will become tired and want to leave, most likely at 7:00 p.m. So I'll to do what is best for all: I won't go to the event. I'm an introvert, so this is really the...

9 Ways to Be More Creative [Infographic]

According to some, creativity is an inborn gift. There's no way to acquire it if you weren't born with it, nor is there any way to make yourself more creative if you only have a little creativity. While the jury is still out on what, exactly, makes a person "creative," there is good reason to believe that every one of us has some creative potential – and that every one of us can...

4 Life-Changing Resources Worth Incorporating Into Your Job Search

Most people are not currently conducting proactive job searches. At best, most job seekers only implement a couple of strategies with no consideration for their personal brands or productivity. Often, these job seekers have resigned themselves to simply using a job board to occasionally look for open roles. Today, in an effort to help job seekers be more proactive in their searches, I...

Benefits on the Fringe: Unlimited Vacation Days

Welcome to Benefits on the Fringe, a new column from Recruiter.com writer Jason McDowell. Every month, McDowell will cover the most unique benefits that today's employers are using to woo talent, as well as advances and innovations in the employee benefits realm. If there's one thing workers don't want to run out of, it's vacation days. Often, employees wind up rolling over or taking...

How to Start a Conversation With Your Boss About Increasing Workplace Diversity

Although C-suite executives are paid to lead others through the difficult landscape of business, when it comes to diversity and inclusion, those who need to change are often –you guessed it – the C-suite leaders themselves. How can those of us who seek change in our organizations make a compelling case to our leadership that increasing workplace diversity is good for everyone...

5 Easy Ways to Boost Your Career Skill Set

In 2011, I began a new job search in earnest, submitting close to 100 job applications over a three-year period. The only two interviews I got were for unpaid internships. I was positively baffled and discouraged by the experience. Why was this happening to me? To find the answer, I examined my job search, scoured what seems like every job-related chat forum on the planet, read books and...

The Workplace Barriers That Women Leaders Face – and How to Overcome Them

As women leaders progress in their careers, they often face barriers that prevent them from fulfilling their true potential. To understand how women can break through these barriers, we first need to understand what those barriers are. Cyndi Sax, senior vice president of assessment provider Caliper, leads Caliper's Women Leaders Program, a talent development program that draws on the...

Assessing Culture Fit Without Assessments

While working in the executive recruiting field, Chris Daniels ran into an all too familiar problem. "We'd source about 100 people for a role, and when we got down to the last two or three candidates, it was always frustrating," Daniels says. "We had a good recruiting team, but I'd do a lot of interviews where the resume and LinkedIn profile looked good, but when I would get on the phone...

6 Things Recruiters Might Not Explain to Their Candidates – But Should!

Recruiters work hard to make lasting matches between job seekers and companies. The process can be complex and requires exceptional clarity with expectation-setting, follow-through, and communication. To make sure you are informed and prepared before working with a recruiter, check out these six things they (we) should be discussing with you first: 1. We Help Clients Find Candidates for...

5+ Resources to Help You Find the Best Candidates – Fast

Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Have a question jobs data you'd like to ask? Leave it in the comments, and you might just see it in the next installment of Recruiter QA! Today's Question: What software do you use for your hiring and why? The answers below are provided by members of FounderSociety, an...

The Business End of Learning Management Systems: What to Look for in a Good LMS

Learning management systems (LMSs) have been used in academia for years now. Colleges and universities realized long ago that putting courses online could provide flexible and long-distance learning options for their students. Now, in the business world, many executives are beginning to see the advantages of LMS software solutions as well. Instead of dumping new hires into a conference...

Do Your Homework: 4 Things to Research Before an Interview

Showing up to a job interview completely unprepared is a sure way to get your resume tossed into the trash bin. Before meeting face-to-face with a prospective employer, it's important to do your homework. With a little research under your belt, you can respond confidently, ask smart questions, and set yourself apart from other candidates for the position. Here are four things you should...

The Big Misconception About Job Applications That Is Ruining Your Search

In the 1989 film Field of Dreams, Kevin Costner's character builds a baseball field after hearing a voice say, "If you build it, he will come." As job seekers, it seems we often take a similar approach. Let me explain. When looking for a job, we focus a tremendous amount of energy on building perfect resumes, making fantastic LinkedIn profiles, and writing compelling cover letters. We pour...

Debunking the Myth About the Millennial Workforce

Many employers see the millennials (a.k.a. "Generation Me" or "Generation Y") as a difficult challenge and spend a tremendous amount of effort developing new and unique strategies to engage them. And yet, few companies take the time to ask themselves an important question: "Isn't the millennial generation simply trying to live out what previous generations could only dream of?" Baby...

For One Staffing Company, Giving Back to the Community Boosts Employee Morale

In the staffing industry boomtown of Omaha, Nebraska, millennial leaders, competitive professionals, and an award-winning company culture have propelled Fusion Medical Staffing beyond many of its competitors. Fusion, which has experienced a 333 percent growth rate since 2012, nabbed the No. 1216 spot on the Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America. It...

Hire a Great Web Developer: 10 Things You Need to Know

Article by Christopher McCulloh The role of "web master" or "web programmer" has come a long way in the last 20 years. Finding good candidates for a client-side or front-end software engineer position is hard – especially if you don't know the difference between client-side, middle-tier, back-end, Java, JavaScript, ECMAScript, jQuery, Angular, ReactJS, MongoDB, SQL, TypeScript,...

Embrace Transparency to Transform Your Business

The business world has become more transparent because of technology, and this has some organizations shaking in their boots. It may seem like the safest bet would be to avoid the uncomfortable exposure that technologies like smartphones and social media have brought us, but what if embracing transparency could be your best decision yet? The internet and the widespread use of smartphones...

Email, Text Message, Facebook – Oh My! Communicating With Candidates in the Age of Overload

Too much convenience can be a bad thing. For proof, look no further than the proliferation of communication methods in the digital age. At first glance, this has been a great development for us all. It wasn't that long ago when phone tag reigned supreme (admittedly, we haven't totally vanquished that nuisance just yet). Now, if you place a call and someone doesn't pick up, you can always...

3 Things You Need to Building Your Personal Brand

When it comes to building your personal brand, it's all about the "like, know, trust" factor. That's how you build an online presence in a way that gets you noticed in the big, wide world as the go-to person within your particular niche, field, or industry. So, let's get to the basics of building the "like, know, trust" factor: 1. The 'Know' The "know" part of this factor is...

10 Things Exceptionally Successful Do on the Weekends

Article by Casey Imafidon It is one thing to be successful, but it is another thing to be exceptionally successful. To attain such a high level of success, you have to be willing to put in the work. The theme of the modern-day careerist is this: How do you get more done in less time? While a lot of people see the weekend as a time to hang out and relax, exceptionally successful people...

50 Interview Questions and How to Answer Them (Part 3)

Interview preparation doesn't have to feel vague or intimidating. Just like studying for a test or rehearsing for a play yields the best results, the surest way to ace your next job interview is to research a comprehensive list of interview questions and answers. For that reason, I've collected 50 interview questions you're likely to face in your next interview. Over the course of a...

Is Big Data in Recruiting All Hype and No Action?

Much has been said about big data and how it promises to transform every business function. Given the power of almost unlimited information and analytics, recruiting has certainly benefitted from big data as well. Or so it would seem. A study from Accenture found that 94 percent of talent executives report using big data to identify new candidate sources, 90 percent report using it to...

6 Keys to Building a Top-Tier Sales Development Team [Infographic]

While sales development is not a new concept by any stretch of the imagination, the idea has been embraced by more and more organizations in recent times, according to Salesforce. The idea is simple, but profound: If you dedicate some of your sales personnel solely to the act of prospecting, your company will be better positioned to close deals. That's what sales development...

Did Your Employer Give You a Counter Offer? Think Carefully Before You Accept

A post by recruiter Jack Bagshaw made major waves on LinkedIn over the summer. The topic of the post – whether or not you should ever accept a counter offer from your employer – is one we've weighed in on before, and it's highly relevant to any professional considering a career move. Here's the gist: Say you've been in a role for a while and have recently identified new...

Introducing the Soulmates: Engagement and Transparency

Standing in the light is far better than hiding. But at first it is uncomfortable. I have a point of view about employee engagement that is focused on building highly collaborative environments wherein everyone learns the skills of change. As part of the journey, I advocate building environments where there is nothing left to hide. As transparency throws open the doors, employers are...

Millennials Cite Travel as a Primary Reason to Work

Offering millennials work flexibility acts not only as a strategy to avoid negative consequences like losing talent, but also as an incentive for employers that stand to gain a lot by modifying their strict, traditional, office-based models of working. Workplace flexibility, work-life balance, and salary are the top three factors employees consider when evaluating a job prospect....

50 Interview Questions and How to Answer Them (Part 2)

Interview preparation doesn't have to feel vague or intimidating. Just like studying for a test or rehearsing for a play yields the best results, the surest way to ace your next job interview is to research a comprehensive list of interview questions and answers. For that reason, I've collected 50 interview questions you're likely to face in your next interview. Over the course of a...

Lofty Job Posting Titles Matter (Sort of)

The job title on a job posting influences how people find your job posting and the kinds of people who apply to your job posting. It also frames the compensation negotiation. When choosing a job title to bring to market, you are framing your demand for a specific type of talent. According to MightyRecruiter's Developing a Winning Job Description eBook: "A job title is your chance to...

Google Is Your New Resume

Almost all (91 percent) of US employers have visited a job-hunter's profile on social networks, and more than 69 percent of employers have rejected some applicants on the basis of what they found. Things that can get you rejected: bad grammar or gross misspelling on your Facebook or LinkedIn profile; anything indicating you lied on your resume; any badmouthing of previous employers; any signs...

Why You Should Hire a Veteran

For veterans, it's not always easy to transition into the civilian workforce. After spending years working as a member of an elite team, it can be hard for a veteran to sell themselves to a recruiter or interviewer. They're used to using language full of acronyms and jargon that only confuse civilians. They may not understand how the skills developed in their military career translate to the...

Veterans Answered the Call to Serve; Will You Answer the Call to Hire Them?

Veterans' Day is an important reminder to each of us to reflect on and be thankful for the service and sacrifice of those who have served in the military and of their families. It is also an opportunity for us, as a country, to think about how to repay that service, in some small measure, by providing opportunities for veterans to continue contributing to our society in new ways. The...

Recruiter Top 10: Things Employers Should Know About Veterans and Military Spouses

Welcome to Top 10, Recruiter.com's weekly rundown of the best of the best in recruiting! Every Friday, we release a list of some of our favorite people, things, and ideas dominating the industry. From awesome tech tools and cool companies to great books and powerful trends, no stone in the recruiting space will be left unturned. This Week: Top 10 Things Employers Should Know About...

8 Ways Innovative Companies Keep Their Creative Juices Flowing

Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Have a question you'd like to ask about the employment market? Leave it in the comments, and you might just see it in the next installment of Recruiter QA! Today's Question: How does your firm stay innovative? The answers below are provided by members of...

3 Things You Absolutely Must Do to Engage Your Employees

According to Gallup, only 34.1 percent of American workers are engaged. While that's the highest engagement number on record, it's still not high enough. Clearly, business owners and managers aren't taking employee engagement seriously. However, it's absolutely imperative they do so, because engaged employees are a vital component of a successful company. "Engaged employees" are...

When You Head to the Interview, Bring Along Plenty of Questions to Ask

Sometimes, the devil really is in the details. This is especially true when it comes to the questions you ask when you're looking for a job. Asking the wrong questions – or not asking the right questions – can get you into trouble when you least expect it. And it can be tricky to know when to ask which questions. When Networking: There are a few good rules of thumb to follow when it...

Apprenticeships for the 21st Century: A New Approach to Training the Next Generation of Top Talent

Who is to blame for the skills gap that plagues so many employers? It's tough to say. I once pointed the finger at employers who'd rather not offer training and development programs to their employees. A recent SHRM study suggested that budgetary issues were the real culprit. Others have said the workforce is guilty of not keep its skills up to date. Still others decry higher education...

5 Hard Lessons All Young Professionals Must Learn

Every new job brings a variety of surprises and lessons to learn. Even if you're working in a similar role but at a different company, there will be a learning curve that comes with the move. For young professionals entering the workforce for the first time, that learning curve is much, much steeper. Adapting to the business world is not only challenging, but also necessary to be...