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Building trustworthy relationships is essential to recruiting. Ineffectual recruiters won’t make an effort to get to know the candidates therefore most likely missing out on key aspects. Sounding unenthusiastic can be the make or break of a hiring process. Therefore successful recruiters know how to ...

I set up phone meetings with both. Unfortunately, they both used cell phones--something I encourage my clients and students to avoid because I think it’s bad business. The sound quality is frequently poor, especially if hands-free or speaker is used. Why make your potential customer strain to hear ...

The job description is at the root of this badly designed hiring process. This type of traditional job description does not produce the best performers and I have never come across a firm whose stated intention was to hire anything other than top performers. Even if a top performer were to apply one ...

New research conducted by totaljobs.com has revealed that 78% of British workers keep the details of their salary a secret from work colleagues, with just 20% prepared to openly discuss the matter with anybody.

This contrasts with results from workers in other European countries, where 28% of ...

You have many ways to create a resume and resume extenders that will engage and compel hiring managers to take a good long look at you. Here are three things you should do right now, if you are in a job search or anticipating one.

Put an infographic or two on your resume to demonstrate your ...

One area of finance that has really taken off in recent years is that of crowdfunding. This is where large numbers of investors either buy shares or advance loans to a business. It can’t have escaped readers’ notice that comparison sites are also big business with websites available for comparing ...

Are you engaged at work? Just 32% of Americans are, according to Gallup. If you’re not one of them, you may be considering a career change. Career changes are scary. You face starting over, climbing your way up the ladder again—usually with no promise that you’ll be more satisfied with your new ...

Perhaps for 2017, you want to introduce some changes in your organization. It might be about how to run your system better, training your recruiters , or an IT project.

Since change can be overwhelming, given that you’ll be stepping into an unknown or unfamiliar territory, you’ll need to have a ...

This could quite possibly be one of the toughest questions to answer in recruiting today. The reason it is such a tough question is because it is a double-edged sword. Everyone wants to be promoted. Everyone wants to advance their career. Almost everyone wants a bigger title. A bigger title ...

College courses don’t always bestow you with the applicable skills you need to be competitive in today’s job market. Your college professor would be the first to admit that most learning takes place outside of the classroom.

Luckily in 2017 it is easier, and cheaper, to learn new skills than ever ...