Like all good bloggers I do my fair share of key word searching to make sure what I’m writing is relevant to what you may be looking for when it comes to job hunting.
We’re down to the last few days before Christmas which means the new year is coming. And we all know what that means… new year’s resolutions.
Recently I wrote about what types of recruiters you’re likely to meet in your job hunt. You remember that we work for the hiring companies, right?
You may be wondering, “why then, should I build a relationship with a recruiter?”
The better question is “how can I build the best relationship with the right recruiter/s?”
Here are 9 ways to build a relationship (i.e., network) with recruiters...
With Thanksgiving just a couple of days away, I’m sure many of us are looking forward to some time to rest. Typical Thanksgiving traditions involve a couple of days off work, good food, and spending time with loved ones around a table sharing what you are thankful for.
The question for us what are the applications to recruitment, hiring, etc? To put it another way, how can we apply these ideas to the hiring process so that the potential non-conforming individuals and employers will self-select themselves out of the process?
Recruiters can work within an organization/company or they can work for an agency or they may have hung out a shingle to work for themselves. No matter which one you’re connecting with they all work for the company doing the hiring. The info below will help you see how they can work with you
It’s easy to go into an interview laser-focused on how you are presenting yourself. Do this. But don’t forget the other piece of the process – you are interviewing them just like they are interviewing you. As you are meeting the team and getting a sense for the role and the company, absorb what it offers and then compare with what you need.
I read a book recently called Think Like A Freak by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner; the bestselling authors of Freakonomics. The book outlines how to set aside biases and begin to think more like an economist.
Change, as we know, is inevitable. Few are comfortable with change. From the time we’re born we crave security and consistency.
Maybe your parents and mentors modeled a positive way of responding to change...
All the news about Millennials leaving work in droves, candidates demanding more before taking new jobs, and hiring authorities pounding their desks in frustration comes down to the fact that being polarized and consistently stressed isn’t what anyone wants at work....
I now have some tips and tricks for any person in a phone interview. There are a few things to consider both before you pick up the phone and during the actual conversation...
Everyone and every organization has problems of some sort or another. Most of them don’t require much thought to fix but some of these problems encompass multiple groups or make such a big impact that they must be solved if the organization is going to move forward...
TYGES defines accountability like this: We are responsible for our actions in a performance-driven environment.
TYGES uses several strategies to stay accountable...
Let’s talk about interviewing and networking in the context of a job seeker.
There are three basic questions that will get asked in one way or another in every interview. They are as follows…
