September 24, 2009
Candidate Interviewing, Hiring Practices, Recruiting Practices, Training
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Carefully consider your response to the following question because it will serve as ‘a reflection on your process’.
In dealing with your clients do you submit candidates to be considered or finalists to be interviewed?
There is no right or wrong answer to this question. It is posed only to draw your attention to where you are […]
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August 5, 2009
Candidate Interviewing, Cool Tools, Hiring Practices, Independent Recruiting, Recruiter Networking, Recruiting Practices, Recruiting Software and Job Boards, Training
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Did you know?
73% of Executives find jobs through Social Networks.
Twitter was rated the #3 Social Networking site by Bloomberg
Twitter has grown from 500,000 to over 19 million users in the last 9 months.
What does that tell us in the recruiting industry? Twitter is one of the hottest places to be.
Hundreds of you […]
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August 2, 2009
Candidate Interviewing, Hiring Practices, Recruiting Practices, Training
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The majority of recruiters submit resumes to clients before securing interviews for their candidates. In many instances, the recruiters actually volunteer to send resumes. It generally sounds like this:“As soon as I have located a qualified candidate, I will send you their resume.”
Or
“I’ll get right on this and send you resumes as soon […]
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April 23, 2008
Candidate Interviewing, Hiring Practices
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Author:http://blog.livehire.comIt’s been proven that interviewing a candidate via a webcam saves companies time and money. But there are more ways to streamline hiring and improve your interviewing and employee selection process. Hiring staff members who don’t have the ability or training to be successful in your company is a waste of your time and forces […]
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April 14, 2006
Candidate Interviewing, Hiring Practices, Independent Recruiting
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Myth to Science: Changing the way we approach passive candidates in a talent economy.
Part II: Finding, Categorizing, and Hiring Selective Candidates
By James Durbin In Part One of the Series, we discussed the problems with labeling candidates as “Active” or “Passive”. The myth of the Passive Candidate needs to be confronted […]
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December 17, 2005
Candidate Interviewing, Hiring Practices, Independent Recruiting, Just J
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Miss J - The 2005 Holiday Wrap-up
It’s Christmas again, and Lady J has flown Eastward to the bosom of her eccentric but highly aristocratic family at Upper Boyleonthabum Hall somewhere […]
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March 16, 2005
Candidate Interviewing, Hiring Practices, Just J
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Nothing like a career in staffing to make you really wonder about your fellow humans. We all have amazing stories to tell and here is a selection of intriguing résumé excerpts, gleaned from a number of sources. These are all allegedly true:
Instrumental in ruining entire operation for a Midwest chain store.
Personal interests: Donating […]
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March 14, 2005
Candidate Interviewing, Hiring Practices, Independent Recruiting
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The following is an excerpt from HireAbility’s Recruiter Newsletter, contributed by Danny Cahill of AccordingtoDanny.com. In this popular running column, Danny answers reader questions.
Question:
My client is searching for a compliance rep. Position has been open for over two months. My candidate interviews, they like him, but he is the first candidate and they’d like […]
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January 29, 2005
Candidate Interviewing, Hiring Practices
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The following is an excerpt from HireAbility’s Recruiter Newsletter, contributed by Danny Cahill of AccordingtoDanny.com. In this popular running column, Danny answers reader questions.
Hi Danny,
I have a new one. I had a candidate who is in the final stages with a company go to take a personality test at one of the units. While […]
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