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Candidates or Finalists? A Reflection On Your Process! (Part 2 of a 3 Part Series) By: Terry Petra, CPC, CTS, CIPC

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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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Do you know how to recruit using Twitter? Now’s the time to learn how and learn more. And join us in a Twitter training Wednesday Aug. 19th at 1PM EDT

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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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Sending Resumes? It Has Everything To Do With Positioning (part 1 of a 3 part series) by Terry Petra, CPC, CTS, CIPC

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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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Hiring..More Bang for your Buck!

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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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Finding, Categorizing, and Hiring Selective Candidates

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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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Best of Miss J-2005

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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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Rezoomay Funnies

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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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Staffing Firms: Keeping the Candidate “Warm”

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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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An Internal Manager Bad-Mouthed the Job

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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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