Get out of neutral Last month we talked about how your company’s reputation has an impact on the candidate profiles that you attract. That’s great if you are happy with the level at which your team is performing, the personality that emanates from your internal community and the people in that community. But what if you want to initiate a change? …
New Year career tune-up tips The New Year is a great time to review the work you’ve done and set goals for the work you want to do. In this case I’m not talking about performance at work, but rather your career as a whole. There are some traditions you can put in place to help guide you…
9 reasons you can’t fill your open positions Welcome to 2014! I hear rumors that many of you are going to be hiring this year – WOOHOO! If it’s been a few years since you were able to add net new positions and actually think about GROWTH then you are pretty excited. You might also be…
That keep you from getting the job This month is a ‘back to basics’ post. I usually try to be upbeat, positive and encouraging in my blog postings, but there are a few things that candidates do during the process that are just dumb moves. So this month I’m calling you on the carpet –…
Don’t just go with your gut Hiring is not on the top of the list of activities that most leaders enjoy. The process is tedious, long and fraught with errors. If you make the right hire your world will be beautiful – your customers will be happy, your team will enjoy blissful camaraderie, you will…
As a Talent Acquisition Consultant I spend a great deal of time talking with people about their careers and companies about their hiring practices. Every month I review hundreds of resumes and professional biographies from a single page to an 8 page chapter. I also am asked regularly what a ‘good’ resume looks like and how to get noticed by potential…
Using a blended interview format for better outcomes Interviewing techniques are all over the place – each hiring manager has their own style whether learned, imparted upon or self-created. I will assert that for the most part, you are interviewing from the job description and evaluating candidates based primarily on the bullet points in this…
Whether you’re happily employed in your current position, looking around for a switch or unemployed, Linked In is one of the key tools in your in your professional toolbox. It doesn’t matter who you are or what you do as a professional, an up-to-date profile is going to serve you well. Why? Here are a few of the 100…
Sustainable Career Success I was talking with a friend last week and we happened upon the topic of what distinguishes people who rise to the top of their chosen profession and those who seem to struggle through their work life (and maybe even their personal life). As you can imagine this quickly became a rather…
Your candidates are not professional resume writers If you are a hiring manager or someone who reviews resumes regularly you may use the resume as a method for screening candidates – either screening them IN – or screening them OUT. Most often, resumes are used for screening candidates OUT. I believe this method may be…