With the world almost brought to a standstill due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many companies, including New Orleans executive search firm, are opting to work remotely. A variety, if not all of them, will be seeking to hire help desk experts with excellent IT knowledge. The positive aspect is that they will find a variety […]
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It’s a match made in heaven and it seemed so appropriate to tell everybody today of all days. Wait, let’s back up a bit. I’m already married. But now I’m engaged too. For anybody who’s been unfortunate enough to read some of my more recent blogs, you’ll see that I’m big on retaining employees. How
Full disclosure, I should start by saying that I do actually have a red-headed stepchild, but that’s by the way. Agencies, human resources, line managers; we all tend to ignore employee retention as a cost of doing business until the issue is on fire somewhere. And yet I can guarantee 110% that with such high
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I have to admit, as a recruiter, nothing drives me more insane than my kids leaving their hats on at meal time. Oh wait, that’s another rant. As a recruiter, nothing drives me more insane than candidates who don’t track where they have applied. This exchange from a few weeks ago. ME – “great news
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With the inherent weaknesses of budgetting for the recruiting process it can be a challenge tracking where the money goes. Certain fixed costs get averaged over all hires (such as subscriptions) so may not get assigned on a per hire basis and hidden costs like researching, searching, selecting and interviewing hours don’t always (in fact
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One of my favourite lines in sales is “good, fast and cheap, pick any two and I’ll tell you what it won’t be”. On the face of it, this headline appears to check all three boxes. Let’s look at the challenges. Good Candidates The economy is booming, with the lowest unemployment in 18 years and
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As a talent recruiter, you’ve got to have great instincts. It’s probably one of the reasons you fell into this career path. You rely on these instincts on a daily basis to not only build relationships with candidates, but also attract them to your organization. But as you’re probably well aware, instincts can only take
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As Christmas approaches I also find myself planning for 2018 and just as George Santayana said, “Those who do not remember their past are condemned to repeat their mistakes.”, so it’s also time to look back on 2017, to be a little circumspect about the year, about what went wrong, what went right and what has potential. It
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I had a conversation with a client this morning about his nephew who has just graduated on The Dean’s List, asking if I could find him a job. Much as I hate to say no to a client, I said no. Sort of. I actually suggested his nephew call me and then it occurred to
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Don’t get me wrong, I quite like a preferred relationship in, well, like, my marriage. Both my wife and I find it quite nice to be certain that we are each other’s preferred suppliers (I haven’t asked her lately but I think she likes me being her preferred supplier, if I see a RFP any
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