Our industry used to be governed by the 6 Degrees of Separation, click here for more information on a very interesting concept. Basically, everybody could be connected to everybody else through 6 well chosen links. Look at how many second and third level connections that you have on LinkedIn to prove the concept. In fact, […]
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Employee referral programs (ERPs) offer a tremendously cost effective solution in the recruiting marketplace. Not only are referred candidates generally of a higher calibre but the cost of hiring is a fraction of the cost of more traditional methods. Additionally, they stay longer AND they take less time to onboard. Despite that a 2014 study
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I was thinking about this article for agency recruiters but it became clear that it was a good topic for corporate recruiters too. Whether we talk to potential clients, clients or, on that rare occasion, candidates, the conversation always seems to start with a variation of; “Are you looking?” “Nope” “OK, talk to you next
It’s time Recruiting became a Marketing exercise, not a Sales exercise Read More »
There must be something quite jarring about the President of a staffing company promoting LinkedIn job ads. I won’t get too far into self-congratulation mode because all of our clients fully recognize how selfless we are here. Nobel Peace Prize material in fact. Every HR professional on the planet has made the mistake of placing
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“Join Us – we’re average” Thankfully not my client. A fellow headhunter had a conversation with a client where they basically said that they loved a candidate but thought he might be too good for them. This got me thinking about how many hundreds of headlines I could write for one of their job ads.
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I went on vacation last week. It was lovely. Thanks for asking. My wife and I escaped without children to beautiful, sunny and hot Mexico. A couple of things got me thinking about how some companies are their own worst enemies. Uber is on the verge of launching in Playa Del Carmen, the taxi drivers
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I’ve had a number of conversations with people lately about how they can best be seen on LinkedIn but not be seen to be looking for a career move. The reasons for this are countless but topping the list are a desire to keep their search confidential or to dip a toe as it were
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You have to wonder sometimes, I spend way too much time reading articles on LinkedIn about career growth, personal brand, drive to succeed and so on. Now that we’re in the dog days of summer, our teenagers have landed themselves jobs. Mr Back-from-University proudly told me he dialed the phone 200 times the other day.
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It’s been four hundred years since Shakespeare’s sad demise My, it’s surprising how quickly time flies In honour of the passing of the Bard I thought a written tribute to him wouldn’t be so hard After all, I’ve written a few LinkedIn essays That probably couldn’t compete with any of his plays But it must
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I love LinkedIn. So much so that I gave them a great big cheque so that I could be one of a few hundred thousand of their closest friends who gets to play with all kinds of tools. I spend a great deal of my life networking on LinkedIn and reading up on what various
The demise of LinkedIn. Sorry, it’s my fault. Read More »
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