Recruiters
What Women Should Know About Bias in the Recruitment Process – and How to Overcome It
by Guest Author, Miles Oliver As a society, we spend a lot of time talking about gender pay gaps in the workplace. While that remains a major issue, we often overlook something just as important — gender bias in the recruitment process. A 2016 study found that when it comes to candidates with comparable skills…
Read MoreHow to Respond to a Recruiter Who Contacts You Out of the Blue
Have you ever been stumped by how to respond to a recruiter who pings you without warning? Have you ever suddenly wanted something you never knew you wanted before? Maybe you saw a commercial for a product you can’t live without. Or your friend gets something and now you have to have it too. This…
Read More5 Types of Recruiters: Which One Do YOU Need?
Are you considering working with a recruiter? If you are looking for a new job (or even thinking about it), chances are you’ve been contacted by several recruiters. Do you know the difference between the types of recruiters reaching out to you? Choosing whether to work with a recruiter at all is the first step…
Read MoreWhat you can learn from 382 recruiters chasing a fake candidate
On the Recruiting Animal’s Facebook page he shared a link to this: The inside story of how 382 recruiters pursued an imaginary engineer There is a lot to learn from this write-up. Even though it is for recruiters to learn, I think we can learn a lot, too. Some things I took away (there are…
Read MoreWhy you are the perfect fit but still not getting hired
Check out this post on Recruiting Blogs: Why You Should Never Hire the Perfect Candidate Before reading it I wanted to respond saying ‘this is the drivel that recruiters read and think… what horrible advice!’ But then I read the post, and Meghan has some excellent points! The think I’m taking away from this is…
Read MoreWorking with Recruiters. Worth It?
Good post on RecruitingBlogs titled A Candidate’s Guide to Working with Recruitment Consultants At the end of the article the author says it is a two way relationship. In the first comment, the commentor says “being in control of your CV and where it is being sent is so important.” Can you have a two-way…
Read More5 Huge Networking Mistakes
You know one of my inspirations for blog posts is RecruitingBlogs.com. They have tons of great stuff. The post that inspired today’s writing is by James Nathan, titled The Biggest Referral Mistakes – The 5 most common things NOT to do! James is talking to recruiters about networking and passive referrals (or, word of mouth…
Read MoreHow Are Recruiters Looking For You?
Yesteryear they were looking on Monster and other job boards. They would pay money to sift through resume banks, whether from job boards or from their own internal system. In recent years they were looking for you on LinkedIn (where there were a bunch of passive candidates – supposedly their favorite kind of candidate). Check…
Read MoreThe Truth About Job Postings (Recruiting Blogs)
Do job postings (and job descriptions) frustrate you? They should. Check out this article by Cody Pierson on RecruitingBlogs: The Truth About Job Postings Talk to a handful of recruiters and HR people and you’ll know they are as frustrated about job postings as job seekers are (well, maybe almost as frustrated as job seekers…
Read MoreReady for the Brutal Truth in your Job Search?
If you are ready for the brutal truth, read this post: Strike 1 – You’re Out! Jerry Albright is well-known among his recruiter colleagues. And in that post he’s not mincing words. Can you afford a mistake in follow-up? Can you talk your way out of missing an interview? Is if fair for recruiters to pull you…
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