Monthly Archives: April 2010
Reposition Your Job Search for the Boom in Global Outsourcing
Side by side, I am reading one headline about companies maintaining a recruitment freeze and another stating that KPMG is restoring its hires to 2008 levels. Not only is the Big Six accountancy ramping up hiring but it is targeting … Continue reading
Difference between Hourly and Salary Employments
Once in a while, many people find themselves doubtful as to accepting a job that offers an hourly rate, or a job that offers a set salary. Most people who are at the threshold of their employment career start with … Continue reading
Your Responsibility as a Recruiter
Every President and CEO of a corporation (with the exception of the founders and their descendants), one day sat on that chair, in front of you, and a Recruiter just like yourself decided that he/she was a good hire. If … Continue reading
The Angry Employee
Someone defined anger as an expression of fear: attack as the best defense to a real or imaginary threat. Anger also masks true emotions, which the person can now hide (and become less vulnerable). Anger can also show up as … Continue reading
Rejoining the Workforce After a Break – by Kimberly Palmer
Heading back into the working world after a break can make even the most self-assured person feel like the new kid on the first day of school. What should you wear? How will you explain where you’ve been? Will you … Continue reading
Online Assessment Centers: Newest Tool in Company Hiring
Vital to a company’s success is its having a quality system of hiring the most competent professionals. Technology has contributed to make this task easier for organizations. Today, there are numerous employee assessment centers that companies can hire to help … Continue reading
Negotiating Your Salary: How to Do It Right
You passed the examinations and the interviews. Now, the human resource department is giving you the job offer, with a salary below your expectations. You are confused on what you are going to do. Should you negotiate it or not? … Continue reading
Using Integrated Aptitude Tests for Easy Hiring
Quality employee selection is made easy through various types of pre-employment tests that the Human Resource department conduct to applicants. One of the most useful pre-employment tests that have been developed is the aptitude test. Today, aptitude tests are incorporated … Continue reading
Benefits of Psych Tests in Human Resource Management
A company’s Human Resource department is responsible for the hiring and evaluation of competent personnel. This function ensures having the best people doing their job with utmost quality. To achieve this goal, there are various assessment tools especially designed to … Continue reading
What Are Companies Doing These Days? The Latest Job Trend
To say that companies have been affected by the economic recession is an understatement. A lot of them have eventually closed down, leaving thousands without jobs. Moreover, the recent economic problems brought about a lot of changes when it comes … Continue reading
Motivational Fit
When conducting employee assessments, we should include a measure that is not so easy to define – motivation. All companies want new hires who are motivated and stay motivated once on the job. In fact, motivation may be the most … Continue reading
9 Steps to Ace the Job Interview
The clothes are not enough and so is your educational background. When you are in an interview, it is very important that you show the right package. You need to look, sound, and be a professional. Here are tips to … Continue reading
5 Ways to be a Great Employee
How many articles have you read about how to do up your resume, how to get that interview and how to land the perfect job? The career industry loves it when there is rotation in jobs. The more activity, the … Continue reading
How to Get Noticed by Recruiters Part II: Building a Rapport With Recruiters
All too often, we have a positive, high energy meeting with a recruiter and then … hear nothing. The average recruiter may see 10 to 20 candidates a day. The challenge for a job candidate is staying in front. Networking … Continue reading
How to Get Noticed by Recruiters Part I: Targeting the Skills Shortage
Many job seekers are rethinking their recruiter strategy. Recruiters are not dusting off their telephone and job candidate files now that the job market is rebounding. To the contrary, they have remained busy throughout the downturn. Even during the market … Continue reading
Step Into These Shoes: Role-based Assessments Lead to a Better Job Fit
Role-based assessments are about putting the right people in the right position. In our teaming workplaces, matching roles and people can also help create good job pairing fits and team dynamics. Teams need the right balance of personalities and skills … Continue reading
3 Growing Niches Where Work Can Be Found
The latest U.S. job claims data was disappointing. Despite the optimism of economists, the number of people who are unemployed just kept on rising, with 450,000 on the latest count. However, that does not mean that all hope is completely … Continue reading
For the Sake of the Company
Oftentimes, when I hear a Candidate’s offer of ‘sacrifice’ for the sake of my Company, I feel like getting sick to my stomach. My immediate reaction is: I don’t believe it; and that is the good option. If I were … Continue reading
For the Team, for Oneself
It is trendy to ask workers to put aside personal aspirations for the benefit of the team. It sounds good, generous, devoid of greed, etc. Truth is that Socialism failed because we are selfish individuals. In a positive way. It … Continue reading
Four Job Interview Tips You Didn’t Think Of
You have read and studied all the articles listing interview questions and answers. You can list your 3 strengths and weaknesses; you can even put a spin on those weaknesses and turn them into assets. You know what the protocol … Continue reading
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The Person at the Door
An interviewer at a Staffing Agency or Employer is a gate-keeper. That person (or team, but normally one of the interviewers opinion tends to prevail) can change your life. Most interviewers are professionals and do a good job. A minority… … Continue reading
Is Your Employer a Democrat or a Republican?
Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Larry Ellison, Eric Schmidt of Google are a few examples of the very rich who are also Democrats. Some of the richest dynasties in America are also Democrats, like the Rockefellers, the Kennedys and now the … Continue reading
How to Be a Good Boss – Part II – Empowerment
It is always nice to be in the driver’s seat. Employee empowerment gives employees more decision-making authority over their jobs but truly empowering employees is about much more than bossing yourself around. If you have succeeded in empowering your employees, … Continue reading
How to Be a Good Boss – Part I
Building Trust This week’s positive reports on job growth is a wakeup call for grumpy bosses. Your captive workforce may start looking around for a cheerier boss. Taking lessons in congeniality is only part of the solution. Bosses who earn … Continue reading
Union or Not?
I happened to talk with business owners who praised the Union that affiliated most of their employees. In those cases, they were very satisfied that the Union would enlist, train and supervise the conduct of their members, and always have … Continue reading
The Big Picture
When interviewing, at either side of the table, consider the big picture. For a Candidate, consider the mission of the Employer, the division and all the way down to the team where you will be working. See (and show) how … Continue reading
Victimhood
Believe it or not, some people come to a job interview as victims. Victims of previous bosses, of the last crisis, of luck, of ‘unfair’ promotion practices that left them behind, of colleagues that had no ‘team spirit’, etc. etc. … Continue reading
Intent
As a Recruiter, besides the obvious (and above the obvious) I check for ‘intent’. What is the intent of this job-seeker? After interviewing, rejecting, hiring and referring thousands of people over my career, I developed a ‘sense of smell’ for … Continue reading
Check these out before Accepting the Job Offer
So you find yourself with a job offer in your hand. It’s been a laborious application process, with lots of interviews and sleepless nights. Well done on being selected for the position, now you have to make your decision. The … Continue reading
The Bright Side of Salary Cuts
The news headlines are full of reports of salary cuts across all industry sectors. CEOs are not the only ones who have taken salary cuts over the last two years. The median pay of CEOS fell 18 percent from 2008 … Continue reading
Developing Experience and Skills Through Internship Opportunities
Internships provide a valuable opportunity to gain work experience, sharpen your skills and acquire references and contacts in the field you choose to work in. With the number of internships to choose from increasing, you can choose an opportunity that … Continue reading
The Latest Job Trends in the IT Sector
When the global economic recession hit around two years ago, a lot of business sectors were affected. The IT sector was one of them. That is why most of the companies these days don’t just hire the cleverest geek out … Continue reading
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