Candidates Lost in Time

This article was deep in to my archives. Probably I used it to train the staff of a recruitment company few years ago.

Unfortunately  I don’t remember the source but I believe that is worth to share .

When it comes to motivating a hiring manager or internal recruiter to move on your submittal, remember the catchy saying…”Time kills all deals.”
One of the most frustrating things to a recruiter is the lag time between finding and submitting a good candidate and getting meaningful feedback through the screening process. Think about it: how often have you taken a request for talent and spent weeks doing the sourcing, pre-screening, preparing and presenting your candidate’s case? Now comes the exciting part, right? Your hiring manger or internal recruiter calls you right away, excited about your candidate and asks when they can come in for an interview. Yeah, right!

Seven basic tips for headhunting in hard times

I was recently appointed to manage and train the staff of a boutique Recruitment Company. Honestly not an easy task in global recession, so I decide to put on paper few very simple rules that can use as guidelines and motivators.

1. You have two options: First you can believe that the world is coming to and end and no one will ever hire again. Or second you can take a reality check – the simple fact is that there is recruitment going on. If you are a good professional, who is prepared to work hard, build up a network and offer clients a genuine service you will succeed.
2. Be more proactive then ever.
3. Spend more time with your clients and be ready to work for free as some point.
4. Define your Golden candidates – the must be stars and can bring business with them
5. Be persistent, don’t give up.
6. Use cost effective and SMART tools like social media, websites.
7. Use every moment to celebrate your success.

If you do well in this market just imagine how much money you will make when the turnaround comes!

Which are your tips for headhunting in environment of global recession?

5 Ways to Improve Employee Engagement Through Community

By Monica Nolan  for www.HRResource.com

How does it feel to go to work?

This is the question your employees answer every day as they move through their duties. Their answer has a surprising impact on their performance. In general, when employees are happy about their work environment, they are more productive. Employees choose how much extra time and effort they will spend on work after fulfilling their minimum performance expectations. When companies foster engaging environments where workers feel connected to their work and co-workers, employees will put in more effort to produce outstanding work. As such, creating a feeling of community among workers is key to increasing employee engagement and productivity.

Fortunately, you won’t have to reinvent the wheel in order to create a sense of community. Humans’ social nature virtually guarantees that they will create community on their own, with or without encouragement from management. Think of your workplace as a garden; community will sprout up no matter what, but when management is involved, a workplace community can be pruned to be as productive as possible.

Consider these techniques for increasing community in the workplace.

1. Gather Input. As you consider how to build community among your employees, be sure to ask for their thoughts. You may choose to hold a meeting or distribute a questionnaire, but be sure to ask employees to consider what community means to them, and what kind of community they would like to see at work. Do they prefer to work in teams? Would they attend off-site events? How about a book group? Implementing your employees’ community-building ideas will increase buy-in and enthusiasm.

How to Avoid Common Resume Mistakes

It’s very hard to write your own resume because a resume is a macro view of your life, but you live your life at the micro level, obsessing about daily details that have no bearing on your resume. For that reason, a lot of people hire someone to help them. After all, spending money on a resume writer is one of the few expenditures that will have good return right away. But if you’re writing your resume on your own, the first thing you’ll have to do is make some mental shifts. You need to rethink the goals of a resume, and rethink the rules of a resume in order to approach the project like the best of the resume professionals. That means not making the most common resume mistakes, and not breaking a few key rules.

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