5 Tips On How To Make You A Recruitment Farmer (Not Hunter!)

  Not every successful recruiter started their job as a headhunter. Some were accountants, engineers, store managers, sales representative, etc., before they started recruiting. Staffing firms say their top performing recruiters happen to be industry experts in very specific areas. Their prior experience in these areas allowed them to develop wide networks of potentially great […]

4 Things Your Candidates Wish They Could Tell You (But Can’t)

Candidate feedback is an important element to improving the hiring process of any company. It gives insight on which parts are working and which ones need improvement. The truth is, applicants have a lot to say about a company’s hiring process, especially when it comes to their own recruitment experience. They just don’t tell you […]

4 Ways To Test If Your Candidate Is Emotionally Intelligent

It’s easy to spot a good candidate – just take a look at their skills and professional experience. Now, to find a great candidate, that is another story. Finding top talent is a bit more complicated than perusing through a CV, because the best employees not only have the required technical skills, but emotional skills […]

9 Simple Actions To Help You Become a Recruitment Superstar

Superstar recruiters produce results quickly in every stage of the hiring process. They employ effective tactics and strategies to ensure that they reach their recruitment goals all the time. Here are 9 simple actions you can take to  become a recruitment superstar: Finding Talent 1. Write better job ads Usually, many recruiters pull up job […]

3 Ways to Improve Your Communication With  Aspiring Candidates

Many recruiters still fail to convey vital information to aspiring candidates in the different stages of the hiring process. Communicating with applicants shows that you are a professional and you value their time and effort in applying. The general notion is that you should only contact a candidate if they got short-listed, but in doing […]

7 Tips on How To Respectfully Turn Down Job Applicants

Telling an applicant that they’re not right for your company is never an easy job. Candidates are hopeful that they will get hired — and then you come in and break the bad news. Rejection, however, is part and parcel of every recruitment process. And someone (a.k.a. you) has to do it. Rejecting applicants is […]

3 Little Ways You Can Reduce Office Stress

  Our offices are a world full of tight deadlines and endless to-do lists. In such cases, stress often builds up inside us and spills out on our colleagues, who may also be struggling with pressures of their own. When that happens, there is a risk of perpetuating a vicious circle, where you mirror and […]

6 Tips To Hire the Best Candidates

Great candidates are not that hard to find – if you’re a smart recruiter, that is. Achieving success in hiring great talent in a competitive job market comes from well-thought out recruiting strategies. Top recruiters spend time formulating  sound recruitment tactics that is both efficient and effective in getting the best and the brightest employees. […]

8 Places To Find Your Next Great Hire

Recruitment has always been a daunting task for any company that is looking to expand their workforce. A good employee is hard to find, that’s why it’s important to know where you can search for the best ones. Job boards are usually where companies turn to for finding qualified candidates, but these days, there are so […]

6 Key Traits of Top Recruiters

Finding the best possible people who ca contribute to your organization is a challenge. It requires strategy and tactics to recruit and retain great talent. Top recruiters however, know how to implement well-thought out plans better than the others. They are smart in employing unique approaches into winning the game of recruitment and hiring the […]