As I mentioned in my post a few weeks ago, social media scanning is a common practice among recruiters. While the hard copy resume and the cover letter are both well and good, a candidate can never be too careful of what his or her social media history is saying. Every tweet, status update, shared [...]
With the number of unemployed Americans today being equivalent to the number of people living in Alaska, Idaho, the Dakotas, Utah, Wyoming, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Arizona combined, recruiters who do have jobs to offer are often overwhelmed by the flood of applications they receive. Weeding out the unqualified candidates in order to focus [...]
Social Media and Recruiting
January 12, 2012 by lorrie.macy
Raise your hand if you’ve ever used a social media site to find a new job. If 2010 statistics hold true, there would be 14.4 million hands raised right now (assuming our audience was the entire world, that is). Point being, an increasingly large number of employees are using these outlets to find jobs. As [...]
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Which is More Important: Talent or Grit?
January 6, 2012 by lorrie.macy
Talent, in the most basic terms, is skill or aptitude. Talent is generally easy to quantify and measure—both its existence and its absence. Grit, on the other hand, can be slightly harder to define. To me, it’s the stuff that cowboys are made of. It’s sort of a hardness and fortitude of character—an unashamed resolve. [...]
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Goal Setting for the New Year
December 30, 2011 by lorrie.macy
As a business owner, there’s no doubt that 2012 began long before the ball dropped or the calendar turned. If you had planned to survive and succeed in the New Year, you did just that—planned for it. This year is hours from closing, but you’ve likely already set your new 2012 budget, assessed the last [...]
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Hiring through the Holiday Lull
December 23, 2011 by lorrie.macy
The holidays are a great time to relax, spend time with family, eat too much, and find a new job. Yep, I said it, a great time to find a new job. Even the most tenacious job seekers are tempted to take a break for the season with the assumption that “no one hires this [...]
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How to Find the Right Sales Talent
December 21, 2011 by lorrie.macy
Whether you own a big business, a mid-sized firm, or a smaller family business, hiring the right sales talent is key. This type of talent doesn’t come without planning and patience. If you have an opening on your sales team (or expect to soon because of an upcoming retirement or relocation of a current team [...]
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The Evolution of the Résumé
December 8, 2011 by lorrie.macy
Ahhh, the résumé. Job seekers are constantly tweaking them, and recruiters and employers are usually busy sorting through them. Today’s résumé can come in many forms but, generally, it is a single piece of paper that is both a snap shot and a road map for your professional career. One sheet of paper that is [...]
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Mobile Recruiting: What and Why?
December 1, 2011 by lorrie.macy
In a study released in 2010, Morgan Stanley predicted that Smartphones would eclipse PC shipments within just two years. Consumers are increasingly more interested in utilizing portable, mobile Internet technology than they are in using older, bulkier, technologies like laptops and (dare we say) desktops. How much of our planet does not have a mobile [...]
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Hiring the Overqualified Candidate?
October 6, 2011 by Joshua Lyford
Times are still rough. Employers are receiving resumes of people who are overqualified for the position they are applying for. But if the position being offered looks like a step down for them, it might make you apprehensive. You want a motivated employee who wants to work at your company, not someone who is settling [...]
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Hiring Mistakes
September 8, 2011 by Joshua Lyford
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 95 out of 100 new hires exaggerated to get their job. If you haven’t hired an outsourced staffing solutions company like Hire EQ, two out of three new hires will disappoint you. This could have been avoided by correcting a few mistakes. •Relying solely on interviews A study [...]
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How to interpret an employee satisfaction survey
September 15, 2011 by Joshua Lyford
The purpose of an employee satisfaction survey is to find out what your employees are pleased with, what they are concerned about, and what is important to them. But what good are the results if you cannot interpret them? You have to understand the answers in order to make the necessary changes. First of all, [...]
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How to Properly Criticize Employees
September 23, 2011 by Joshua Lyford
While it is important to speak kindly and clearly to possible employees, it is also important to maintain good relationships with existing employees. It’s always difficult to give criticism, especially to loyal and hardworking employees. However, sometimes it is necessary to let the employee know that a mistake was made and it needs to be [...]
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Will the top candidate accept your offer?
September 28, 2011 by Joshua Lyford
One out of five of the top candidates will turn your job offer down. Candidates have options and they won’t accept your offer if some important aspects of the job aren’t included. The Organization’s Commitment Financial compensation is not the number one factor in recruiting. Closing the deal is also about showing the candidates how [...]
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