Recruiters–the Matchmakers of Business
February 17, 2012 by lorrie.macy
Meet Laura. She knows exactly who she’s looking for. Her list is not long, but having been refined by years of practice, it’s a solid one. She’s got priorities and she’s not afraid to use them. So, just like yesterday, she’ll spend her day today scanning profiles, looking for the perfect fit, confident she’ll find [...]
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The True Cost of a Bad Hire (Infographic)
February 7, 2012 by lorrie.macy
Career Builder recently published the final data from their 2011 survey of employers who reported making a bad hiring decision. Our infographic helps to sum up their findings.
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Social Media Background Check-up
January 26, 2012 by lorrie.macy
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 [...]
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5 Tips for Filtering Out Unqualified Candidates
January 20, 2012 by lorrie.macy
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 [...]
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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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