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Resume – The most outrageous resume mistakes employers have found
Finding a job can be stressful. Job seekers are often up against tens, if not hundreds, of other applicants for a position. The pressure to have their resumes jump out from the stack in front of employers is high, and that can often result in getting a little too creative or perhaps outright fabricating. According … Continue reading
Job Interview – 21 Best Tips (infographic)
There’s much more to a successful job interview than just knowing how to answer the most commonly asked questions. To make things easier for you, we’ve prepared some more tips that will help you prepare for everything else that comes with a job interview. Chosen excerpts by Job Market Monitor. Read the whole story at 22+ … Continue reading
Smartphones at Work – 65 percent do not have their work emails on their smartphones
While technology helps workers stay connected while away from the office, in many cases it is causing them to disconnect while in the office, leading to a negative impact on productivity. According to new CareerBuilder research, 1 in 5 employers (19 percent) think workers are productive less than five hours a day. When looking for … Continue reading
Job Prospects in US – Fast-growing industries over the next five years
Whether you’re a college student deciding on a major or a working professional looking for a career change, new findings may shed light on which direction to go in. CareerBuilder just released a list of fast-growing industries with ample job prospects over the next five years. The study is based on data from Emsi, CareerBuilder’s … Continue reading
Skills for Telecommuting Jobs
When considering candidates for remote positions, recruiters should focus on certain skills and attributes that will best align with remote work. These traits include: Effective communication skills. “The very best remote workers will reach out to co-workers and managers regularly to check in, ask questions and collaborate on projects,” said Sara Sutton Fell, founder and … Continue reading
Job Search and Hiring – Seven facts every job seeker and employers should know
Although 76 percent of full-time, employed workers are either actively looking for a job or open to new opportunities, nearly half (48 percent) of employers can’t seem to find the workers they need to fill their job vacancies. A new study from CareerBuilder highlights seven important facts every employer and job seeker should know as … Continue reading
Multigenerational Workforce – Requires flexible leadership, policies and programs
Five generations work side by side in today’s workforce, making it important to create an inclusive culture that meets the varying needs of each age group, according to a new research paper. Members of each generation bring a distinct set of values, attitudes and behaviors to the workplace, noted Kimberly Abel-Lanier, vice president and general … Continue reading
Job Seekers with Disabilities – How Accessible Is Your Recruiting Technology?
Challenges for Job Seekers The Partnership on Employment and Accessible Technology (PEAT) survey found that 46 percent of respondents rated their last experience applying for a job online as “difficult to impossible.” Of those, 9 percent were unable to complete the application and 24 percent required assistance from the employer. Of those applicants who required … Continue reading
Talent-Driven Recruitment – If you want to attract and hire a great person, you need to offer a great job
Performance-based Hiring boils down to common sense and these four recruiting rules: *If you want to attract and hire a great person, you need to offer a great job. That’s why recruitment advertising should emphasize what the person will be doing, not the skills needed to do it. There’s not a single top-talent person in … Continue reading
NEET – Keeping students engaged
The young people taking part in these support programmes were identified by their schools at the end of Year 9 to be at risk of disengaging from education. Our survey conducted in 2013 suggested that in many respects the young people were very similar to the national average, but in comparison they were not as … Continue reading
Retirement – Better served with the 4 S’
We don’t actually want to retire and do nothing. We just want to do something we love. And I’m not talking about endless days of back nines, fishing, and sailing into the sunset. While we might want some time to do those things, you’d be surprised to learn how quickly the bloom can come off … Continue reading
Millennials in Workplace – Three key strategies
Is it possible to strike a happy medium between old-school and new school workplaces? Here are the three key strategies that allows for a forward-thinking, balanced culture: Factor 1: Mission, Mission, MissionOftentimes, traditional, Boomer-led workplaces suffer from vague, uninspiring missions that don’t clearly include positive impact on the world. New-school workplaces often are so bold, … Continue reading
Recruitment – Most hiring is a blind date, and referrals are an introduction
Hiring team members requires filtering for different hard and soft skills, so that new employees can slip into established patterns of company behavior. In this case, many companies depend on asking their employees to double as HR recruiters by leaning on referrals. Researchers have long known that referrals surface better job candidates. Referred candidates are … Continue reading
Pushy, Unprofessional Recruiters – Six times you can and must say no
Although there are tremendous recruiters in every industry, they are outnumbered by the pushy, unprofessional recruiters so many job-seekers have come to know and despise. Here are six times you can and must say “Nope!” to a recruiter’s demand if you want to be taken seriously as a job candidate and as a professional: • … Continue reading
Job Interview – What candidates should never ask
1. Questions You Should Already Know The key to the Q&A is realizing that the questions you ask are a reflection of what is important to you, your preparation and existing knowledge. Don’t ask questions that you should already know the answer. 2. Questions That Disempower You Under the stress of an interview, many people tend … Continue reading
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