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By: Sam Starrett Frequently, hiring managers and business owners engage the services of a headhunter without a full picture of what we do and what we can offer to them. In part, this is our own fault; too often, we sell ourselves purely on our ability to bring in strong candidates. It’s understandable why we […]
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There are some things you just wish you knew sooner. About fifteen years into my career, a prolific commercial real estate broker I was engaged with for a project broke down the Four Stages of Competence. To this day, I still remember it. Though it helped that he was a great storyteller to make me […]
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by: Garrett Coleman Generally, people fall into one of two camps. One is having a victim mentality; think “it is always someone else’s fault and never mine.” These folks play the blame game. The other camp is the accountability camp. You might not like it if you contributed to an uncomfortable situation… but being accountable […]
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By Bill Wednieski Most candidates would rather stick their heads in a vise than negotiate compensation. Salary negotiations are not generally pleasant for either the job candidate or employer. Every single situation is different – please keep reading below for how I assess each one: Do you want the job and have they offered it […]
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By: Garrett Coleman The moment has come, you’ve been offered a new role, or you feel it’s just time to move on from your current company. We all know what step comes next. You have to resign from your current position, and the most amicable way to do so is with a resignation letter and […]
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By: Bill Wednieski As a recruiting firm we are always on the hunt for talented candidates. It is no secret that today qualified candidates are very difficult to come by. We recently tapped into a new and very narrow class of candidates I never could have fathomed, further narrowing the talent pool according to […]
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By: Bill Wednieski How does this sound? You’re a hiring manager, and you regularly keep the best candidates interested in your company, bring the best candidates on as your newest team members, and bring efficiency to your hiring process. Amazing, right? To live that reality, discernment is key. You’ll need to see and understand […]
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by: Ryan Clark Most people do not have perfect career paths or resumes- after all, we’re all human. Many people change careers all together, have faced layoff situations, been poorly fit into an organization, or changed companies in order to push forward in their career. In eight years of recruiting, I have found the two […]
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By: Bill Wednieski According to the U.S. Bureau of Statistics, the average turnover rate in the U.S. is about 12% to 15% annually. That means a company will lose between one in six or eight employees each year. (In your next staff meeting try not to wonder about who could leave looking around at your team’s faces […]
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By Bill Wednieski We are all busy In 2018, Ladders, Inc. published a study that recruiters spend an average of 7.4 seconds reviewing a resume. I’m confident that my team and I do better than that, but honestly, hopeless resumes don’t get much more than 15 seconds with some of those extra seconds just out […]
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