In 2017, CareerArc surveyed more than 1,000 candidates and asked them about the current and future state of recruitment. Their survey reviewed things that -if we are completely honest – already expected, but it also gave some interesting insights. In short, and we’ll go in depth a bit more, your candidate’s experience influences not only
Happy New Year, everybody. It’s official – we have left 2020 behind us. And 2021 is here, filling us with positivity and drive. Today, we want to provide you with a list to help you create New Year’s resolutions for your recruitment efforts. As we reflect at the end of the year, at the beginning
“In sales, one of the most important skills is to know when you need to be quiet. You hear that after you deliver your pitch, “the first one to speak, loses”. Same applies for when you close the sale. You need to know when to stop talking. If you feel or think that you have
“I understand that the market changed, but I put in a lot of effort crafting my resume and filling out pages and pages of information in their ATS. In this day and age, I can’t believe that the system can’t be set up in such a way that I receive a simple note stating I
When you’re in recruitment, you deal with people all the time. The ‘human aspect’ is very important and in many cases, the deciding factor whether the candidate is a fit. But that shouldn’t mean that you should do the work yourself. If there’s anything I have learned working in this field, it’s that using technology
Once upon a time, there was a Recruiter, roaming the land. The poor recruiter was cursed after he made fun of an HR Manager. As punishment, he had to find candidates for open positions, but whenever he filled a position, 2 new ones opened. He was never done. But he had a special trick. He
“The nonverbal communication is at least as important as the verbal communication. When I was recruiting for a pretty important role in our company, it was my responsibility to go through the resumes and find a few candidates to put on a short-list. I was very happy to one day receive a resume that looked
“I ask the question, “tell me about yourself?”, because I genuinely want to learn about the person behind the resume. But the number of times candidates stumble and fall when answering this question, is staggering. I have had to interrupt candidates that started talking about their childhood, college internship and details about their first job.
Considering the tools you have at your disposal, using only your phone puts at a disadvantage when choosing the best candidate.
“One of the questions I always ask the candidate is to tell me about their strengths and weaknesses. I can’t begin to tell you how telling the answers are. I always make the joke that it is one of the only true joys of the trade to ask a mean question like that, to pave
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