Professionals often get confused about recruiters, especially when a recruiter reaches out to them. This confusion is further exacerbated when a recruiter has never reached out to them before. Typically, they don’t know what to do. They don’t know what to say. Because of this, they sometimes do and say the wrong things. They think [...]
There is more than one difference between an active job seeker and a passive candidate. This is especially the case when you’re talking about a top passive candidate. And if you’re an employer in the Engineering and/or Information Technology fields and you’re looking to hire, then you should definitely be interested in hiring top passive [...]
Welcome to the next blog post in our series about things that a professional in the Engineering or Information Technology fields can do to limit their career opportunities. We started the series with a post about why not being willing to relocate can hamper your career growth and potential. The next post in the series [...]
Welcome to the next blog post in our series about things that a professional in the Engineering or Information Technology fields can do to limit their career opportunities. We started the series with a post about why not being willing to relocate can hamper your career growth and potential. In this blog post, we’re going [...]
Making assumptions is a risky proposition. It doesn’t matter if the assumption deals with your personal life or your professional life. Risks abound. This is also the case for employers that are looking to hire. Making assumptions at any point during the hiring process can have disastrous consequences, and this includes assumptions about job candidates. [...]
There are many things that a professional in the Engineering or Information Technology fields can do to limit their career opportunities. During our next several blog posts, The Doepker Group is going to explore some of those things. The first one is the unwillingness to relocate. And we’re certainly not downplaying the seriousness of relocating. [...]
Most of the time, a recruiter or recruiting agency is attempting to convince a job seeker or candidate to consider an employment opportunity. However, there are times when you should abandon a job or decline an offer of employment if a company or organization makes one. After all, there’s no point in pursuing a job [...]
In a previous blog post, we discussed the first and most fundamental mistake that employers make when they want to hire. That mistake is not knowing who the best and most qualified candidates in the marketplace are. As part of that discussion, we posited that as a company or organization looking to hire, you can [...]
In our most recent blog post, we examined “The One Characteristic That Could Give You a Huge Advantage.” That characteristic is resiliency. But what does resiliency look like? What do resilient people do? How do they think? These are all good questions, and as it turns out, necessary questions. That’s why we’ve decided to answer [...]
There are many ways to stand out as a professional in the employment marketplace. You could have more technical skills. You could have more experience. You could even have more soft skills (or people skills). In addition to skills, there are also characteristics. These aren’t skills, per se, but they’re closely related. They involve how [...]