During the course of your career, you’re not going to land every job for which you apply. (Unless, of course, you’re one of those “one in a million” type of candidates. If you are, then you just might.) As a result, disappointment is inevitable during your career. So it’s not a matter of IF you’re [...]
There are many different ways that a professional can brand themselves in a positive fashion. That’s because personal branding is all about the experience that you provide for other people. That experience can consist of what you say, what you look like, and how you act. Body language plays a role in personal branding. That’s [...]
There are many different components to a successful hiring process. There are some people who don’t realize it, but identifying top candidates is a crucial component. After all, if you don’t know who the top candidates are, then how do you expect to hire them? Or to put it another way, if you can’t spot [...]
In our past few blog posts, we’ve addressed the top work habits of valuable employees and the work habits of non-valuable employees. These habits could determine whether or not you get hired . . . or whether or not you get fired. But what about your career overall? Which patterns of behavior could ultimately hurt [...]
We recently addressed the top work habits of valuable employees, those habits that employers seek out and the ones they want to see in job seekers and candidates. Those five work habits are as follows: Patience Active listening Emotional intelligence Prioritization Balance Just as there are work habits of employees who are considered valuable, there [...]
In our previous blog post, we posed the question of which is more valuable in terms of hiring—hard skills or soft skills? The bottom line is that hiring for soft skills is extremely important in the employment marketplace, which is why job seekers should make sure they possess all the skills necessary to be considered [...]
Hiring well is not easy. As we’ve stated before, if it was easy, then every company and organization in the employment marketplace would do it. But alas, that is not the case. One reason is that there are many facets to the hiring process and many components that must be considered. Skills comprise one of [...]
There is a misnomer in the employment marketplace. (Actually, there’s more than one, but we’re going to focus on just one in the interest of this particular blog post.) That misnomer is this: you have to be looking for a job in order to consider a new job. That’s simply not true. What IS true [...]
Retention has been and continues to be a big issue for employers in today’s marketplace. That’s because we’re currently in a candidates’ market. That means all candidates have more employment opportunities and options, and the best candidates have the most options and the best options. Despite the fact that companies and organizations are experiencing more [...]
It doesn’t matter if you’re not looking for a new job right now. It doesn’t matter if you like your current job and you like your employer. There are still benefits associated with having a conversation with a recruiter. As we explored in our previous blog post, talking with a recruiter does NOT mean that [...]