There is no doubt that we’re currently in a candidates’ market. The Great Recession is nothing but a bad memory. There is low unemployment and a lot of employment opportunities, especially for the best candidates in the marketplace. In the years immediately following the Great Recession, professionals were reluctant to consider a job change, and [...]

There comes a time in every person’s career when they believe they must move on from their current employer. In fact, during the past several years, it’s been happening with more frequency. It used to be conventional wisdom dictated that you spend at least five years at a company before finding another job. If you [...]

The hiring process is just that: a process. It’s not a snapshot of one day or even one week. A lot of things must happen before an organization can fill its job opening with the person it wants to hire. As such, there’s a lot of give-and-take during the hiring process. Sometimes the candidate gives [...]

When recruiters reach out to candidates about a potential new opportunity, there is no guarantee that the candidate is going to want to explore the opportunity. That makes sense. Just because a new opportunity exists does NOT mean that the opportunity is worth exploring. This is a very subjective topic. What would appear to be [...]

The hiring process is much more than just the process during which an organization finds a new employee. Sure, that’s part of it, a big part of it from the perspective of the employer, but there’s also another aspect to it. That aspect deals directly with the candidates who participate in the process. Yes, as [...]

As most of you probably know, we are currently in what is called a candidates’ market. That means candidates, especially highly qualified candidates, are in high demand by employers who are seeking to hire. It also means something else. It means that organizations that are already in possession of highly qualified and productive employees want [...]

These days, it seems as though people are changing jobs more and more. This is especially the case for the Millennial Generation and Generation Z. Those who are part of these generations typically change jobs every two to three years. Even if you’re not part of this generation, chances are good that you’ll change jobs [...]

We’ve discussed the face-to-face interview extensively in this blog, and with good reason. The face-to-face interview is one of the most important parts of the hiring process. It’s the "make-or-break" point for both the employer and the candidate. However, you more than likely won’t get to the interview stage without a great resume. The logic [...]

In a previous blog post, we discussed “5 Steps for Jump-Starting Your Career in the New Year.” To review, those steps were as follows: Talk with your supervisor.Focus on results.Invest in yourself.Increase your networking efforts.Contact a recruiter. Now that we've started 2022, this is still an opportune time to position yourself for career growth. A [...]

Everybody gets stuck in a rut from time to time. Heck, some people have been stuck in a professional rut for so long that they can’t remember a time when they weren’t stuck in one. That’s why it’s important to assess where you are in terms of your career, especially as we prepare to enter [...]