When you work with a recruiting agency, you want to work with one that you trust. That’s because this is your career that we’re talking about. For you to feel comfortable, you must trust that your job search—and your career—are in capable hands. At The Doepker Group, we have a time-tested process for placing job [...]
So many times, a professional in the employment marketplace focuses on trying to find a new job. And there’s not necessarily anything wrong with that. However, that’s ultimately a short-sighted endeavor. That’s because while they often change jobs, all they’re really doing is changing scenery. They soon discover that they’re experiencing the same problems with [...]
It’s a well-documented fact that hiring the wrong person can be costly for a company. In fact, it can be costly in a number of different ways: In terms of time In terms of energy In terms of personnel And of course, in terms of money So if hiring the wrong person is costly in [...]
For years and years, working on a contract assignment was viewed in a negative light. Conventional wisdom dictated that if you worked on contract, it was because you couldn’t get a direct hire job. While that was untrue then, it’s even more ridiculous now. Ever since the Great Recession, more companies have utilized contract workers [...]
Last week, we listed 10 great questions for job seekers and candidates to consider before the start of the year. Now it's time to look at this topic from the other side—the employer side. Specifically, we're going to address what organizations should do to improve their hiring in the coming year. Ideally, an organization should [...]
Relocation is a serious consideration for anybody engaged in a job search, passive or otherwise. This certainly pertains to professionals within the field of Information Technology. You never know when a new opportunity will beckon, but that opportunity is located in another part of the country. To take advantage of such an opportunity, you must [...]
Companies don’t want just any candidates when they’re attempting to fill their most important positions. They want the best candidates. However, hiring those candidates is not an easy proposition. If it was easy, then every company would be doing it. Obviously, every company is NOT doing it. This is especially the case in the always [...]
“Wait a minute,” you might be thinking. “We DO hire the best candidates . . . well, we want to hire the best candidates, anyway.” Take a moment and conduct a quick mental assessment of your organization’s hiring success. Do you hire A-players? B-players? Tell us you’re not hiring C-players. (In fact, you should be [...]
Earlier this year, we presented “5 Steps for Working with a Recruiter Effectively.” Those steps included the following: Send your resume. (Always) tell the truth. Brand yourself in a positive manner. Don’t omit information. Communicate. While those are the central steps involved when it comes to working with a recruiter, there are other things that [...]
If you were to ask anybody to answer the following question, what do you think their answer would be? “Do you want to grow your career by finding more satisfying jobs where you can also earn more money?” In the vast majority of cases—if not ALL of them—the answer to that question would be a [...]