Candidate Preparation

Know The Job
If you want a successful hire, a great placement, the very first step is: You got to know the job. While this sounds simple and perhaps even common sense, this is where many recruiters and HR folks fall down. When I say know the job, it starts with knowing the [...]

Blog originally posted by HRinmotion.com, Candidate Preparation Software
Recently we had the pleasure to meet Dan Campbell in San Antonio where he spoke at the 2007 Staffing World Convention. Dan spoke of how his recruitment and staffing agency focuses on retention as a strategic advantage.
Dan is CEO of Hire Dynamics, which provides recruitment and staffing [...]

Don’t Stop Short, Go All the Way!
With the labour market heating-up, staffing companies are faced with trying to find highly qualified individuals in a difficult market. Staffing companies around the globe seem to be facing the same challenge; lots of demand from clients, but not enough supply. So what are staffing companies doing differently to [...]

Recently, I wrote an article about the one page resume, it’s prevalence in the job market. This topic came from an discussion I had with the Vice President of a national recruitment company in Canada. He observed that some of his clients had been requesting that his recruiters only send one page resumes.
Having been in [...]

Many experts have estimated the cost of turnover between 1 to 2 times the annual salary of the position. Indeed when talented employees leave a company, the cost is great. This cost is even greater if the employer used the services of a professional head hunter.
In response to the turnover problem and competition in the [...]