Candidate Preparation

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 [...]

A few weeks ago, a recruiter new to the business asked what a great interview to hire ratio would be.
The interview to hire ratio is a staffing metric that reports the number of interviews required to make one placement. This employment metric can be a useful indicator of process quality, a recruiter’s understanding of job [...]

What Do Candidates Say About Your Staffing Company?
In business, isn’t it common sense to focus on paying customers? And so in staffing and recruitment, doesn’t it simply make sense to focus on clients and the candidates that you place. After all, these are the candidates that your clients pay you to find. And [...]