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August 2013

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August 30, 2013

A Recipe for a Successful Career Change

Studies show that today’s workers may serve in nearly a dozen roles in the course of their lives, not only due to ascending the corporate ladder and moving from company to company, but as a result of reinventing themselves altogether and transitioning to new careers. Changes in professional life, including…
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August 28, 2013

Good Managers Don’t Criticize the “C Suite”

It may be tempting for you, as a manager, to criticize the “C Suite” in front of your staff should you not agree with some of their decisions. After all your thinking is that you’re just being honest and in doing so you are building a relationship of transparency with…
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August 27, 2013

Ever Wonder if a “Robot” is Reading Your Resume?

Sometimes resumes goes in a black hole.  Sometimes it's "File 13."  But often -- a resume tracking system does the sifting.   Here's a great graphic that shows how they get they job done...
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August 23, 2013

Speed Up Your Hiring Process

Ah yes, the hiring process. No good business can do without it. Much ink has been spilled on how to boost the quality of your hiring process for everyone involved, but how do you speed it up without sacrificing that quality? Kazim Ledimeji wrote about several ways you can effectively…
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August 23, 2013

Boost Your Mobile Recruiting Power

Everybody’s using a mobile device of some kind. That’s a given. So what are you doing to really take advantage of this recent mobile trend? About 70 percent of job seekers use their devices to search for jobs, so there’s no better time than now to brush up on your…
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August 22, 2013

Are You Wasting Time in Your Hiring Process?

Nobody wants a hiring process that doesn’t have any thought put into it. After all, you can’t find all the top talent with a snap of your fingers. But is your process maybe too complex? A convoluted hiring process makes the task even harder to accomplish. Maren Hogan recently wrote…
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August 22, 2013

5 Job Candidates You Should Know

The whole reason we conduct interviews in the first place is that resumes don’t tell us everything we need to know about a candidate. Interviewing gives us a sense of who the candidate is and what they can contribute to your company culture. If you’re a seasoned interviewer, you’ve probably…
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August 21, 2013

New and Improved: Peer Interviews

Job interviews are generally thought of as a very set-in-stone process, with clearly defined checkboxes that need to be hit. But what about the concept of a peer interview? As in, where coworkers (yes, plural!) interview a candidate? Sound crazy? Think again. It may be more beneficial than you think.…
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August 21, 2013

Build a Connection with Your Staff by Listening

If you want to be heard by your staff you must first listen.  One of the three most basic needs of humans is to be understood……and this is accomplished by listening.  So before you can expect your staff to hear your message you must first hear and understand your staff.…
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August 20, 2013

4 Steps for a Perfect Job Interview

Job interviews are harrowing enough for candidates without feeling like a downright interrogation. Many ideas have been tossed around on how to conduct the absolute best job interview, and the answers vary across the board. Shala Marks wrote on four ways to conduct the absolute best job interview. Hopefully, you…
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