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Sometimes the best time to apply for a job is when the employer isn't looking. If you have the skills they need and you can present yourself as a solution to a problem they may have, sending in your resume to a company cold can get your foot in the door. Even if they are not interested in your ...

This is a great way to show the hiring manager you mean business. You want to know what it will take to join the company’s elite. Employers measure success in different ways depending on their culture and ethos. Their priorities may be based solely around sales figures or perhaps on the requirement ...

“From the outside, it looked like it was a great acquisition, $265 million, but most people don’t know the real reason why we ended up selling the company. It was because the company culture just went completely downhill … I just dreaded getting out of bed in the morning and was hitting that snooze ...

If your company has already begun recruiting employees online, you need to check if there is a social recruiting plan in place. If there is no plan in place, you will not be performing the recruitment process effectively. Prior to beginning any recruiting of candidates online, it is best to have a ...

Organisation. I’m not always the best at it. I’m the kind of girl whose friends creep up behind her to pull the tag out of her new clothes, or the girl who leaves getting ready to the absolute last minute, only to realise (after a very strange train journey: the one time you’d prefer people to look ...

The thought of facing a team of interviewers can be extremely daunting – after all, facing one is intimidating enough! However, it’s important to realise that this form of interview is not used by employers to instil fear. The reality is, it helps the employer to save time in terms of introducing ...

You can very quickly get a feeling for whether a recruiter has your interests in mind or not. From the first conversation, it should be easy to assess their expertise but more importantly their intent. I’ve always taken the approach that if I can’t help someone at the time they contact me, then I’ll ...

With today’s top-notch recruitment practices, new hires may come on board fast, but that doesn’t mean they’ll acclimate to the company quickly.

Data from workforce insights agency Equifax shows 60 percent of employees voluntarily quit their jobs during the first quarter of 2014, and 40 percent of ...

When Holmes and Rahe developed their scale of stress they charted some of the most stressful points in an adult’s life.

Death of a spouse, divorce, personal injury and dismissal from work are all part of their ten point scale of stress.

While their list was pretty comprehensive, in our opinion ...

When using video chat to perform an interview, those who want to take part in the decision must be present. In the event that not everyone needed can be at an interview, how do you manage to collaborate with them on the hiring decision?

Video interview platforms often have the ability to share ...