Category: Hiring Best Practices

3 Ways Your Professional Brand Stands Out to Recruiters and Hiring Managers

3 Ways Your Professional Brand Stands Out to Recruiters and Hiring Managers Screen of personalized business cards showing professional brand

‘Rage Applying’ is now taking the headlines across the US, leaving employers and employees frustrated and unsatisfied. The viral trend made popular by TikTok videos highlights the practice of unhappy employees applying to any open role they can to leave their current job. The idea behind the trend, a worker feeling undervalued seeking better options, […]

Working with Great Recruiters Fills Roles

Working with Great Recruiters Fills Roles great recruiters taking phone calls on a park bench

In today’s job market we have seen a dramatic shift from a record-breaking number of job openings and then resignations in 2022 to high profile layoffs in 2023. With this contrasting work world, companies need great recruiters dedicated to their hiring solution to attack the unpredicted job market of the future. Harvard Business Review (HBR) […]

Moving Talent and Tech Hubs: Goodbye Coastal Superstar, Hello Rising Sunbelt Cities

Moving Talent and Tech Hubs: Goodbye Coastal Superstar, Hello Rising Sunbelt Cities talent is relocating to emerging tech hubs

Talent is exploring beyond the coastal superstar tech cities and setting down in rising tech hubs such as Atlanta, Miami, St. Louis, Kansas City, Austin and Dallas, all of which experienced growth in their share of tech jobs over the last few years. Post-pandemic, cities with the strongest tech influence saw a slow-down in their […]

Post-layoffs: A checklist for next steps

Post-layoffs: A checklist for next steps person looking out window, thinking about what to do post-layoffs

Layoffs, a word with such a negative connotation for employees in all industries, has dominated our news cycle for the tech sector.  As we near the end of 2022, tallies estimate that nearly 90,000 workers have been let go in the U.S. from tech companies such as Twitter, Lyft, Meta and many more. Analysts attribute […]

Point-of-View: The Candidate Experience

Point-of-View: The Candidate Experience Professional receiving a phone call demonstrates that consistent communication enriches the candidate experience

We emerged from a global pandemic that saw a tech job market on the upswing. Seemingly to be in the clear, the tech job market is facing uncertainty and both companies and tech professionals are caught up in the midst of it, layoffs looming. Yet the job data tells a different story, illustrating high demand […]

Career Change or First Job: Women in Tech and Engineering Recruiting

Career Change or First Job: Women in Tech and Engineering Recruiting women in tech and engineering recruiting speaking about new opportunities

Today, the role of a recruiter is versatile, with the opportunity to learn about different industries, build a vast network, and have their hand in making a difference in someone’s life. For women, in particular, a role associated with career development, client services and talent acquisition is attainable through recruiting. And women may already be […]

Making a difference with the best job descriptions

Making a difference with the best job descriptions writing job descriptions that are gender-neutral and unbiased

Well-written job descriptions go beyond outlining a position’s responsibilities and including a specific job title. Most job descriptions include these features, but the ones that attract the best applicants will be unbiased, inclusive and ensure diversity. Furthermore, when candidates are searching for the best possible jobs, their first impression of the company is the job […]

Time Management Tips for Recruiters: Focus on Work and Your Well-being

Time Management Tips for Recruiters: Focus on Work and Your Well-being Recruiter looking at his watch for time management

Recruiters are masters at managing a heavy workload amid seeking talent in a competitive field like technology. And they know the trick to recruiting the best talent out there is serious time management skills, both on the job and off. According to Forbes, “Implementing time management techniques can help you catch your breath and make […]

Creating an Intentional Work Culture

Creating an Intentional Work Culture intentional work culture creates a team environment

by Michele Beilman, Chief Operating Officer Work culture as a subject has been so heavily covered from various perspectives that often times it’s worrisome that its meaning could become diluted. Thankfully it still remains a critical, if not the most critical, differentiator for top organizations across the globe. Staffing firms, if not more so than […]

Recruiting Gen Z Candidates: How to Speak Gen Z

Recruiting Gen Z Candidates: How to Speak Gen Z Recruiting Gen Z candidates

(By Laura Vallina) With tech companies facing a hiring crisis, let us dive in to see where companies can develop strategies for recruiting Gen Z candidates and what staffing providers can do to help. With the current unemployment rate for tech workers at 1.7 percent compared to 4 percent in the general economy, Gen Z […]

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