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Ways to find a rewarding career…
A nice, light read by Sophie Keller…
1. Think about what your 3 major hobbies are. This will give you a pretty good indication of what career will fill you up.
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The State of our Financial Market
I was resisting the urge to write about the recent banking meltdown with household names like Fannie and Freddie, Countrywide, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Wachovia, AIG, Bear Stearns etc., goliaths taking a fall due to poor decisions made by a few and whose effects are now felt by millions across the globe.
Since this is not [...]
Counter Offers - Good or Bad?
Here’s a true story - it’s true because it’s my story.
I had just graduated from college and moved to Northern Virginia for a job working as a Jr. Technical Recruiter in Fairfax, VA. I was barely making enough money as the company that I started my career with had no commission structure. They had [...]
Video Resumes: A Bad Idea
According to this post, CareerBuilder tested an idea in a market that was not quite ready for it. To be honest, as a recruiter, even I’m not ready for it. I have managers who will set up interviews just because I’m vouching for a candidate’s skills without even reviewing a paper resume. I know people [...]
Dating and Recruiting
10 Rules for Dating and Recruiting written by Amy Kimmes.
As a Recruiter that places folks on contracts and contract to hire type positions, I’d add Rule #11.
Breaking up.
As recruiters most of us dread that call from a client on a Friday (or any other day for that matter) asking that the contract employee that you [...]
Negotiating with Candidates
Upon reading this article, it seems that Mr. Raghav Singh is assuming that most recruiters and headhunters only discuss compensation towards the end of the process i.e. when an offer is made by the client.
In my experience working as a Headhunter and training other recruiters - I would never even submit a candidate without closing [...]
LinkedIn not working for you?
For those of you not sure what LinkedIn is - please visit their site. I’m not getting paid by them or through any of their agents to write this (though I wish I was getting paid:).
LinkedIn is a professional networking site that a lot of recruiters use to build a pipeline of passive candidates, and [...]
How to become a Successful Headhunter - Part 1
I’m assuming that you’ve read one of my previous posts How do you become a Headhunter. If not, then please read it. I’ve detailed on how you can become a headhunter/recruiter there. It should open up some new opportunities for you and gives you a pretty decent road map on how to open doors for [...]
Headhunters guide to writing a professional Resume.
Chances are that you were doing a search on how to write a professional resume and landed on this page.
Great - let’s get started.
You already know that a resume is one of the most important documents that you will create in your professional life, so let’s keep it that way - professional. If you feel [...]
