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7 Quick Fixes for a Better Resume [Infographic]

Most of us have busy lives: Go to work, pick up the kids, make some dinner, think about working out, go to sleep. Wash, rinse, repeat. That's why we love quick fixes, those little life hacks that make routine things much easier and faster so we can get to the fun, important stuff. Now think about this: You will spend around 10 years of your life just being busy at work. Wouldn't it be...

Rise of the Machines? How A.I. Can Help Employers Be More Responsive in the Recruiting Process

By now, creating a great candidate experience is more than a suggestion; it's a flat-out command. Bad candidate experiences lose talent, they harm your company's employer and consumer brands, and they hurt the bottom line through lost business. But creating the sort of highly responsive and engaging experience that candidates crave is no mean feat, especially for recruiters and HR pros...

Why You Should Empower Your Employees With Supplementary Training

The workplace is ever-changing, thanks to new best practices and innovations that always come along to keep the landscape fresh. However, this means that businesses are at risk of falling behind market trends if they do no keep abreast of what is happening in their industries. The good news is that each year there are also massive advances in learning programs designed to keep staff up...

12 Recruiting Tips from Talent Acquisition Leaders

Figuring out how to get job offers to newly minted software engineers before the competition does is a huge recruiting challenge at many companies. It can take weeks to complete in-person interviews and even longer to send offer letters as hiring managers debate which candidates to pursue. But that's not how it works at Amazon. Instead, as part of a new experiment, recent graduates...

Is Your Professional Services Firm's Brand Killing Your Recruiting?

The Internet offers job seekers unprecedented insights into companies' brands. Job seekers search for online reviews to read employee feedback on management and to uncover staff gripes with company policies. They can review employees' social media profiles and tweets to assess their levels of expertise and identify mutual connections. Job seekers also analyze a company's online presence...

Everything You Need to Know About HR Content and Mobile Devices

Use of mobile devices is undeniably on the rise – except, it seems, when it comes to HR pros. While a 2015 comScore report found that smartphones alone account for 60 percent of the time people spend consuming digital media, the popularity of mobile devices isn't as high among people in the HR industry. In a recent survey from Recruiter.com and my company, Come Recommended, only 18.5...

The Top 5 Industry Fields for Freelancers

They set their own schedules. They do things their own way. They have no commute. They often make more money than you do for similar work, and they sometimes do it in their underwear. We're talking about freelancers. Independent work is the latest craze in the American workforce, with about 34 percent of workers engaging in some sort of freelance work. "The way we define work is...

TED Talk Expert Mick Ebeling to Headline at the Project Management Institute's Orange County Conference

The Project Management Institute has announced its 2016 conference in Orange County, entitled "Building Leaders for Business." The conference will offer dynamic workshops, modern networking, and high profile-guest speakers. The Sheraton Park Hotel in Anaheim will host this one-day event, which will run from 8 AM to 6 PM and welcome project, program, and portfolio professionals from diverse...

To Determine Cultural Fit, Skip the Resume – Ask the Right Questions

The resume is a staple of the recruiting process, and it likely always will be in some form or another. Even if the one-sheet Word doc eventually transforms into a holographic multimedia extravaganza beamed directly into the offices of hiring managers (I'm just spitballing here), job seekers will always need a way to flaunt their skills and experiences, and employers will always need a way...

5 Community Outreach Initiatives That Will Help You Develop Your Future Workforce

Many employers across industries are concerned that the candidates coming to them are not prepared to do the work their companies need done. If you are not doing one or all of the following activities in your community and workplace, you have only yourself to blame for the poor state of your workforce. Step up to develop your community's youth and your future workforce will...

Are You Disconnected From Your Employees? Then Your Culture Is in Trouble

If you want your workers to be productive, you must create an environment where they feel appreciated and involved. Unfortunately, there seems to be a disconnect between management and employees in this area, according to a new study from leadership training company VitalSmarts. The company surveyed more than 1,200 employees, managers, and executives and discovered that employees view...

The Best Advice I Ever Heard From a Career Coach

I'm often asked for job search advice, and perhaps the No. 1 request I receive is, "What kind of job should I look for?" As a coach, most of the time, I answer this question – and other client questions – with a question of my own: "Why?" Most of us have more than enough people in our lives offering their opinions, whether we want them to or not. My goal is not to be one of those...

TAtech Tip: Create an Expectation That Comes True

Optimizing the candidate experience has taken on a new urgency as employers realize a truism about top talent: These people have many choices. They are contacted by recruiters all of the time. One of the key ways these highly sought-after candidates decide among potential employers is to evaluate their experiences in each organization's recruiting process. Top talent are good consumers....

Don't Take the Counteroffer

You've had a good, long run at your current job, but you've recently started exploring the job market – just to see what's out there. Low and behold, you stumble across a position that is everything you've ever wanted in your career — more pay, good management, a challenging product line. Now, you're sneaking around, taking long lunches to move the interview process along, and after a lot...

To BYOD, or Not to BYOD?

Almost everybody has their own cellphone, tablet, and laptop these days, so when companies provide those things to their employees, they sometimes end up being redundant. Many businesses have long frowned upon the "bring your own device" (BYOD) movement for a number of reasons, but today's technology makes BYOD more feasible than it was even just a few years ago. "Implementing BYOD...

Recruiter Top 10: Learning and Development Software

Welcome to Top 10, Recruiter.com's weekly rundown of the best of the best in recruiting! Every Friday, we release a list of some of our favorite people, things, and ideas dominating the industry. From awesome tech tools and cool companies to great books and powerful trends, no stone in the recruiting space will be left unturned. This Week: Top 10 Learning and Development...

Organize Your Job Search Like an Olympian

The Summer Games are in full swing, but for the competitive job seeker, summer is no time to play around! It's time to take action and organize your job search to gold medal standards. Wondering how you do that? It will take extra effort for sure, but no gold medal was won without a lot of preparation, dedication, and good, old-fashioned training. Pre-Game This is when you lay the...

Socially Conscious Companies Lead the Way With Diversity Initiatives

We live in a time when social movements like #BlackLivesMatter are calling attention to problems of systemic racism in our society, and the business world is not isolated from social issues like these. Take, for example, the gender wage gap that exists in the United States. Recruiters are in a valuable position to combat systemic discrimination by making an effort to ensure candidate...

Mental Space: the Final Frontier for Recruiters

A professional friend of mine who has worked her way up through recruiting and HR saw my article on hiring a denial diplomat and wrote to me with a question: "How does one stay objective and find ways to be creative in a job that is often repetitive – wading through a never-empty email account full of negative impatience from people who filled out an application yesterday but expect an...

It's Basically a Startup: 4 Lessons Recruiters Can Learn From the Olympics

There are no medals in recruiting, but if there were, Paul Modley would probably have a gold. A global client partner at staffing and recruiting firm Alexander Mann Solutions, Modley has spent more than twenty years in the industry. "I have too many years working in recruiting, probably," he jokes. And while Modley has done a lot of great work throughout his 2+ decades in the field,...

Don't Get Hacked: Closing the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

With the Internet of Things (IoT) connecting every "smart" piece of equipment to the cloud, the number of potential targets for hackers the world over is growing exponentially. Hackers have been known to take on a wide array of challenges, ranging from personal identity theft to stealing bank accounts. Even political espionage isn't off the table: An American presidential candidate recently...

Getting a Big Raise May Be Easier Than You Think

You've been at your company for years, receiving slim 2-3 percent raises after each annual performance review. You know you're falling behind your peers financially, but you're not sure what to do. Often, people in this situation will recommit themselves to their work. They decide that if they work hard enough and show their boss how great they are, they'll be rewarded in a few more...

Prepare for Mass Retirement With Intelligent Workforce Solutions

In a 2015 survey, the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM) found that approximately one-third of employers were concerned that pending retirements would become a problem for their organizations. Why? Because according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 10 percent of the workforce will be eligible for retirement in the coming years. This news couldn't come at a worse time for many...

6 Ways to Make Sure Candidates Are Telling You the Truth

Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Have a question you'd like to ask? Leave it in the comments, and you might just see it in the next installment of Recruiter QA! Today's Question: Candidates can write anything they want on their resumes and in their cover letters. They can tell you anything they want in...

How to Speed Up Your Feedback Cycle Before You Lose Employees

Each one of your employees has probably tweeted about something, written an online review, or engaged with a business in some way. They're already telling other organizations what they think. But are they telling you? Probably not, and the reason why is that most employee feedback systems are antiquated, slow-moving, and not focused on the core tenets of how new technologies and...

Goodbye, Dream Job: Finding New Paths to Success in a Changing Economy

According to iCIMS Chief Economist Josh Wright, the story of the U.S. economy in Q1 of 2016 was "underemployment" – and it's a story that may not end with a new deluge of full-time jobs for all. Underemployment has been a problem in the U.S. since the Great Recession, and while full-time jobs are being created, they aren't being created fast enough to change the overall composition of...

4 Quick Ways to Optimize Your Resume for ATSs

If you've been applying for job after job without hearing anything back, there's a good chance that applicant tracking systems, or ATSs, are to blame. Not quite sure what exactly an ATS is? During the recruitment process, most companies use them to filter applicants and find the most compatible candidates. The problem? Applicant tracking systems have no sympathy when it comes to...

Acing the First Few Moments of a Job Interview

As the saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression. When it comes to job interviews, you had best make it a good one. Powerful unconscious processes are at work when we first meet someone, and these play a pivotal role in how strongly you impress, in the first few moments, those who interview you. What are these unconscious processes? 1. Can I Trust You? First, at...

9 Hilarious, Strange, and Disturbing Interview Questions

Most recruiters can tell you that interviewing is a skill – but not a skill that every recruiter or human resources professional has. Through a combination of humor, creativity, and experience, a good interviewer puts their interview subject at ease and gets the answers they need to make an informed decision. Less experienced interviewers may stick to classics like: "What are your strengths...

How Independent Workers Can Utilize the On-Demand Economy to Find Work

The life of the independent worker, although rewarding, has always been plagued with uncertainty. Whether one has decided to embark on a more flexible career path by choice or has arrived there unwillingly (through loss of full-time work or the inability to find a full-time job in their field), the struggle to find steady gigs and earn a decent living while doing what you're passionate...

7 Qualities Every Freelancer Needs to Succeed

Look at that couch. It's right there, only a few steps away. You could nap for 20 minutes. Maybe watch that movie that's been in your Netflix queue for a month. Maybe flip on the gaming console over there and check out that new game you bought. Or hey, that new novel came in the mail. You've been waiting all summer to read it. Some people think that's what freelancers do all day – and it...

What Does Strategic Employer Branding Actually Look Like?

In June, Universum released Employer Branding Now, a wide-ranging report that surveys the state of employer branding in 2016. Over the course of the next few months, we'll be diving into the report in depth to explore some of the conclusions it draws and the prescriptions it issues. This is the second installment of the series. Part one is available here. Part three is available...

3 Ways to Help Your Recruiters Attract the Best Talent

As an employer, you know that it's not enough to fill empty chairs with disinterested bodies. You need to invest in people who will boost sales, innovation, and the company's bottom line. But your recruiters can't seem to pull the best talent. Why not? Many candidates feel that, despite recruiters' best efforts, the recruitment process is impersonal and off-putting. These...

How to Make the Most of Your First 100 Days as a New Executive Hire

Today, new executives have precious little transition time as they embark on their new leadership journeys and step up to the challenges of the jobs they've been hired to do. In our data-driven and highly competitive industry environments, a new executive's C-level colleagues have every expectation that the goals discussed during the recruitment process are a top-of-mind priority for that...

Employer Branding for the iGeneration

While this article explores employer branding for Generation Z in a "Scandinavian context," we think it raises some interesting points that should be of value to HR and recruiting professionals around the world. -- ed. note. What Is Generation Z? Generation Z, also known as the iGeneration, is composed of those born between the mid-1990s and today. The generation's defining feature is...

4 Ways to Attract the Best of the Best Talent [Infographic]

You should always hire the best possible candidate for your role. Everyone knows that. But that's a lot easier said than done. How do you source the best candidate? How do you get them to want to work for you? How do you even know which candidate is the best? Sadly, there's no definitive answer to these burning questions -- but there are a few strategies that may very well make your...

The Real Reasons Why Women Earn Less Than Men at Work

Statistically, women do earn less money than men do, but when you compare women and men in the same jobs with the same skill sets, the wage disparity is lower than you'd think, according to PayScale. Often, the gap between men's and women's salaries has little to do with skill set. Many times, it all boils down to how a person perceives themselves and their self-worth. Confidence plays a...

10 Tips on Landing Your First Job

It's that time of year again, when so many recent graduates and soon-to-be-graduates are preparing to start their careers. In order to be successful, these young workers must be ready to battle the competition and prove themselves to be the best of the best. If you're one of these young workers, we're here to help with a list of ten of the most important tips for your job search: 1....

The Easy Way to Follow Up After an Interview

One of my clients' most common concerns -- and I hear it from candidates across the spectrum, entry-level to seasoned executives -- is how to best follow up with an employer after an interview. Following up in a memorable way that leaves a good impression requires the mastery of a few elements -- and it all starts while you're still in the interview. During the Interview ... Before...

6 Things You Didn't Know About Reference Checking

What's there to know about checking references? A lot more than you might think. Here are six things you may not have known about this very common -- and very crucial -- practice: 1. Reference Checks and Background Checks Are Not the Same Thing Do you do both? If so, make sure you're getting useful insight from each and not just duplicating your work. For example, if you use reference...

4 Great Resources to Help You Hire Veterans

Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Have a question on hiring data you'd like to ask? Leave it in the comments, and you might just see it in the next installment of Recruiter QA! Today's Question: What are the best resources that you have found for hiring veterans? The following answers were provided by...

Please Hire My Dog: An Argument for the Pet-Friendly Office

I'm a product of my generation. I'm a millennial, so I love nostalgia, crave constructive communication, and enjoy the freedom to work wherever I want (and get paid for it). Almost nothing attracts me more to a job than a steady paycheck and a promise of personal and professional growth. But you know what would really attract me to just about any job? A pet-friendly...

Do Your Employees Hate Coming to Work? 3 Ways to Fix the Problem:

A happy employee works harder. It seems like a simple concept, but many companies struggle to create workplaces that influence employee morale in positive ways. Ignoring this problem is a mistake. Happy workers generate a significant return on investment. A 10 percent increase in employee engagement investments generates an additional $2,400 in profit per employee annually, according to a...

The Art of Negotiation: 5 Steps to Getting the Salary You Deserve

Salary negotiation early on in one's career has the potential to gain them anywhere between $500,000 and $1,000,000 throughout their working life, and yet only 37 percent of millennials report ever asking for a raise. Whether that's because they got a raise before they asked for one, were uncomfortable negotiating, or don't want to seem pushy, there's a ton of money millennials are leaving on...

7 Game-Changing Tech Tools That Were Worth Every Penny for These Entrepreneurs

Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers! Have a question on hiring data you'd like to ask? Leave it in the comments, and you might just see it in the next installment of Recruiter QA! Today's Question: What's the best tech tool you ever invested in for your business, and why? The answers below are provided by...

How to Nurture Your Network Before You Need

There is absolutely no doubt that networking is an effective route to securing a job, which is why those who suddenly find themselves on the market are often inclined to jump straight to it. Sadly, they often end up disappointed when their efforts don't result in a new job right away. While networking when you need a job is certainly worthwhile, you really need to nurture your network...

It Takes a Village: To Overcome Talent Shortages, HR Pros May Need the Community's Help

Despite the recruiting and HR industries' best efforts, the often bemoaned skills shortage seems to be getting worse, according to The Society for Human Resource Management's (SHRM) New Talent Landscape report. After surveying more than 3,000 US-based HR pros, SHRM found that 68 percent of them were struggling to fill full-time regular positions. That's an 18 percent increase from 2013,...

Most Professionals Want to Hear About Your Open Role; Here's How to Make the Most of It:

If you've been in the recruiting and hiring business for any appreciable length of time, you probably know that recruiters and hiring managers -- especially recruiters -- get a bad rap from almost everyone. The good news for these hiring pros, though, is that the tables might be turning. According to LinkedIn's 2016 Global Talent Trends report, a whopping 90 percent of...