How to Spot the Naughty Elves (Candidates) in Recruitment

How to Spot the Naughty Elves (Candidates) in Recruitment I’m sorry if it sounds like this blog is written by someone who doesn’t like Christmas. Actually, I love this time of year; all the sparkly lights, “good will to all wo/men”, a chance to be generous, kind, to share the Christmas spirit especially if it is a large G+T version. I spend a lot of the year educating people (through how I personally operate and being more explicit to vocalise them to some) in how to be a recruiter with integrity. I am appalled by some of the stories I hear from collaborative R2Rs I advocate, you know who YOU are I have had a few horror stories myself over the years although it has to be said, as time goes on, I am getting better at spotting them and you know what, I avoid anyone I think will display the rather unsavoury side of the stereo typical recruiter. (NB. my candidates are recruiters as I am a R2R so for the purpose of this story, I make the candidate any job role, not necessarily a recruitment candidate) So I have decided to impart my experiences of R2R (since 2002) as my Christmas gift to you all. How to spot a naughty candidate and avoid wasting your time: Set small commitment tasks:  simply after the f2f interview, ask them to call you the next day with their reflections, questions, thoughts on companies briefed on. You would be shocked how many don’t bother so you have to ask yourself, are you going to spend YOUR time chasing THEM? Do they make the amendments to their CV you have asked them to? Ask them to complete it by a set time. Don’t chase them. See if they chase you up on it. Exclusivity:  it is so easy if you can get a candidate to work with your exclusively. You can ringfence your competitors, you can pretty much guarantee you will place them (only if they ARE good!) and you can cherry pick the best companies/jobs for them. Win win for everyone: you, the candidate and your client(s). Asking for a period of time means they can be discerning with you- it puts you under a little pressure but I promise you, it shows you, the recruiter, HOW keen they are to be discerning. If they are registered with everyone, I beg you, the recruiter, to make a wise choice. If they are shopping everywhere, you are so unlikely to place them. So if you ask and they won’t give it- I would advise you tell them you can’t help them. Honesty: ever since I started out in recruitment in 1998, I have always been honest in my style- never hiding things up my sleeve- and I expect the same of anyone I partner with. So when it comes to disclosing WHO ELSE you are speaking to, or have sent your CV to, if you won’t tell me, I can’t represent you. Simple as. How do I know what you are buying into, what concerns you have, what you like about them- Surely if you are open and honest about which other companies know about your job search, I will make sure I better them? The caveat with this is I appreciate when dealing with executive level, there is sometimes a shroud of confidentiality about a senior role, however, I have built MY reputation on discretion so you have to prove that worth to your candidate. If you blow my trust by being dishonest, guarded, misrepresenting anything about you or your background, I won’t represent you. Prompt feedback:  do you have to chase your candidates for feedback? If YOU have to do the calling to see how it is gone, I would suggest that your candidate either hasn’t been briefed properly to do so, if junior, or is actually so complacent that they don’t actually care. I am renowned with my clients for calling very promptly, despite this, I do allow reflection time. My point is, if a candidate doesn’t call me after their interview, I assume they are not committed. One strike? How many chances do you give your candidates? I personally give two. I think giving the benefit of the doubt is a rather Christian attribute (even thought I am actually Jewish!) but once that benefit has been broken once, I rarely forgive again. How forgiving of candidates are you? Is your market candidate led like mine is? Do you pander to your candidates or do you control them properly? As ever, I love hearing your thoughts. I hope my advice has been useful and if you have any further suggestions, feel free to comment! Whether you celebrate Chanukah, Christmas, both or neither, enjoy this festive time of year. Surround yourself with your loved ones, take time to reflect on how YOU behave and set yourself some substantial and measurable goals, not only in relation to revenue and performance, but also HOW you operate as a recruiter too.

Best Objective For Resume

Best Objective For ResumeMost of the applicants have not a clue as to what the best objective for resume should be. If this sounds familiar then you need to read this article carefully. This article will teach you the best objective for resume that is required by most of the major hiring managers. The objective should have a list of skills and experiences that are related to the position in which you are applying.There are many things that you need to consider when you are writing an objective but it is best to focus on two basic things: target and value. The first thing that you need to do is write down a few of your most important skills. You can make sure that the employer knows that you have all the skills that they need by putting them into bullets so that they can easily read.It is important that you put down the skill that you have and the experience that you have acquired. This way, the employer will know that you have learned the job well. Also, they will be able to get a fe el of how experienced you are with that particular type of job. Therefore, make sure that you put down the maximum amount of experience that you have.If you are looking for experience then you need to emphasize the importance of the experience. While other people look for their target skills, you can focus on your experience instead. Put emphasis on your experience and knowledge about the job in order to impress the employer.You will find that the employer wants to know that you will fit well into the interview process. Therefore, you need to write down your qualifications and skills as well as your abilities in order to make sure that the employer can see that you have the skills that they need. By doing this, the employer will be able to see that you will be able to perform the duties that they require.You also need to emphasize the importance of these things. Therefore, you need to use the bullets that you made earlier and put them in the objective. For example, you will find tha t you need to put down the experience and the qualifications. Use bullets that will let the employer see that you have knowledge about the jobs.Also, the skills should be mentioned. If you need help on how to use Excel, for example, this can be placed in the skills section. If you know the specific needs of the company and what is needed from you in order to complete the job, you can put that information in the skills section. Make sure that the employer knows that you are knowledgeable about the particular job.Lastly, you need to remind the employer about your experience. When you write down the information that you need for this section, make sure that you include the experience. In addition, you can also use the experiences that you have gathered as a source for knowledge.

Make Your Career Path Meaningful - Margaret Buj - Interview Coach

Make Your Career Path Meaningful Whether you’re just finishing school, university, or even looking for a new career path because you hate your job, why not consider something meaningful? There’s that many different career paths that will change the lives of others for the better. They’ll also change your perspective on life and make you a better person.  Every career path is meaningful in their own unique way. But the one’s that count the most are the one’s helping other people for the better. Take a look at these career paths that’ll be meaningful to the lives of others, and yourself. Public Sector One of the most meaningful career paths to chose. You’ll be helping people on a daily basis that without your help, most likely wouldn’t have made it through the situation they were going through. The training to get into the public sector will be hard, but the job satisfaction you’ll gain will be so worth it. If you enter into nursing for example, you’ll have to go through three years at university, as well as long hours training on a ward. But at the end of it, you’ll have a good starting wage, and a career full of exciting opportunities. Life Changing This is a broad area to cover as there are so many careers that will change your life as well as others. Let’s start with a career in social services. Some children have to go through some truly terrible things, and will witness their whole family be broke apart at such a young age. But with the help of social workers their lives can be transformed back to some form of normality again. Working with the disabled is also a life changing experience for both parties. On their end, you’ll be giving them a chance to experience a normal way of sport. Whether it be through a day out, a sporting activity, or just a bit of company. From your end, you’ll be watching someone who most likely has felt left out mos their life come into their own and learn to love to live life. You can also take a look at career in life coaching. Some people have so many issues and obstacles to pass through, it can be hard for them to find the right path. You could be the guiding light they need, and you can g et life coach training from Animas. All the careers above will be life changing for everyone involved. Other Countries The issues that are going on in other countries are far worse than our own. Humanitarian work is so essential in some parts of the work. The humanitarian aid that’s happening in poverty stricken areas such as Africa, or the areas ruined by war such as in Syria are what’s saving the countries from losing everything. Without the help of you, and others, they’re facing the risk of losing everything they have. If you can’t get the work as a paid job, then look into volunteering. You’ll be able to fill your CV with valuable skills, and it’ll be so rewarding in the end.

Will AI change the human face of HR - Margaret Buj - Interview Coach

Will AI change the human face of HR It is easy to understand how technology and finance sectors can benefit from having AI at their command. Surely companies such as Google,  Amazon, or Facebook  would have never excelled the way they did without using AI for their product recommendations, targeting existing and predicting new customers. But how such advanced technology that operates on advanced mathematical models has to do with a department which predominantly has to solve what some may call   “people” issues? Interestingly, there are many ways in which AI can revolutionize HR as we know it, and although it might be too early to make any predictions, as the technology is only slowly being adopted by businesses, we had a quick look to see where this all is heading. More satisfied employees Employee engagement for years has been a mystery for HR. To paraphrase Sydney Smithwho invented the famous analogy of wooden pegs not fitting for the holes in the table   the officer rarely belongs in the office, and the doer rarely gets the things done by default.   It often takes a lot of nurturing to get the person job-ready. Companies for years have been scrambling to retain their talent while learning about their employees’ reaction to incentives, and their motives behind staying engaged. The decisions at which HR arrived have often been dictated by general assumptions and inadequate or outdated data collected from yearly surveys. So it might come as no surprise, that the high employee turnover rate is still a thing. But the process of nurturing engagement among workers is soon to be disrupted, with companies such as Questback, taking “people analytics” to another level with sentiment analysis.Their intelligent Feedback Platform was designed to im prove the employer- employee communication to create a workplace where targets are met and morale remain high. Smarter Application Processes   We all have seen it coming. Recruitment is broken, and need to be resuscitated soon, especially in companies that follow the first rule of globalisation, that says that the talent retention should not be restricted to the local labor pools. But this couldn’t be possible without tools that help HR executives to sieve successfully through piles of CV, and zettabytes of online applications. If you have been sent recently a link to an online interview video platform asking you to record yourself, and felt a little bit perplexed with the whole experience, you might be even more surprised, if we tell you that soon you might be the only human factor in the whole process. From chatbots, or personal assistants as they are sometimes called, that can quickly screen people to interactive games that collect up to 3,000 data points about your behaviour prospective employees will have to soon learn how to game the process, or perhaps stay unemployed forever. Smarter Scouting   reaching out prospective applicants, can be as daunting as going through CV folders. In fact, the more actively you will be looking for the next new intake, the more applications you will need to later examine. Thus, for years, recruiters favoured “the less is more” attitude from more granular, more detailed search, that was often good enough with the means they had at hand. But what might have been working years ago, will unlikely yield the same results now, especially in companies that   are determined to get only best talent on their board. Sampling is the thing of the past, and HR teams need to accept it, if they want to start thinking of recruitment in terms of business initiative, not just roles fillings. With tools available for more effective sourcing such as employment platforms, it will soon be impossible to find a job without having a profile on one of them. Something to look into if you are up for changing a job anytime soon!

Good Interview Etiquette

Good Interview Etiquette Job interviews are unlike any other social interaction. An interview is one of the few places where you go into it knowing that you are going to be judged and that how you perform in front of those judging you  will have a direct impact on your professional future.  Job interviews will also have their own expected manners and behaviors that you should follow in order to make the best impression you can. If you do that, then you can  relax after your interview knowing that you did the best you could and no matter what happens, you can move on without too much disappointment. Dress Your Best: Wear an outfit appropriate for the interview. Make sure it is not too tight or revealing. While you need to be comfortable during the interview, you also want the interviewer to be comfortable, and not distracted by your attire. Smile: This is imperative. It seems simple, but a smile will put your interviewer at ease and will help you  appear more confident. Do not interrupt: This also seems simple and obvious, but you would be amazed at how many people do not understand or follow this rule of etiquette. In other social interactions you may be able to get away with interrupting someone, but you cant get away with it in an interview and also get the job. Wait until you are sure your interviewer has finished speaking before answering questions or giving your input. Look interested: Even if you are not interested, make the effort to look like you are. Make eye contact with the interviewer and others in the room who may be speaking to you regarding the job. If your interviewer feels you are not interested in them and what they are saying, they will be turned off and will return the favor by not being interested in what you have to say. Following these common sense tips will help to ensure you are putting your best foot forward during your interview. They dont take extra effort, you just have to think about what is happening and what you are doing in order to make sure you are following good interview etiquette and ultimately leaving the interviewer with a great impression of what you can offer in the workplace.

How to Use Your Writing Skills to Improve Your Resume Writing

How to Use Your Writing Skills to Improve Your Resume WritingIt's possible to make your way up to the member level in the resume writing guild by submitting an essay. Most guild members would require a serious effort on your part, especially if you have to use that essay as your basis for a full-fledged writing portfolio, e.g. academic papers, dissertations, or an essay in college.The only way to make yourself stand out is to impress upon the guild writers that you have the writing skills and the good grammar skills. Yes, the same skills that made you graduate from high school and college and graduate from college! These are the skills that will give you an edge over all the other candidates who lack these skills. By the time you get to the higher levels of the guild, you will have amassed quite a number of such skills, and you can raise your level of expertise among the members by researching and putting into practice the skills that you already have.Why don't you ask the writing gu ild what they expect from you when it comes to writing a resume? This is one of the most important questions that you can ask yourself. Some guild members might want to see that you've written something; others might want to see that you have some writing experience, whereas still others might want to see that you've gone through the whole process at least once before. If you can answer yes to this question, you will see that a little more attention will be paid to your efforts, and you'll also become part of the top of the line.What are the skills that you should have if you want to learn how to write a resume? You need to have a clear understanding of the importance of a resume and your current employment status, as well as your particular career goals. You also need to know your strengths and weaknesses and how to exploit them to the best of your advantage. Without this, it will be impossible for you to submit an essay.Take someone's opinion on a topic and try to put it into word s. Sometimes, especially when you don't have much knowledge on the subject, this can be the easiest way to get a decent idea of how to structure the essay. As you advance through the career, try to avoid inserting words and phrases that will not make your resume stand out. Stick to the point and make sure that the content is interesting and eye-catching. You can use whatever is in your head, but remember that your passion will be your most important tool.To write an essay, it helps to keep the information in your head before you get started. It's a great idea to take notes during the writing process, as well as post it all in one place, so that you can refer to it easily. Also, if you do not have a lot of free time, you can take a few minutes each day to organize your thoughts and then sort them out in a way that makes sense. This will help you with the entire process and make it a lot easier for you to do.Your resume should be as brief as possible and not exceed what your career go al is. Be as concise as possible and apply common sense to everything you do, to ensure that you get everything out of the essay without having to waste time with unnecessary technical details.

Secret Techniques for Writing a Resume for a Costume Assistant in the Theater Only the Pros Know About

Secret Techniques for Writing a Resume for a Costume Assistant in the Theater Only the Pros Know About To find out more on what it requires to be a Shop Assistant, take a look at our complete Shop Assistant Job Description. Productions where an applicant managed to execute. Credits should forever in three individual columns. Write down your objectives and objective-You should write off your objective. Write your resume with the correct format-Your resume ought to have a format that favors you. You shouldn't be afraid on all the VTRs and interview which you will undergo. You may also see Proofreader Resume. The Nuiances of Writing a Resume for a Costume Assistant in the Theater You may choose to lower off your stress level and contact the basics of your profession. When producers and others in the business hire performing arts professionals, they don't have enough time to check on whatever you've done. Draw an established design to scale based on the measurements of the theater to which you're proposing. Keep in mind, however, skills or experience gained in 1 sector could be appropriate for another. The best projects and people on Earth will tell you support is a tremendous portion of why they're so profitable. Put in the opportunity to make certain it stands out. Even if you're putting on exactly the same show for a protracted stretch, you're still challenged every single day. For those who have people that you are able to connect and have a relationship with, then you'll have more success in receiving very good job leads. Focus on just what the hiring manager would like to see, not on how much information you'll be able to cram onto it. Costume attendant cover letters will grab the eye of a hiring manager in the event the writers understand what the job entails and is ready to fit the requirements and be creative, too. There's a constant collection of running repairs. For that reason, it's important to talk more about the situations you've achieved not only the list of businesses you have worked with before.