Showing posts with label hiring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hiring. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 12, 2016

Thursday, April 7, 2016

Job Interviews 101

Job hunting can be hard. The endless emails, the countless rejections and the insane amounts of cover letters saved in your documents. It can be a long process, but there’s no better feeling than landing a job interview. Yes! Finally you can prove how perfect you are for the position at stake. 

But now you’ve bagged yourself an interview, you need to ensure you make the perfect first impression in the interview room.

Top 3 mistakes:

Over-explaining the reasons why you lost your previous job: Whatever you do – make sure you don’t spend too long explaining why you lost your previous job. It’s easy to sound unprofessional and irrational – which you definitely don’t want! Be concise, honest and professional.

Not asking any questions: An interview should be a two way conversation – make sure you show your interest by asking questions. Think of it as an interview for them too – why should you want to work there?

Overselling yourself: No one likes a show-off.

Other non-verbal mistakes:

Avoiding eye contact

Knowing nothing about the company you’re applying for

Bad posture

Bad handshake

Biggest influencers in an interview:

What an applicant says is the number one influence that employers take into account during an interview.

Confidence levels comes in at a close second – along with level of grammar and quality of voice.

55% of employers think that clothes, behaviour and the way the applicant enters the door has the biggest influence on their decision

Does it really matter what you wear?

70% of hirers admit they don’t want applicants to be trendy or fashionable.

65% of employers prove that clothes can become a decisive factor in a choice between two candidates.

So in other words, yes, clothes do matter.

3 top tips for a successful interview:

Show up to the office 10 minutes early

Be prepared

Make sure you look smart.

For more information, visit http://theundercoverrecruiter.com/avoid-interview-mistakes/

Sunday, April 3, 2016

Employers: Do You Need to Expand Your Human Resources Capabilities?

Are you struggling with Recruiting? Screening? Hiring? I can help. 
I operate as an industry leading executive talent acquisition search firm filling critical mid- and senior-level in Information Technology, Healthcare, Legal, Finance, Business Administration as well as Supply ,Distribution and Logistics openings and Multi Disciplinary Engineering positions. My client list is made up of good organizations with strong people and respectable search processes.
I passionately believe in creating a unique boutique executive search firm. My firm is staffed by highly trained search professionals, employing proprietary systems, tools and processes when conducting candidate searches. Unlike other executive search firms, this firm would provide a unique and industry-redefining search experience for candidates and clients alike.
My Services are unique:
  • Dedicated Search Team: assigned to every search is a Relationship Manager and Recruiting Director.
  • Functionally Aligned Recruiting: Talent Acquisition through extensive nationwide networks and functionally specific candidate databases.
  • Team-Based Communications: including search, “Presentation” Calls, “Interview Debrief” calls, “Process Management” Calls, “Offer Extension” Calls, “Transition Management” Calls, etc.
  • Targeted Network and Market-Based Sourcing Campaigns through state-of-the-art marketing and resource technology.
  • Monthly Production Schedules: for each search yielding a new slate of fully-developed, profile fitting candidates complete with Position Specific Resume, Qualified Candidate Assessment, Structured Interview Details and Search Metrics once a month until search completion.
  • Search Metrics: we specifically track and report on every candidate we assess for a given search and share with our clients throughout the entire search process.
  • Weekly Progress Updates: via email and/or scheduled calls.
  • Process Management: we provide comprehensive support to both our candidates and clients throughout the search process including but not limited to candidate pre-screening, scheduling, travel arrangements, candidate preps and debriefs, client preps and debriefs, site visits and other.
  • Reference Checks: we provide targeted and structured background checks on every desired candidate to garner historic data on performance, knowledge, skills, strengths, developmental needs, social styles, and specific client concerns.
  • Offer Preparation and Extension: we complete a candidate “Pre-Close” on desired candidates including a side-by-side, Total Compensation Profile for both Current Compensation Package and Desired Compensation Package prior to Offer Extension.
  • Resignation/Transition Support: to ensure a smooth, no-counter-offer risk transition, we closely counsel and monitor every offered candidate until date of hire.
  • On-Boarding and Post-Hire Support: we stay close to each placed candidate to ensure a smooth and effective assimilation over the first 90 days of employment.
You can expect the best in all that we do. We provide the quality, attention to detail and stellar service you would expect from any premium brand.