You need people, but you’re not a major company with hundreds or thousands of employees. Maybe you don’t have a dedicated Human Resources person let alone an entire department at your beck and call. Or maybe you do have an HR person, but that person is handling the day to day back-office duties of your
We find it crucial in our practice to give the businesses and people we work with clear expectations. When working with new candidates and clients in the recruitment industry, there are some standard questions we get asked a lot. Can you help my (partner, fiancé, brother, mother, former boss, cousin, neighbour, crazy ex- girlfriend, etc.)
No. Not interested. We don’t use recruiters. We’ve got it handled. We don’t pay those rates. Or my personal favorite…simple, elegant, powerful… Silence. I don’t care who you are or what you do, unless you’re my 5-year-old boy, hearing “no” over and over again is going to have an effect. And if that’s not painful
It’s difficult to do things differently. This statement rings true for any job in any industry anywhere. In recruitment one will likely find themselves struggling to combat the preconceptions of their own industry based on the activities of the few that have come before. In order to “be different”, one needs to begin by identifying
I think it’s fair to say that we all know of – or have directly been affected by – the recent economic downturn from a once thriving resource industry out here in Western Canada. The market has a lot of movement and there is much to be learned from how companies respond or react in
In our last blog we discussed being “All things to all people”, where it pertained to Human Resources and how a Recruiting Agency can fit into that relationship (you can reference that post here). But once the decision is made to go the Agency route…what does that look like for the client and candidate? Let’s
“We don’t use Agencies. Super-Duper Industrial Automation dot com’s HR has its own team at head office”. Of course, you do… And what is the point of your HR department if not to provide you and your company with brilliant, passionate and engaged employees? I mean, what the heck do you pay them for anyhow?
It’s a good idea to take a few minutes before submitting your resume to identify who will be the first set of eyes to read your resume in the initial screening for the hiring organization. For example, are you applying through a recruitment consultant, corporate recruiter, ATS (Applicant Tracking System) software, Hiring Manager, Owner or
Having had a fair share of interesting experiences in the world of recruitment, I am always surprised at some of the antics that go on within our industry which are a reason to be somewhat skeptical of working with a recruitment consultant whom you’re not yet familiar with. I’ve compiled a few things that I’d
