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Streamlining the Recruiting Process: Hire Fast, Hire Well
If you’ve noticed that you’re losing some great candidates because you’re taking too long to hire, you’re not alone: in this candidate-driven market, where there are just 1.5 applicants for each opening, a slow hiring process can mean you’re losing out on top...
How to Get the Most Out of Your Recruiter
We’re recruiters and we love it! For all its many ups and downs, it’s a career that helps candidates find work and our clients find great employees. Our hearts just go zing! when we help someone find a new position. After all, without work, we can’t support our...
Using Snapchat in Your Recruiting Efforts: Why and How
Have you heard the buzz about Snapchat and recruiting? With 158 million people using Snapchat every day, it’s no wonder the social platform has enticed recruiters. In a nutshell, Snapchat allows users to record videos, take photos, add then text and graphics to a...
5 Things to Do In Your First Days on the Job
You’ve just started your new job. You want to impress your new manager and get along well with your new coworkers. To help you do so, we present you with five things you should aim to do on your first few days and weeks at your new employer. Take a look below. Get...
The Art of Writing Online Job Descriptions
It’s a candidates’ job market: the job seeker pool is shrinking and it’s becoming ever harder to fill positions, especially those that require even a modicum of skill. In fact, the ratio of open jobs to the number of unemployed people in the U.S. is 1 to 1.4, which is...
Getting Gender Diversity Right
You undoubtedly want to make sure your Southern California company enjoys a diverse employee pool when it comes to the number of the men and the number of women who work for you. We’ve put together five strategies that can help you do so. Take a look below. Embrace...
The False Reasons We Give to Stay Put
How often have you thought, “It’s time I really take charge of my professional life and ask for that raise/change careers/move to a better employer/get that college degree so that I can advance in my career.” And then you do….nothing. You’re not alone. After all, who...
What Your Employees Might Ask For (If They Felt Brave)
Think your employees are happy as the proverbial clam? They very well could be! But chances also are good that there are a few things they would ask for if they felt brave enough to do so. Such as? Read below. Better or fair compensation. Many studies show that salary...
Shout “I Got the Job!”: Acing the Interview
A resume gets you an interview. Your references and skills back up what a great fit you are for the position. The interview is what gets you the job. On the top of it, that sounds like a lot of pressure: it’s do-or-die time at the job interview! But let us reassure...