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Remote Interviews Only?

A quarter of the corporate workforce is now back in the office. Yet hiring chiefly through remote interviews has remained commonplace. Is this a bad thing?..

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AI & Recruiters

As AI models progress from narrow AI to AGI, universities and corporations develop and refine automation algorithms to replace human labor with technology.

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Hiring: Same as Listing a Home?

When you list a home for sale, the first 2 weeks are the most crucial. This is when you get multiple offers. If the home doesn’t sell, potential buyers begin to think “What’s wrong with the house?” There’s no second shot at making a great first impression.

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The Bud Light HR Blunder

With a big PR problem on their hands, a boycott by their core consumers, and a $6bn market cap shrinkage, the brass at Bud Light is now in full damage control mode.

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Outsourcing Executive Search: A Real Upside

HR Managers know hiring for the C-Suite is both a serious challenge –
– considering the fallout of making a wrong decision — and a time-consuming process that may last several months. The higher the position, the higher the stakes.

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Hiring in a Recession: Shortening Assessment Forms?

Hiring in a Recession: Shortening Assessment Forms?

Google up ‘hiring in a recession’ and you get a crop of “7 tips to ____”, “6 strategies for ___”, etc. Strangely enough, the top articles offer no relevant advice but oddities such as [to avoid missing on good talent] “offer longer breaks and nicer bathrooms”.

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GOLD RUSH FOR TALENT: IT'S TIME!

Gold Rush for Talent: It’s Time!

If you keep up with news and current events, endless headlines are painting a doom & gloom picture. Recession! Inflation! Massive layoffs in Corporate America! Bleak. There is a flip side to the coin however, and it’s called OPPORTUNITY.

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DEMAND FOR SAAS GROWS DESPITE ECONOMY

Demand for SAAS Grows Despite Economy

According to Statista, the Software as a Service (SaaS) market grew from $31B in 2015 to a projected $195B in 2023, up from $146B in 2021. No slowdown despite the 2020-2021 economic crash, but actually continued rapid growth — something very few other industries can boast.

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Corporate America and Job Stability: Myth or Reality?

Corporate America and Job Stability: Myth or Reality?

As a recruiter, I often hear candidates stating they only want to work for a large company — a Tier 1, household brand-name. They perceive Corporate America as offering more stability (big corporations are less likely to go bankrupt), and more opportunities for career advancement.

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Ghosting: Not Just a Dating Issue?

Ghosting: Not Just a Dating Issue?

The word “Ghosting” is born in the dating community. Two persons make contact, go on a first date, continue texting afterwards… Then complete radio silence on one end of the line. No explanation, no goodbyes.

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Your Organizational objectives for 2023?

Your Organizational objectives for 2023?

The new fiscal year is around the corner. Q4 is traditionally the time for organizations to reflect on their OKRs and KPIs for the next year. We owe the first roadmap to sound OKRs to Andy Grove of Intel, and his protégé John Doerr, who codified the method in his book “Measure What Matters”.

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BUY THE RUMOR, SELL THE NEWS

Buy the Rumor, Sell the News

What indicators does your organization use to plan out its hiring for the next 6-12 months? Does your C-Level suite agonize over the bipolar beat of “doom-&-gloom” vs. “all-is-well” media reports? Or do you have reliable sources to draw from?

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To Raise or Not to Raise?

The Consumer Price Index rose 0.1% in August, bringing inflation to 8.3% y-o-y. Restated for the prices of food and energy, the CPI rose 0.6% last month, and 6.3% y-o-y…

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Retained Executive Search Confidentiality Assured

Why Retained Search (Part 6)

Reason #6: In this video, 6th of a series on the benefits of the retained search model, CEO David Kant expounds on when this model brings in a degree of confidentiality that the contingent search model can’t, and why it is important for a company when hiring C-level execs.

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Guaranteeing a long-term hire - retained executive search

Why Retained Search (Part 4)

Reason #4 why selecting a “Retained Search” partner is a wiser choice: Guaranteeing a Long-Term Hire. Every employer wants to know that the candidate they just hired will last long-term…

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Omicron pushes unemployment claims higher

Jobless Claims Rise as Omicron Worries Continue

The number of Americans filing for unemployment insurance rose by an unexpected number as Omicron continues to impact the job market. David Kant of Dynamic Search Consulting joins Hunt Scanlon to discuss what he is seeing in the job market and how his firm has adjusted.

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How Important is It to Have a College Degree?

How Important is It to Have a College Degree?

The short answer: it depends. If looking at the entry level job market, it is crucial. There is little-to-no work experience or other means to measure and differentiate one candidate from the rest. Some companies will even look at GPA and extra-curricular activities…

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Calling in Sick: PTO Revisited

Until the pandemic turns into an endemic –which we all hope is soon — the days of taking a sick day are gone as this turns into a 2-week quarantine.

As a result, PTO benefits have increasingl…

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