What Happened to the Follow-Up? Help Job Seekers Land Their Big Opportunity
Posted on September 19, 2016
This post was updated in September 2022 Too many candidates are failing to make a follow-up effort with employers after making contact with them. CareerBuilder found that 37% of job seekers don’t follow up with an employer after they have applied, and 57% of job seekers don’t send tha …
When Job Seekers Get Creative (Not Desperate), This Is What Happens
Posted on September 12, 2016
Desperate times call for desperate measures — and some job seekers get very desperate. An August 2016 survey from CareerBuilder found some of the most unconventional ways job seekers tried to get attention from hiring managers, like wearing a tie with the company name on it or sending …
4 Traits Of A Quality New Hire And How To Create One
Posted on September 5, 2016
Pexels The job market is packed with job seeking hopefuls, and companies are placing an emphasis on higher goals to attract the best talent and keep them. Thirty-nine percent of 4,000 talent leaders surveyed in LinkedIn’s 2016 Global Recruiting Trends report agree quality of hire is t …
Do Your Employees Know Your Mission Statement? This Is Why It’s Important
Posted on August 29, 2016
Pexels How many of your employees know the purpose behind your mission statement, how they contribute to it, or even what your mission statement is? A 2015 Achievers’ survey, The greatness gap: The state of employee disengagement, states a staggering 61 percent of employees don’t know …
How to Find the Best Workplace Culture Fit for You
Posted on August 22, 2016
As America continues to adjust to the impact of the pandemic, more and more employees are searching for jobs that will best fit their work culture needs. Thankfully, more and more employers understand the need to offer a flexible workplace culture considerate of today’s work-life bala …
How to Handle the High Expectations of College Grads
Posted on August 15, 2016
(This post was updated on 6/22/2020) College graduates are quickly learning the high expectations for their first job out of college aren’t exactly going to be met the way they pictured. There are many perks they hope to find at their first job that end up missing. It’s important for …
How to Find Confidence in a Job Interview
Posted on August 8, 2016
Even for those who have natural confidence skills, job interviews are stressful. Having the ability to walk into an interviewer’s office feeling confident about who you are and why you’re right for this position is hard enough. But what happens when those unexpected confidence blows h …
3 Of The Ways Jobs Hurt Employee Health
Posted on August 1, 2016
pixabay There are a lot of factors you must consider when looking for a new job. The salary, location, opportunities for the future, and more play into whether a position and company are right for you. But what about your health? The truth of the matter is that even jobs we don’t cons …
This Is How You Get An Employee Referral
Posted on July 25, 2016
It’s time to spice up your job-hunting strategy. You know the external routes to getting hired by heart: CareerBuilder, LinkedIn, Indeed, and all the other search engines and job boards out there. But that ignores one very effective method to use in the job search: the employee referr …
All You Need To Know About Sustainability And Employer Branding
Posted on July 18, 2016
(This post was updated on 7/6/2020) Going green. It’s a topic many people are concerned about nowadays. With so many people working remotely this year, we’ve had even more time to consider our environmental impact in both our home and work lives. So, how can we carry that mentality in …