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Effective Ways to Use Social Media to Find a Job

Social media is an online job system, one that more employers are using in today’s modern era. The old adage, it’s “who you know not what you know,” couldn’t be more accurate in a job search in today’s online job system … at least it feels true a lot of the time. In today’s job […]

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Four Steps That Explain How Job Posting Sites Work

Job applicants want the ease and convenience of applying for jobs online via job posting software. Unless it’s at a job fair or through networking, people are online doing their job searches in today’s market. It only makes sense to pair the ability to apply for the job right alongside the job description. At Ninja […]

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Liar, Liar: How to Spot a Liar in Job Interview

Exaggerating. Stretching the truth. Padding the resume. Telling little white lies. These all have something in common: they are lies, and when conducting online recruitment, it can be critical to spot these issues before they arise and become a problem. Spotting Liars During the Online Recruitment Process In a study from the University of Massachusetts, […]

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The Top Benefits of Hiring Older Employees

There has been a lot of debate over whether younger, flashier Millennial counterparts are overshadowing mature (older) workers in today’s hiring world. In a recent survey by Adecco, the results were a little surprising.  Over 500 HR managers were surveyed by phone, and one of the key findings was that these managers prefer older, more […]

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What Today’s Youth Can Offer the Workplace

In a previous post, we talked about hiring more mature employees and what they can bring to the workplace. On the flip side, younger employees also bring a different energy to the workplace and may just be the shot of adrenaline your business needs. Younger employees sometimes get a bad rap due to supposed immaturity, […]

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How to Weed Out Bad Applicants

When conducting job interviews, it’s hard to look through your crystal ball and make sure you’re hiring who you think you are.  When people submit online job applications, you can’t meet them and you don’t have the luxury of forming a first impression.  All you can do is hope that the words you’re reading on […]

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The Best, Creative Job Interview Questions

What phrase or word best describes you? What color best represents you, and why? We’ve all heard weird job interview questions during the hiring process that make you think, “What does this have to do with anything?” Well, sometimes, the questions are posed just to see how fast people can think on their feet. Other times, the questions […]

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Business Habits That Will Change Your Business Today

In his book, “The Power of Habits,” author Charles Duhigg cites many studies all relating to how habits shape our personal lives, business, careers and pretty much every facet of our lives. It all boils down to the old adage, “If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always got.” If you […]

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How to Hire a Rockstar Ninja Employee Now

When we talk about hiring a ninja, we definitely don’t mean hiring a sword-wielding, nunchuck waving, fierce assassin. That would be awkward for everyone, not to mention a total liability in the workplace. A ninja is precise. A ninja is specialized. A ninja has legendary abilities. A ninja will get the job done. Every company needs ninjas […]

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Harnessing the Power of Online Job Descriptions for Job Posting Sites

If you’ve ever written a job description for a company, you know that it can be challenging and even awkward. How do you capture someone’s attention and make them want to apply for an online job posting on job posting websites with boring bullet points and a list of mundane tasks and duties? On top […]