As recruiters, both in K.M.Trust (our executive search & leadership consulting firm) and Key2Success (our mid-management recruitment firm), we receive almost daily requests from people considering a career move or in need of career advice.
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It was only a while ago no one could imagine google would compete with the major car makers, Waze would disrupt other major traffic management businesses, Uber would partner with NASA for the soon to appear flying cars and so on…
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Research shows that 80+% of the people who apply to executive recruiters when looking for a new job receive no response, whether by phone call or even email. Of course, there are reasons for this and just a few people outside of the industry know them.
Read moreIf you want to create a successful, hyper-growth company you've got to get one thing right – hiring. To kick off my series of blogs on "Hiring, Culture, and Experimentation", I had a chance to catch up with Jeff Holden, the current Chief Product Officer of Uber.
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It was October 2009 when we had our Global Shareholders Meeting of IIC Partners in Beijing. During a debate I challenged some of my colleagues’ views about the future of our industry and even about its name: Executive Search - which I have to admit I find to be completely obsolete in our times.
Read moreThis article is part of DBA, a new series on Mashable about running a business that features insights from leaders in entrepreneurship, venture capital and management.
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Savvy CEOs and executives know that interview questions like, "What's your biggest strength?" and, "What's your biggest weakness?" aren't as telling as they seem. That's why they steer clear of these cliché queries and instead ask more meaningful ones.
Read moreI don’t look through stacks of resumes anymore. I hate paper. I do everything online. There has been for many decades, a mysterious Wizard of Oz-type viewpoint of the recruiting world that I think is somewhat misappropriated. People seem to be truly fascinated by what goes on behind the curtain, when in reality, recruiters aren’t running the covert operation many think.
Read moreOver the past year I have had great opportunities to interview for positions at companies I respect, and some I didn’t. I wanted to share my experiences to help others looking to go down this job path and some general interviewing tips.
Read moreBuilding candidate engagement is where the battle is at. As technology gives us more and more access to great talent in the market (whether that be through Boolean searching, LinkedIn or any other social network), the game is changing. We can see who has jobs that may interest us and, even when approached about jobs, very rarely do recruiters talk about the culture and the employer value proposition (EVP) of the organisations they represent.
Read moreEveryone loves a bargain, especially when that bargain turns out to be free and the results of it can help to improve your efficiency and your productivity when using LinkedIn!
Read moreThis week, Facebook announced a change to the way their messaging systems work, which has the potential to significantly impact recruiting on Facebook.
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