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Time to Read: 3 minutes

Reference Check Summary:
– Four types of references to ask for.
– Three references should be spoken to thoroughly.
– What questions to ask during the reference check phone call.
– What questions to avoid in a reference check.

Time to Read: 6 minutes

Performance Improvement Plans Summary:
– A PIP is a tool that offers a commitment from the manager to the employee to help them improve.
– Include these 5 pieces of information to deliver a well thought plan to help get the employee back on track to being successful and achieving their goals.
– The length of time for a PIP can last 30, 60, or 90 days depending on the objective.
– Operational tips to help avoid putting employees on a PIP.

Time to read: 3 minutes

How to Keep Candidates Warm Summary:
– Why it is important to have a talent pool at the ready for both hiring surges and freezes.
– Companies have many reasons why they stall on hiring candidates right away. We map the top reasons.
– A surefire approach to keeping candidates warm without losing out on talent.

Time to read: 5 mins

Creative Recruitment Strategies Summary:
– A job applicant surge is promising, but is the talent pool filled with qualified applicants?
– Despite a candidate-driven market, companies are becoming more specified and trying to get the most out of their candidate search.
– Creative recruitment strategies attributed to a well established recruitment process effectively attract and engage candidates from the start.

Time to read: 3 min

Employee Onboarding Best Practices Summary:
– Preparation is key in setting your new hire up for success in the long-run.
– Onboarding is comprised of three main pillars, whether you are in the office or remote.

Time to read: 8 minutes

Social Media Recruitment Statistics Summary:
– The recruitment industry has reaped the benefits of implementing social media into the hiring process and recruitment strategy.
– Statistics from what platforms to job seeker behavior support the importance of social media in recruitment.
– Where do we go from here with the data?

Time to read: 5 minutes

Is managed services staffing the right move for your hiring needs? Summary:
– Understanding what Managed Services is and how this type of staffing fits into a company’s hiring plans.
– What are the benefits of managed services and why should companies choose this avenue over traditional outsourcing?
– Managed services are very suitable for marketing and creative technology departments.

Time to read: 5 minutes

Summary of How to Convince Your Boss:
– Preparation, attitude, and tone are key.
– Map out your current duties and hurdles to effectively present your case.
– If the hiring process is enough to deter senior leadership from considering new employees, enlist a staffing agency.

Time to read: 3 minutes

Workplace Mental Health Summary:
– Mental health is the ability to cope and thrive as a productive member of society through the normal stresses of life.
– Workplace mental health is very seldom discussed but a key factor in employee engagement and success of the company.
– Addressing and taking care of our own mental health through acts of self-care (list included).

Time to Read: 16 minutes

– 16 vetted technologies to help automate your recruitment process.
– We’ve taken all the demos. Here is your comprehensive guide to their benefits and capabilities.
– How to set your team up for success with an optimized technology stack.

Despite the rise and desire for contract work, direct hire staffing continues to stay relevant. Learn why companies still favor permanent hiring solutions.

Within this article we dive into where recruitment marketing is taking recruitment and the trends to implement for a successful candidate search.

If you’re looking to boost your company’s creative and digital services, it pays to invest in the right talent.

Time to read: 5 min. How to Add Headcount and Fill Digital Talent Gaps on Your Team As we kick off the new year, many business and marketing leaders are considering where to invest their budgets to ensure they can meet their 2020 business goals. Aside from technology and infrastructure investments, they must determine what…

We live in a world that is evolving daily, but the demand for creative professionals remains as strong as ever. Much of our world is becoming automated, however, nothing can come close to competing with human creatives and marketing professionals. Every industry needs visionaries to help their product or service stand out in a crowded…

The power of employee referral programs is prevalent in benefits to the hiring process and the quality of hires. Here’s how you can reap the benefits and implement a stellar employee referral program.

Here’s a look at the millennial characteristics that are worthy of workplace recognition.

Whether your organization is growing or in need of improved content marketing, you might think about outsourcing copywriting needs to get the job done.

Meet your company goals without loading up your full-time employees by bringing on a couple of consultants or enlist a managed service.

Rather than spending time and money to bring on multiple contract workers, businesses are turning to creative and marketing managed services for their project needs.

With one poor employee pick, hiring managers could be costing their companies a significant amount of money in expenses directly associated with a new hire, as well as indirect costs resulting from a bad fit possibly impeding production.

Planning search engine optimization strategies, writing and editing compelling content and analyzing metrics based around this content’s performance – just another day in the life of a content strategist.

If you believe your digital platforms could use some work, consider hiring a UX designer to join the team.

As more organizations have adopted web-based platforms, their demand for UX designers has risen dramatically across the nation.

Plenty of skills make up a strong user experience professional. In this blog, we dive into what to look for when recruiting UX designers.

Like interviews for most creative positions, portfolios are a key part of UX Design interviews, but there are other factors to consider as well. Things like a candidate’s passion for UX, their workflow and process, and personality are equally important.

Here are four ways to improve your employee onboarding experience.

Mixing together full-time, part-time and contract employees, a blended workforce business model resonates well with companies today.

Here’s how increasing diversity in the workplace can boost creativity and innovation at your company.

If it’s time to refresh your office space, follow these four tips to inspire a creative work environment.

How can you manage potential conflict in the workplace between boomers and millennials? Encourage mutual respect and understanding.  

What is employment branding? The key to attracting and retaining the most talented employees. 

Is employee training and development worth the investment? Absolutely. 

Sir Richard Branson, the management visionary, has said: “My philosophy has always been, if you can put staff first, your customers second, and shareholders third, effectively, in the end, the shareholders do well, the customers do better, and your staff remains happy.” Branson has succeeded with this approach–and many other companies have realized the importance…

Do you want to use a staffing agency to recruit new employees? Here’s how to convince your boss that it’s a good idea. 

You may have heard that Millennials—who now are 53 million individuals in the workforce–are a difficult breed. Supposedly, Millennials have demanding expectations and are hard to manage and retain. Given the number of Millennials that you are likely to employ, you want to be as effective as possible when managing and retaining Millennials in the…

Millennials tend to be career-focused in college (50% of recent college graduates say they know exactly what they want to do at work) and yet, it now takes longer than ever for them to find jobs. Despite all the benefits of hiring Millennials, the average job search for unemployed college graduates now takes 27 weeks…

Finding yourself stuck when it comes to performance review season? Pro tip: Try giving casual and frequent feedback instead.

Home to a variety of industries, the growing city of Richmond is full of opportunities, so it’s important your company stands out to potential candidates with a unique and visible company culture.

Can your business keep a long-distance relationship when hiring web designers?

Copywriter recruiters have the experience and knowledge to seek out the best content professionals for conveying your compelling ideas and services.

Do you know what matters most with analyst recruitment for your Philadelphia business? We do.

Centralized recruitment may not be the best idea for your company, for many reasons, such as costs, a lack of specialized knowledge and poor hiring decisions.

Is your company culture ready to shine for top talent in Baltimore?

Is it time your retail operation outsourced its digital marketing recruitment? 

Are you wasting precious time asking the worst interview questions?

Tech companies and startups are turning the Keystone State into the Keystroke State with a boom in hiring tech talent.

Whether you have an influx of candidates or tumbleweeds blowing through your inbox, it’s never a bad idea to upgrade your recruitment and selection process to attract innovative talent.

Take note of what your recruitment strategy entails to learn what can be improved upon to ensure you are executing an efficient interview process.

How do you show off your skills and leave a lasting impression? A stellar online portfolio. There are a variety of top portfolio websites that offer the tools and features to cast your work in the best possible light.

Marketing in the digital era is constantly changing – making digital marketing recruitment particularly challenging, especially in the Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia region.

Important parts of candidate relationship management you should be following as you focus on hiring innovative talent.

Key web developer interview questions that will help guide even the most non-web developing hiring manager through the search for the perfect candidate.

Include these items to make for a successful annual kickoff meeting and rally your staff for the new year.

As a kick off to 2017, we want to share our reflections of 2016 recruitment strategy successes. The goal is to share what others in your space are engaging with in an effort to help with your approach in hiring technical positions this year. Utilize these top tech staffing articles to help formulate your 2017 recruitment…

Here are four of the contract staffing trends that were prominent in 2016.

As we look back on the year in review, here are three of the creative staffing trends that drove recruitment, and how that will continue into 2017.

It’s not too early to start thinking of your 2017 recruitment plans. Here are the top digital jobs in the creative, marketing, and tech space.

If only we got paid a nickel for every time a Hiring Manager, HR Manager, or Recruiter used the phrase, “hard to find candidates.” Quickly, one may process this phrase and think it is referencing the need for a high demand skill set with a low supply of qualified applicants. Possibly so, however, this particular hard-to-find…

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The city of brotherly love, cheesesteaks, and Rocky. However, did you know that Philadelphia is a booming market for analytics jobs? In the Philadelphia metro alone, there are over 5,200 analyst jobs available. With that, Philadelphia analytics recruiters peg big data analytics as one of the top digital marketing skills in Philadelphia, PA. The professional sector…

Consumer expectations for mobile banking apps are high thanks to UX/UI Designers, and it’s about time the banking and financial industry realize this.

Here’s why a conversion rate optimization specialist can be so impactful for your business.

Top talent acquisition metrics to effectively measure the efficiency of your acquisition strategies.

Your careers page is at the frontline of attracting top talent. Improve it with the following optimization tips.

Build candidate relationships and rapport with candidate relationship management – through your HR department or through CRM software.

Maintaining review sites is an important marketing strategy in the digital age. 

If only we got paid a nickel for every time a Hiring Manager, HR Manager, or Recruiter used the phrase, “hard to find candidates.” Quickly, one may process this phrase and think it is referencing the need for a high demand skill set with a low supply of qualified applicants. Possibly so, however, this particular hard-to-find…

Your job descriptions are the crux of your candidate search.

Whether your human resource management team is a team of one or 10, we salute you.

With content marketing comes competition. Use this as your guide to stand out among the competition when starting a business blog.

As we transition into summer employers will be left with the question – how do i keep my workforce engaged during the warmer months? 

Take these steps for hiring a new employee, and get your hiring process right the first time.

Knowing the kinds employee exit interview questions to ask will allow you to get the most out of the experience and gain insight into room for improvement.

Expand your candidate pool with online job interviews, reaching passive candidates and reducing time to hire.

 From bowling alleys at work to unlimited use of the company yacht to daily free meals – these unusual employee perks may seem outlandish, but they are successful. 

Here are 5 surefire ways to motivate employees and increase productivity.

Great company culture begins with communicated success, a flexible work schedule, honest executives, and ample social opportunities.

Employers need strategies for engaging remote employees. Tips include using technology, holding social events and in-person meetings and recognizing achievements.

External recruiting introduces new ideas and skills, increases diversity, opens up a wide pool of candidates and attracts amazing talent. 

Looking to fill digital marketing jobs or contract copywriting jobs? Take these interview tips for hiring managers to get really get to know your candidates.

Given the low levels of employee engagement nationwide, it has never been more important for a company to pay attention to and measure employee engagement. 

Are you guilty of these top hiring mistakes?

It’s not always easy to find a graphic designer, but if you carefully review portfolios, set clear expectations, and work with a trusted staffing agency, you’ll be lined up for success.

Take these steps to ensure a successful employee referral program.

Expert advice on how to choose between a variety of local staffing agencies to ensure your business is taking on the best candidates available. Use this cheat sheet.

Employers should constantly be focused on strengthening their employer value proposition to attract new talent and retain current staff.

Employee engagement leads to happier employees. Happier employees are most productive. More productive employees create a more successful business overall.

Selecting the right resource and maintaining open communication is key to using a staffing agency and can help boost your new hire ROI.

Adapt these talent acquisition trends to your recruitment process and attract top tier talent in 2016.

Begin your recruitment process with a solid employer branding strategy, and attract the right candidates to help grow your organization.

69% of candidates will decline an offer if the company has a bad reputation.

Apply these recruitment strategies for attracting and retaining talent.

Do you think you have tried-and-true methods for recruiting passive candidates in today’s modern work habits? Check out this effective list and see how your ways measure up.

Pay attention to your company culture, salary and benefits, and more to offer the best perks to your staff and improve your employee retention rates.

If you asked Elizabeth J. where she would be at this point in her career a year ago, she would have never guessed it would be working for a remarkable company and genuine happiness for her position…all with the help of Profiles. Elizabeth currently works as a contractor at one of Profiles’ coveted clients in the global…

The importance and success of social recruiting strategies lie within your company’s presentation and reputation online.

Utilizing effective sourcing strategies for recruiters will build up your talent pool and create concreate candidate relationships.

Stay up to date with digital marketing vernacular to rock your digital marketing recruitment.

Learn from the best. Run your talent acquisition strategy like a Fortune 500 brand.

LinkedIn is the number one professional social network, however, through social recruiting, recruiters have even more opportunities to seek out the perfect candidate.

A viral marketing campaign is a sign of success, but it can be difficult to achieve. Here is how you can create one yourself.

You have content marketing questions, and we have answers. Here’s how to measure ROI, decide on the frequency of production, and more.

Look for these skills and materials in your graphic designer candidates, or get help from a creative staffing agency.

*This post and infographic were updated on 08/12/2022. Time to Read: 6 mins Writing an Engaging and Optimized Job Description Summary: A well-written job description is the first step to attracting quality candidates. Detailed information on ideal formatting and optimization techniques. How you can utilize keywords to rank higher in job search results. Overview of…

Behind many of the top companies in Philadelphia are talented employees who continuously craft innovative ideas and see them through to completion. What is their secret? The answer is simple: stealth recruitment efforts with ninja-like reflexes.

Contract-to-hire employment allows managers to quickly fill a need while lowering the risk of hiring the wrong candidate.

While two weeks is the standard amount of notice, it might not seem like enough time to transfer knowledge and work out a coverage plan. Here’s how to optimize their final days.

Follow this guide to identifying the need and filling the position either on your own or with the help of a staffing agency.

Whether you’re searching for the right employee to replace stellar talent or you’re opening up a new position entirely, there’s a lot of work involved on your end to ensure you’re making the right decision.

Your company’s culture plays a major role in the type of candidate you attract.

Expanding your team and improving your hiring techniques should be high on your list of professional resolutions for the New Year. With the booming economy and evolving job titles and requirements, job seekers have more opportunities than ever – making it increasingly important to assess your hiring and retention strategies. Consider the following points when…

There’s a lot that goes into preparing for a new hire so he or she feels comfortable and excited to get started. Here’s what you’ll need to do to ensure a smooth onboarding process.

With the right job description, you’re likely to get a solid group of candidates that are ideal for your opening.

If you lead a team of young professionals, you’re not alone. In the U.S., there are 77 million millennials born between 1981 and 1999. This millennial persona makes up a portion of Generation Y, which is described as those born between 1977 and 1995. You may have recruited these professionals on your own or through a…

You’ve read the books, researched articles online, and possibly even taken courses that teach you how to be the best manager you can be for your team. However, you may also want to take lessons from those who have proven that they’re capable of guiding a business to greatness.

Design your content calendar with these tips in mind.

Hiring a contract employee can be an effective way of quickly filling an opening on your team to keep a project running smoothly. However, employers can hit roadblocks in the contract staffing process when they spend too much time vetting contract hires. An overly extensive hiring process could discourage great potential employees who are actively interviewing…

Good copywriting is essential to brand marketing, as it allows you to effectively communicate with your audience and reinforce your brand.

When it comes to a question of how to retain your top employees, it’s important to stick to the golden rule of treating them how you would like to be treated.

Inspiring creativity requires certain managerial skills that they may not teach you in business school. Here’s how to position your feedback when communicating with those in creative jobs.

The trick to making sure you only bring in superstar marketing interns lies heavily on your recruitment methods.

To fit the ever-changing world of marketing, eccentric job titles are emerging for certain professionals.

As a company’s digital marketing director, you may be thinking Pinterest marketing seem like a simple way to expand your strategy. However, there is more to the social media site than uploading and sharing pretty pictures.

HR representatives may find increasing demand for tech jobs within their operations – a growing need that their employers could be resistant to fill.

Forbes reported that big data isn’t just for corporations with billions of dollars in annual revenue. There’s increasingly a place for the practice in small businesses.

Where does the search for a new hire begin? One might argue with the outreach effort. However, there is a significant amount of work that must go into the process before you even post about an open position.

Now that the Affordable Care Act has gone into effect, you may be able to see the ripple effect of the law from the way it has sparked changes in businesses’ hiring practices. So-called “Obamacare” has mandated that companies with more than 50 full-time employees offer their staff members affordable health care options, or else…

If you hire efficiently and effectively, you can see higher profits, lower rate of turnover and increased revenue growth. However, the trick is balancing the two parts so you don’t waste time on sub-par hires.

Are You a Good Client? Having an in-house Digital Marketing Manager or Project Management job you are a client in some form. Aren’t you? You outsource to an agency or freelancer; you delegate; you signed contracts binding a vendor relationship. You have a tough gig as the hub to all the resources around you. As…