It doesn’t necessarily matter what position you have in your career, from Recruiting IT professionals, to being the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of a Fortune 500 Company. Trying to stay positive and focused in the workplace seems like a losing battle. No matter the level of success you may accomplish, you may struggle to keep…
How do you determine alignment of a candidate’s skill and personality with the requirements of your position and the culture of your organization? There are many different interview techniques and styles of questioning. No one technique is better than the other, but choosing a technique, training your hiring/interviewing staff, and consistently executing on this technique…
I don’t know about you, but I love the Olympics. Summer, winter, it doesn’t matter; I am an avid fan of the games. Watching the world’s best athletes compete and represent their country to me is an amazing achievement. When you think about all they had to do to get to the games, it is…
Understanding your type as well as being able to understand the type of others surrounding you including co-workers, your spouse, family members and friends can be invaluable. What am I referring to when I say “type”? Well, it’s your personality type, of course! A commonly used personality test is called the Myers Briggs Type Indicator…
I get approached with this question often. Are Interactive, Digital, and Online Marketing synonyms or does each hold a different job description? Quickly put Interactive, Digital, and Online Marketing jobs are each unique. Each requires different product and strategy knowledge. It is quite common for these titles to be used interchangeably in today’s marketing industry…
Over the years, Search Agency Fee Agreements have gotten increasingly complicated as the Legal and Financial Departments have weighed in with their two cents, adding a multitude of insurance, co-employment, confidentiality, arbitration and audit clauses (to name a few). While legally necessary, from the standpoint of recruiting quality candidates, these additions have no bearing on…
Is your workplace stuck in the 1980s? Images of oversized cubicles and formal, private offices come to mind. Today, organizations strive to be leaner, promote teamwork and communication, and facilitate cross-functional decision-making rather than the bureaucratic, hierarchical process of the past. However, ineffective workplace design often fails to support these goals, critical to a successful…
When UX designers, developers, and in-demand IT professionals are receiving multiple offers, what are you doing to make your position stand out? As part of Profiles recruitment process, we prepare all of our candidates prior to their phone or face-to-face interview. As staffing experts, our “preps” include interview best practices, the culture of the team,…
Nowadays, companies are modeled to be leaner and meaner than ever. With the recent recession and the ever-emerging technological advances in the workspace, employers no longer need the assembly line or a one-trick pony. Employers are now looking for talent that can not only excel at one specific job function, but possibly one or two…
If you are looking for stellar sales reps, forget about having them come interview at your office to meet the team, and forget about interviewing them at your own desk. Here’s an idea: Have the prospective sales rep pick you up at your office and take you for a ride in their car. Why? For one, you’ll…
