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What You Need to Know About How Recruiters Get Paid (And How It May Affect Your Job Hunt)
There is some confusion out there as to how recruiters get paid for their contracted job placement services. Furthermore, there seems to be even more confusion about how a recruiter’s contract with an employer may affect job seekers. External Recruiters are contracted by companies to find them the best candidate for an open position. The…
Read More6 Iron-Clad Ways To Find Keywords To Optimize Your Executive Resume
Optimizing your executive resume means your executive resume must be “SEO friendly” to be found by recruiters looking for candidates like you. More specifically, this means that it has to be rich in keywords that are relevant to the position you are applying to, in order to get past the online screening process and the…
Read More3 Secrets How to Write Achievement-Based Executive Resume Bullets
An achievement-based executive resume is one that focuses on what you accomplished while at your previous jobs. Ideally, this type of resume gives concrete examples of what you can do for your potential employer. Writing achievement-based executive resume bullets are a sure-fire way to stand out from the crowd and increase your chances of being…
Read MoreMartha Heller: Be the Business – CIOs in the New Era of IT
Martha Heller, of Heller Search Associates and Founder of the CIO Executive Council, continues to have her finger on the proverbial pulse of IT Leadership recruiting and has encapsulated what companies want and need in hiring effective CIOs in today’s modern, fast-moving, ever-changing marketplace. Her new book, Be The Business – CIOs in the New…
Read MoreNumbers Talk: Why You Must Use Social Media in Your Job Search
You have read so many articles like “14 Ways to Use Twitter to Land a Job” or “8 Ways to Get Recruiters to Find You on LinkedIn.” You may haveread many of ours giving this type of premier advice…but here is the million dollar question… Are you doing it? Any of It? Even a…
Read MoreTurning Down a Job Without Burning a Bridge
Turning Down a Job Without Burning a Bridge Sometimes we get job offers we don’t want. Or, maybe we got multiple offers and need to turn down the ones that aren’t the best fit. This can lead to a very awkward situation. We need to say no, but at the same time we don’t want…
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