Recruiters

Recruiters and hiring managers use four dimensions to evaluate the people they Google. There’s no debating it, your online reputation will impact your ability to get a job. The facts: 83 percent of hiring managers and recruiters research candidates online. [ Execunet, 2007 ] 70 percent of recruiters have eliminated candidates based on information they … Read More

Some hiring managers relish the opportunity to counsel a job candidate on what he could have improved. You just have to ask the right person, the right way. Read More

Test the letter you send after you didn’t get the job to make sure it’s gracious enough to build bridges. Before you send a letter to the company that hired somebody else, run the content through this quick test. 1. The letter is addressed to… A. the person who spent the most time interviewing you. … Read More

Studies indicate the language often used to describe female professionals weakens their appeal to hiring managers. What can you do to level the playing field? Do job references describe men and women in different terms? In subtle ways executives routinely use different terms to refer to men and women in recommendations, negatively affecting job candidates … Read More

Manufacturers fired more than necessary. Now they should be poised to hire, but only a particular type of candidate. Since 2008, many manufacturing, supply-chain and consumer products businesses have been in a state of crisis. The result was a perfect storm of bad news for Frank Laux, the president and founder of Strategic Search Partners, … Read More

What happens when you open your mouth to say the wrong thing at the right time? Recruiters try to clean up after some real-life disasters. It happens most often in the interview. You trip, you slip, you say something you didn’t mean, or you did, but you should know better. It can happen in your … Read More

While much of the job search moves online, some recruiters find nothing replaces the reliable telephone. When a recruiter calls, it’s a good idea to answer the telephone. That might have been obvious advice 10 to 20 years ago, but today the job search has become so reliant on the Internet, e-mail and cell phones … Read More

Using color, though not on your resume, to stand out in your next job search will catch a hiring manager’s eye and separate you from the other candidates. Make your resume into your personal brand. Read More

As the calendar turns to 2017, think about the things you can do to make it great — like landing a new job. At the beginning of a new year we’re full of resolutions — lose weight, exercise, be a better person. But what are your career resolutions? Ladders asked recruiters, career coaches, resume writers … Read More