In the past, working hard, long hours meant advancing your career. If you were dissatisfied with your work, you could send off a few resumes and, in turn, receive multiple offers. But those days are long gone. The old rules of job-hunting, no longer apply in today’s employment market. Any recruiter or career coach will [...]
By Maggie Pilgrim, Recruiting Intern As a recent graduate or soon-to-be graduate, you need a LinkedIn account! When giving a presentation on utilizing social media in recruiting, it amazed me how few college students had a LinkedIn account – or even knew what it was! I have posed this same question to many of my [...]
In Part I, we discussed the expansion of social media participation among Professional Services Firms (PSFs). There have been a slew of recent articles, referencing a new batch of firms that have tried their hand at social media. Some have hired dedicated Social Managers – as our firm did in 2010 – while others have [...]
By Maggie Pilgrim, Recruiting Intern With graduation right around the corner, I’ve been thinking about an action plan for my job search. I have all these great ideas and actions I want to take in order to land my ideal job out of college but I know that nothing will get done unless I set [...]
By Maggie Pilgrim, Recruiting Intern The process of recruiting internally and externally has changed significantly due to technology. The geographic reach has expanded tremendously, giving recruiters a much larger talent pool, which has also led to much larger stacks of resumes. Recruiters are now receiving hundreds of cover letters and resumes for ONE job opening, [...]
The Gallup Organization defines an engaged employee as someone “who is fully involved in, and enthusiastic about their work, and thus will act in a way that furthers their organization’s interests.” In many respects, the relationship between a business and a customer is very similar – a business wants to provide a product or service [...]
By Maggie Pilgrim, Recruiting Intern As we all know, today’s job market has been labeled “the most difficult time to find a job in 70 years!” As a result, many people are taking any job they can get. However, as the latest numbers show, the job market is finally starting to pick up a bit, [...]
By Maggie Pilgrim, Recruiting Intern Many recent grads – and those who will be graduating in the next 8 months – express a sense of fear when thinking about the next chapter in their life; namely, finding a career. I have heard many of my peers mention how difficult it is to land a job [...]
