Posted by Dragan Donkov on November 10, 2009
This article was deep in to my archives. Probably I used it to train the staff of a recruitment company few years ago.
Unfortunately I don’t remember the source but I believe that is worth to share .
When it comes to motivating a hiring manager or internal recruiter to move on your submittal, remember the catchy saying…”Time kills all deals.”
One of the most frustrating things to a recruiter is the lag time between finding and submitting a good candidate and getting meaningful feedback through the screening process. Think about it: how often have you taken a request for talent and spent weeks doing the sourcing, pre-screening, preparing and presenting your candidate’s case? Now comes the exciting part, right? Your hiring manger or internal recruiter calls you right away, excited about your candidate and asks when they can come in for an interview. Yeah, right! Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by Dragan Donkov on May 28, 2009
It’s very hard to write your own resume because a resume is a macro view of your life, but you live your life at the micro level, obsessing about daily details that have no bearing on your resume. For that reason, a lot of people hire someone to help them. After all, spending money on a resume writer is one of the few expenditures that will have good return right away. But if you’re writing your resume on your own, the first thing you’ll have to do is make some mental shifts. You need to rethink the goals of a resume, and rethink the rules of a resume in order to approach the project like the best of the resume professionals. That means not making the most common resume mistakes, and not breaking a few key rules.
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Posted by Dragan Donkov on May 15, 2009
Most people spend a lot of time preparing answers to the most common interview questions. They are ready to answer questions about their current job, their exercise and education. But how many people spend as much time preparing to actually interview the interviewer?
Sometimes asking the correct questions is just as important as answering the questions correctly.
Here is a list of the questions I think you should ask during the interview:
- How big is the company, how big is the team?
- Could you give me your view for the job?
- How would you describe your ideal candidate?
- What will be the greatest challenge in the job?
- How do you measure success on the job?
- Could you explain your organizational structure?
- What are the company’s values and culture?
- Is this a new post or already existing one?
- Strength and weaknesses of the current operation?
- If I am offered the position, how soon will you need my response?
- Why should I accept this job?
Which are your favorite questions during an interview?
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Posted by Dragan Donkov on May 4, 2009
Following the industry for the past couple of years I never seen so much pressure and creativeness from recruiters and candidates.
Starting from the printed adverts in the newspapers, moving to the online jobboards like Monster and ending now with the social networks like Facebook, Linkedin, Plaxo and Twitter the business made a big step in the process how to find their “golden nuggets”.
It is not a surprise and a lot of professional predicted last year that a big move is on the way and the recruitment channels are changing. And not only that, but the candidates are changing and particularly their approach and self- marketing. They promote themselves and give enough information so one can find them at practically no cost.
The social networks are giving them advantage in terms of speed and access to information.You can address the right person in the comfort of sharing the same group, network or interests.
The recruiters are using the social networks to reach the passive/sleeping candidates that are not looking for new opportunities but are ready to listen.
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