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What’s Missing in Your YouTube Video?

What’s Missing in Your YouTube Video?

24 February 2012

“I have submitted many videos on YouTube, but there are hardly any views on it!” Do you often complain this way about the videos you have submitted on YouTube? Are you wondering if you wasted your time and money creating them as you do not see any results? If yes, this blog post is for…

What your CEO (really) wants

What your CEO (really) wants

20 March 2013

On the list of things that matter to burgeoning HR professionals, understanding where the CEO wants to take the organization is right at the top. The starting point to establishing any process or culture is to understand the expectations of the leaders. Knowing what is expected of you sounds common sense, but when those expectations…

What Your Candidates Really Think About Your Hiring Process

What Your Candidates Really Think About Your Hiring Process

03 June 2014

Let’s first establish that, yes, it does matter what candidates think about your hiring process. There are far too many recruiters still out there with the attitude that if a candidate really wants to work for their company, they have to go through their process (no matter how crappy). The entire process should be looked…

What you Should NOT Do on your Blog

What you Should NOT Do on your Blog

06 March 2012

Today, every business has a blog. Not all of them are successful because they start blogging without understanding the basics. These are simple things but extremely important to make your blog successful. Neil Patel, the co-founder of KISSmetrics explains what you should not do on your blog in his article, ’12 things that will kill…

What Warren Buffett Wants to Know Before He Hires You

What Warren Buffett Wants to Know Before He Hires You

09 September 2013

Hiring right is easier said than done. Everyone has their two cents about sourcing, screening and hiring, but what ends up mattering are the tried and true methods. Warren Buffett has been known for his no nonsense, down to earth business style, so it’s no surprise that the three main qualities Buffett looks for are…

What to Look for While Hiring Key Employees?

What to Look for While Hiring Key Employees?

14 March 2012

Sonny Newman is the President of EE Technologies , a premier contract manufacturing partner that provides global electronics manufacturing services. Here are his insights on recruiting key people: The most important attributes to my first key leadership hires when I started my company in 2000 were commitment, trustworthiness, and job knowledge. It was important to…

What to Look for in a Resume

What to Look for in a Resume

21 August 2014

If you’ve ever been part of a search committee to fill a position within your organization, you know how difficult it can be to weed through all of the applications you receive. Did you know that on average it takes a recruiter only six seconds to decide on an applicant based on their resume? While…

What to Expect in Your Career as a Human Resources Manager

What to Expect in Your Career as a Human Resources Manager

30 October 2014

Before you begin your new career as a human resources manager, there are a few things that you should learn about the job and your potential future. As with any new career, you want to study different aspects of the field, such as salary, experience requirements, and job duties. Human resources continues to grow as…

What Made Daniel Flynn the ‘Robin Hood’ of Bottled Water Business

What Made Daniel Flynn the ‘Robin Hood’ of Bottled Water Business

07 March 2012

“If your Idea is good, the money will come” says social entrepreneur Daniel Flynn, the 23-year-old founder of Australian bottled water enterprise ‘Thankyou Water’. He set out to do his part to solve water crisis in developing countries through his start-up. Profits from his business now fund water projects in Cambodia, Kenya, Uganda and India.…

What it Really Takes to Win Over Passive Candidates

What it Really Takes to Win Over Passive Candidates

17 August 2015

One of the biggest challenges recruiters face today is the fact that some of the best candidates already have a job. When these candidates are open to considering a new job but aren’t motivated enough to apply for one, they’re called “passive candidates.” They’re 25 percent more likely to stay at a company long-term, and…


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