We are constantly hearing about social media and all its uses (and misuses…). Whether we like it or not, social media right now, is here to stay. There are plenty of ways to use social media to your advantage as a business and one way is to use it to help build your team.
How do we as employers use social media to find the best talent? That’s the topic of our next presentation with SBANE, and the...
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Talent Marketplace-November
Below are a number of candidates we have available to meet with you. If any of these professionals can help move your organization forward, we’d be happy to have our experts contact you and get things moving. If you have any other staffing needs, please contact our team of recruiters so they can assist your organization.
Medical Device/Life Sciences HR Consultant
Professional with human resourc...
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Video-The Latest Jobs Report-Fox News Boston Analysis
On Friday, the October 2014 Jobs Report came out. Brendan King once again sat down with Mark Ockerbloom of Fox 25 News in Boston to go over the details of the latest numbers.
In short, on the national level, the economy added 214,000 jobs in October 2014 according to the BLS report. When you look at the ADP Report issued on the prior Wednesday, small business once again had a leading role in new ...
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Robots and Salaries
Two articles caught our attention recently that pertain to our growing job market. The first was in regards to trends in life sciences salaries.
In a recent report we see that salaries for those in the Life Sciences industry have increased slightly over last year. The survey conducted by “The Scientist” indicated that some of the highest paying sectors right now include discovery, drug developmen...
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Contract Recruiter Marketplace- October 2014
As a recruiter in Boston, we also represent many contract recruiters. This week, we feature many who represent various industries and skill sets. If you are interested in finding out more about those we represent, please contact us!
General & Administrative Recruiter
Strong Senior Talent Acquisition and Strategic Sourcing Leader with 15 years experience both in Agency (Retail, On-Site) and C...
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What makes an effective recruiter?
By: Michael Liuzza
While everyone has an opinion on what makes a good salesperson, accountant or manager; today we answer the question of makes for a good recruiter. Here is an outline of what successful recruiters do.
1. They track metrics. Some self impose their own metrics and others fall into an agreed upon process (phone calls, contacts, candidates in the door through interviews with the hir...
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Video-September Employment Situation
The September jobs data released last Friday by the BLS showed an increase of 248k new jobs created in the US economy. That is the sixth month this year where the new jobs have been created, in excess of 200k. The ADP employment report released two days prior showed an increase of 88k jobs in small business. Of that 88k, 55% was reported in very small businesses, those with 1-19 employees.
In our...
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Why should we have job descriptions?
Friction free recruiting. We are all looking for ways to move the process along while bringing efficiency to the process and presenting the client with quality submittals. What can we jettison in this process? Let’s take a look at the job description. Should we replace with a few short bullet points in an e-mail or tweet?
The short answer to the question is no. With the advent of startups, new bu...
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Out of work for a while? How to explain to a potential employer
Job Search Question of the week: What is the best way to present yourself to an employer if you've been out of work for some time?
First do not apologize for it. If they have brought you in and are considering you as a candidate, they see something they like in your background. Keep the conversation positive and sell your abilities to help them meet and exceed their goals. You want to focus on ho...
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Breaking Down the Latest Jobs Numbers-Video
First things first…This is not a time to panic and we do not feel it changes the direction of this recovery.
We have had some strong months for employment numbers this year. Six straight months over 200k and that is even with revisions. However the Jobs Report for August showed 142,000 jobs created. Sometime ago this would have been welcome news when we were trending below 100k per month.
The gr...
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