If you are not redefining your talent acquisition approach, you soon will be. Playing yesterday's game will not keep you competitive in this market.
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Mar 15, 2015 | Post by: Vikki Pachera Comments Off on Rapidly Evolving Recruiting
Rapidly Evolving Recruiting
Mar 01, 2015 | Post by: Vikki Pachera Comments Off on Why They got the Job, Not You: What Makes a Dream Candidate
Why They got the Job, Not You: What Makes a Dream Candidate
Despite the tight job market in many sectors, great companies and great recruiters will have a ‘slate’ of candidates for any job–two to six well qualified people who are interested and competing for the role. Very frequently I am asked, why didn’t the company select me, why did they
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Feb 24, 2015 | Post by: Vikki Pachera Comments Off on Top of Your Game
Top of Your Game
2015 is proving to be one of the most competitive, tightest technology job markets in history. Being at the very top of your game in recruiting is the only way to win. 1. Work incredibly hard, dig deep: companies have to find talent, it’s not coming to you, so forget
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Apr 02, 2014 | Post by: Vikki Pachera Comments Off on 10 Job Hunting Tips for New Grads
10 Job Hunting Tips for New Grads
Getting out of school this spring and in the job market? Here’s 10 tips on landing a new job: Pixel perfect resume. Make your English teacher proud. Then have 5 people proofread it. Articulate all relevant skills, it’s amazing how few college grads know Word or Outlook; hiring managers aren’t
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Jan 13, 2014 | Post by: Vikki Pachera Comments Off on Is this the Best Hire?
Is this the Best Hire?
Hiring is often a gut wrenching decision, one made under time pressures with too few hard facts. Assessing people—their character, their potential performance, their fit—isn’t easy in the best of circumstances. But there are techniques that can be applied in the interview process that will help create a better foundation
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Nov 10, 2013 | Post by: Vikki Pachera Comments Off on Tell Me About Yourself
Tell Me About Yourself
One of the most challenging and yet biggest opportunities for us in the business world is to have a compelling answer to ‘Tell me about yourself’.
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Sep 25, 2013 | Post by: Vikki Pachera Comments Off on Going Toe to Toe for Talent against the Titans
Going Toe to Toe for Talent against the Titans
For decades, technology companies worried about internal equity, the idea that people of a certain grade with the same title should be paid nearly the same. Although no one ever said it, it also often meant that tenure was important, and that young or ‘junior’ employees couldn’t make a
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Aug 15, 2013 | Post by: Vikki Pachera Comments Off on 5 Clues the Candidate isn’t from Silicon Valley
5 Clues the Candidate isn’t from Silicon Valley
Aug 05, 2013 | Post by: Vikki Pachera Comments Off on 20th Anniversary of Apple’s Newton – The Magical Team
20th Anniversary of Apple’s Newton – The Magical Team
There are a ton of success stories that came out of Newton, people who built and sold wildly successful companies, created iconic new products, became CEOs, some who sit in the world of venture, or are advisors or board members helping other rock stars find their way.
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Jun 26, 2013 | Post by: Vikki Pachera Comments Off on The Thank You Note – Post Inverview
The Thank You Note – Post Inverview
In many homes across the nation, mom is badgering her son or daughter to get on with sending out those graduation gift thank you notes. For her, it’s a symbol of how she raised her grad, of the manners she instilled in them.
And for employers, guess what, same thing.
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