Hiring Manager Advice: How To Assess Candidates
One of the biggest red flags on a candidate’s resume is a choppy work history. Our recruiting manager Scott Beardsley offers some advice to distinguish between job leapers and job hoppers.
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Essential Tips For Remote Onboarding Employees
The remote work movement is not simply a temporary solution. Rather, it’s quickly becoming a new way of work-life for companies across the globe. We review the best ways to onboard remote employees in this post.
Companies Are Using COVID-19 To Level Up Their Talent
There are already early signs of an economic rebound despite the unemployment report from April. Just don’t expect that we will return to the same jobs market as before, and we don’t mean simply because of the volume of jobs available.
Employee Spotlight: VP of Operations Richard Fusco
A UT alum, Richard Fusco is our VP of Operations. In his spare time, he practices archery and loves seeing live music. In our Q&A, he shares advice for companies and discusses his time mentoring in the Prison Entrepreneurship Program.
Employee Spotlight: Technical Recruiting Manager Lisa Thompson
Lisa Thompson is a technical recruiting manager at recruitAbility. She’s a Texas A&M alumna who specializes in IT and software recruiting. Outside of work, she enjoys long walks with her kids and dog.
Employee Spotlight: Senior Technical Recruiter Lia Hext
Lia Hext is a senior technical recruiter at recruitAbility, and she studied HR and Spanish at the University of Houston. She is a big-time extrovert, and she shares some excellent advice for candidates who are negotiating job offers.
Employee Spotlight: Senior Technical Recruiter Sharmaine Eugenio
Our next employee spotlight is with Sharmaine Eugenio, senior technical recruiter at recruitAbility. Sharmaine is a UT grad originally from Northern California, and she’s already traveled to 33 countries.
“Nothing’s Sacred” Episode 2: A Sales Approach For This Economy
On this episode of recruitAbility’s “Nothing’s Sacred” podcast, we argue that how companies approach selling should change in this environment, citing examples from our own businesses and many others.
Employee Spotlight: Recruiting Manager Scott Beardsley
We’re kicking off our employee spotlight series with Scott Beardsley, recruiting manager at recruitAbility. Scott joined the company in April 2019 and has spent more than 30 years in the recruiting industry. He’s worked across all job sectors, but his specialty is tech jobs.
Tips For Getting Back To Work In A Down Economy
Unemployment claims equate to roughly 4% of the U.S. population in recent weeks. If you find yourself looking for a job, here are some suggestions and resources to get ahead in a down economy.
A Running List Of Resources To Manage COVID And Quarantine
We’ve aggregated some helpful links for people to navigate the current quarantine. Check out resources for businesses, parents who are home-schooling kids, people who want to learn new skills, and more.
Introducing “Nothing’s Sacred” – A Podcast By recruitAbility
We’re excited to announce the debut of recruitAbility’s podcast, “Nothing’s Sacred,” where we discuss business innovations and trends that are transforming the way companies approach recruiting, onboarding, employee retention, employee engagement, and more.
Resources For Leaders To Navigate The Coronavirus Downturn
During this economic downturn, fight the urge to get sucked into a negative thought spiral. Here are some resources to help you navigate these unprecedented times.
Approaching Work-Life Balance When The Lines Blur
Chances are that your current work situation is unusual, and it’s OK to acknowledge that. Working from home with your kids when your options for leaving the house are limited is disruptive. Don’t beat yourself up if your at-home work routine is not yet a well-oiled machine.
In The Face Of Coronavirus And Beyond
When the dust settles after Coronavirus subsides and life returns to “normal,” it’d be naive to think that companies will go back to how it used to be. I believe current events will change how we work forever.
Work Trends: Smart Companies Are Flexing Hard
Is the best approach to work a flexible schedule, or should most companies follow a strict 9-to-5 schedule? We explore the pro’s and con’s of flex scheduling to make sense of the modern workweek.
Work Trends: Evaluating The 4-Day Work Week
Why are some companies moving to a 32-hour workweek, and what are the implications? We analyze this recent trend as part of our series exploring new developments in the workplace.
Work Trends: The Remote Work Movement
We’re writing a series of posts exploring recent trends that are challenging workplace norms. Our first topic is remote work.
Expect Artificial Intelligence To Dominate Hiring
Give companies credit for recognizing the flaws in their current hiring processes, because many of them are now using standardized personality and behavioral tests, as well as skills assessments and artificial intelligence (AI), to improve.
Top-Growing Jobs Sectors: AI, Data Science, & Cybersecurity
There’s no clearer sign of a talent shortage than when college graduates with computer science degrees and little to no work experience are receiving offer letters with six-figure salaries. This is precisely what we’re seeing right now in the fields of data science, artificial intelligence, and cyber security.
Back to Guatemala!
This past July our VP Operations, Richard Fusco, led a group of University of Texas – McCombs School of Business MBAs on a service trip to the community of Palencia in Guatemala, the same community he visited last year. The trip was run by an organization Richard is a founding member of called Building Bridges…
How do you sell in today’s world?
A good friend was recently at a conference and she came across some stats about B2B selling that I thought to be completely fascinating. Here they are: there are on average 10 people involved in a B2B buying decision and 80% of people never respond to cold outreach. Most people don’t answer the phone if…
Move your resume to #1 position in 8 Seconds
Land that job interview within 8 seconds or you drop to the bottom of the pile. It can feel extreme but – yes, 8 seconds is the average attention span of a person. Imagine this. You are excited. Your recruiter has already identified you for the job role. You interview with the recruiter, share your…
Cheers to the Dads who want it all
I recently heard a therapist speak to a men’s group I’m a part of, she specializes in counseling men as they go through life trying to be good husbands and fathers. She noted that men are four times more likely to commit suicide than females, primarily because we’re taught at a young age to compartmentalize…
To ask or not to ask
There is a new trend in the workforce that has my colleagues and I going in circles. Is asking a candidate’s current salary now taboo? In Austin, Texas there are no rules regulating these conversations, but in many states and cities around the country this question is outlawed. The question, “What is your current salary?”…
My First 30 Days in Recruiting
If you live in Austin, chances are that you’ve met a recruiter at every happy hour or networking event that you’ve attended. Maybe it’s the millennial in me but being able to classify going to happy hours as “work” sounded like a dream. Not to mention, recruiters make their living by meeting new people and…
My Sales Fear
It feels ironic being fearful about writing about your fear. I had always avoided even thinking about taking a sales job, much less applying or even inquiring about a sales role. I’ll admit I was always scared of the what ifs…. What if I was always rejected? What if people told me to get out…
Beyond the Ink
“How are you going to get a job with all of those tattoos?” “We think you’re great, but we just need you to tone it down.” “Could you change your hair?” “Can you put cover up on those tattoos?” “Your hair is pretty, but could you just keep it pulled back for work?” These are…
Moms in Business: Work/Life Balance
Finding a balance between work and family life is one of the biggest challenges for working moms. It’s not easy to achieve a balance in our high-productivity society of today, but it’s possible and here’s how I found a way to do it: I made a conscious decision to find balance. Achieving work-life balance can…
Getting to the Finish Line
I recently found myself repeating a line from an old 90’s movie Jerry McGuire, “help me, help you.” It was after a couple of clients preformed a series of interviews only to have the candidate make it to the final interview and not get the offer. If you’ve been doing recruiting long enough, you’re bound…
Giving back in Guatemala
One of our core values at recruitAbility is “Live to Serve”, we take this to heart in serving our clients every day and our activities outside of the office. In July our Director of Business Development, Richard Fusco, led a group of 11 University of Texas – McCombs School of Business MBAs on a service trip…
Football Recruiting is Business Recruiting
Take a lesson from the best in College Football With college football season upon us, I find my thoughts drifting to another type of recruiting and retention. Recruiting for college football is much different than recruiting employees…or is it? When you consider the way great college football programs recruit, you might find that the secret…
THE COVER LETTER EQUATION
Cover letters, a necessary, useful but maddening evil.
You can find tons of articles on why cover letters are dead and why some people still rely on them more than ever. We are going to look at both sides of the equation to draw insights and propose some solutions.
EXECUTIVE SUCCESSION PLANNING STARTS FROM WITHIN
Who will lead your organization when your current C-Suite moves on? Most organizations can’t answer that question, and that’s a problem. Why? The job market is the tightest it’s ever been, for one. For the first time in U.S. history, there are more jobs than job seekers. The struggle to attract outside talent is real, and it’s only going to get more brutal.
HACKING WITH THE CULTURE FIT WITH RECRUITING AI
Would you believe your challenges in hiring candidates who stay and thrive stem from you not understanding artificial intelligence (AI)? The AI I’m talking about in this case is pre-employment assessments. While it’s likely you already perform some sort of assessments—8 out of 10 employers do—you may not be conducting the right ones in the right way.
4 WAYS TO TAKE ON THE PAY GAP AT YOUR BUSINESS
A recent study placed Austin 44th among the best U.S. cities for women in tech, with tech women in our city being paid about 80 percent what men are paid. Houston is faring much better: it’s #11 at 94 percent. With Austin being such profound hub for tech jobs and with the city being so progressive, does that news surprise you?
STARTUP RECRUITING: WHERE TO START FOR SUCCESSFUL HIRES
You’ll begin wearing all hats, serving as chief of technology, operations, finance, marketing, sales, and so on. But, as you hire your leadership positions, you should find yourself with fewer and fewer of those “in the weeds” roles to play yourself.
RIDING THE WAVE: STAFFING UP FOR BLOCKCHAIN DEVELOPMENT
While it’s clear that cryptocurrency skillsets are taking off, the challenge will be in finding adaptable engineers that can put blockchain knowledge into practical application. There’s no question this distributed, transparent and unchangeable ledger of economic transactions is a remarkable innovation. A rash of new ideas and concepts are going to be developed using the blockchain
LEARN 3 HARD TRUTHS TECH RECRUITERS AREN’T TELLING YOU
Using tech recruiters to fill tech positions is common in the startup world, but getting the value you expect isn’t. You’ve likely been told about the proprietary vaults of candidates you can’t access. Or you’ve been promised high-quality hires without any indication of a repeatable data-driven process behind the claim.
6 VITAL TRENDS FOR 2018
I’ll certainly remember 2017 as a benchmark year. After all, it’s the year recruitAbility got its start. In just a few short months, we’ve learned a great deal and, thankfully, our instincts on the relationship between recruiting and retention have been spot-on. We’ve also seen some surprising industry trends that will shift hiring in 2018 in several ways.
RETAIN YOUR NEW HIRES BY TALKING TO THEM
It’s difficult to say which is a bigger challenge for employers: recruiting or retention. After all, hiring great people means nothing if they leave within their first year. And that happens — a lot. Companies with low turnover tend to provide employees with what I call the three “Characteristics of Retention,”…
WHEN TO HIRE A RECRUITER
Most of the time, to fill most jobs, you don’t need the help of a recruiter. That’s a bold statement coming from someone who recruits candidates for a living, but it’s true. And it’s not something every recruiter is willing to admit.
HOW TO NAIL BUSINESS TRANSPARENCY
“Before we go any further, you should know this about me: I’m going to be honest and open with you, whether it’s something you want to hear or not.”
While that statement makes for an interesting article introduction, I started with it for a different reason: It’s also what I tell employers at the beginning of our recruiting relationship.
THE GAME HAS CHANGED
These days, many recruiting firms have a dirty little secret: They find candidates in the same ways and in the same places you find them. They’ll check LinkedIn, they’ll use Indeed, they’ll access Monster and CareerBuilder tools, just as you would. There are no longer any magical proprietary databases that hold treasure troves of job candidates that can’t be accessed by anyone else.
THE THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF RETENTION
Companies continue to look for ways to make sure the talented employees they hire become onboarded and then engaged in the company’s values as soon as possible in that first year.
ARE YOUR COMPANY’S CORE VALUES SELLING A LIE?
It’s never been more important for your company to refine its core values. With competition for top talent heating up, these values will make or break your recruiting and retention efforts. They’ll help determine who is attracted to your jobs and, if your values are authentically grounded in your company’s culture, they’ll help ensure your new recruits will be valuable team members for a long time.
BRIDGING THE TALENT GAP
It’s not going to get easier, folks. The talent gap that we’re facing in today’s workforce, specifically in tech and engineering, is going to get wider and wider with no end in sight.
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