Employee Spotlight: Professional Recruiter Eliot Thibodeaux
Our newest employee is professional recruiter Eliot Thibodeaux, who begins his recruiting career after more than five years in the hospitality and restaurant industry.
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“Nothing’s Sacred” Episode 7: Entrepreneurs Rod Williams and Shelley Mac
Rod Williams is the founder of Unity Health, and his wife, Shelley Mac, runs a music booking agency in Austin. Both are renowned musicians who once opened for Sting in front of 40,000 fans in New Zealand. They discuss similarities between the music industry and other businesses that they’ve run, and they performed two singles during the podcast.
My First Job: Scott Beardsley
We’re doing a series on recruitAbility employees’ first jobs and the lessons they learned. Hear from our recruiting manager Scott Beardsley on how his college job as a mover impacted him and his perspective on work.
Avoid Paying Lip Service To Work-Life Balance
Achieving work-life balance doesn’t have to be elusive. recruitAbility CEO Nad Elias explains how to build a work culture that’s conducive to employees finding flexibility.
Employee Spotlight: Technical Recruiter Nicole Selindh
Last month, Nicole Selindh joined recruitAbility as a technical recruiter. Learn about Nicole’s role and what she enjoys about living in Austin.
How To Know When To Switch Jobs
Switching jobs is inevitable, but if you do it too often, hiring managers may see it as a red flag. recruitAbility Director of Financial Services Damien Richburg, CFA, writes about how to know when to leave and when to stay at a job.
My First Job: Damien Richburg
We’re doing a series on recruitAbility employees’ first jobs and the lessons they learned. recruitAbility Director of Financial Services Damien Richburg, CFA, shares his experience working at a pizza parlor in 7th grade.
My First Job: Nad Elias
We’re doing a series on recruitAbility employees’ first jobs and the lessons they learned. We begin with our CEO Nad Elias, who shares his experiences delivering newspapers and selling shoes.
Our Favorite Takeaways From 2020 “Nothing’s Sacred” Episodes
We debuted our podcast, “Nothing’s Sacred,” in April 2020, with the goal of discussing and debating trends and innovations that are transforming how we work. Here are some of our favorite soundbites from last year.
The Most Important KPI In Job Searches – And It’s Not Money
Most companies budget for job searches and new hires, but budgeting for the time – and assigning a deadline – to hiring new employees often is overlooked. recruitAbility recruiting manager Scott Beardsley shares his experience and offers a solution.
recruitAbility’s Top 10 Most-Read Articles From 2020
Tap into some helpful resources by reviewing our most popular posts from 2020.
Our Favorite Holiday Traditions
It’s time to turn the page on 2020. But first, we’re looking forward to celebrating the holidays with our close friends and family. We wish you health and happiness!
Finding Conviction During The Hiring Process
recruitAbility Director of Financial Services Damien Richburg examines the sources of hiring indecision by companies, as well as ways to solve this problem.
How To Avoid The Hiring Trap
When companies place too much weight in the interview process on superficial criteria, it leads to suboptimal outcomes. recruitAbility Director of Financial Services Damien Richburg explains how to avoid this common pitfall.
Using Skills-Based Assessments In Your Hiring Process
Increasingly, companies require job candidates to take assessments as part of the hiring process. Our CEO Nad Elias examines this trend and speaks from experience on whether these assessments are valuable tools or unnecessary obstacles.
Announcing the recruitAbility Partner Event
We’re hosting an outdoor happy hour in Austin exclusively for our partners on Dec. 3. Learn about how you can attend the event and join our partner program.
“Nothing’s Sacred” Episode 6: KUNGFU.AI’s Steve Meier
KUNGFU.AI’s head of growth, Steve Meier, joins us to explain all the hot issues related to artificial intelligence. How do you use AI to drive sales? What are the ethical boundaries of AI? Which movies or shows offer the most accurate depiction of AI? And does he trust Amazon Alexa? Learn all this and more in this episode.
Hiring Managers: Avoid These Landmines
It’s a tough pill to swallow when you miss out on an elite job candidate because of an unforced error in the hiring process. We list some of the most common issues that we see, and we explain how to avoid these mishaps.
Why Use A Recruiter in Addition To Your Job Posting?
A common misconception is that the only companies who use recruiting firms are the ones who can’t generate enough applicants using their job postings. We list out the right reasons to partner with a recruiting firm on critical job placements.
Resume Tips For Accounting And Finance Professionals
For specific career fields like accounting and finance, follow these resume suggestions to help you stand out in your job search.
“Nothing’s Sacred” Episode 5: Juniper Square’s Tommy Hansen
On this episode of recruitAbility’s “Nothing’s Sacred” podcast, we are joined by Tommy Hansen, manager of business recruiting at Juniper Square. We learn about hiring and recruiting in the age of COVID, the differences in the talent pool between Austin and the Bay Area, and much more.
The Advantages Of Partner Programs
recruitAbility CEO Nad Elias shares an interesting realization he had about our business earlier this year in the hopes that it helps your company grow.
Employee Spotlight: Director of Financial Services Damien Richburg, CFA
We’re thrilled to welcome Damien Richburg, CFA, as our Director of Financial Services. Learn more about his path to becoming a recruiter and what he enjoys outside of the office.
recruitAbility’s Top 5 Most-Read Articles From Q3 2020
Learn ways to get hired and how to attract A-level talent to your company during COVID. We hope these resources help you navigate the current jobs market and economy.
recruitAbility Launches Recruiting Practice Focused On Finance And Accounting
recruitAbility has announced a new practice focused on accounting and finance direct hires and contract services that will be led by Director of Financial Services Damien Richburg, CFA.
“Nothing’s Sacred” Episode 4: Best-Selling Author Erik Qualman
On this episode of recruitAbility’s “Nothing’s Sacred” podcast, we are joined by Erik Qualman, a prolific keynote speaker and author of The Focus Project. We speak to Qualman about his new book, how he’s adjusting to the conference hiatus, workplace trends and innovations, and much more.
Latest Data On Cybersecurity Salary Ranges
Salaries in cybersecurity are rising faster than other tech careers. We share recent compensation data on a variety of roles that companies are hiring for to protect their information and security.
Major Tech Companies Offer Glimpse At Flex Work Future
Companies are making moves during COVID that provide a glimpse at what the future of work may look like. What we’re observing is that the decision to return to the office is not binary.
What candidates value in job offers compared to pre-COVID
The terms that job seekers value in employment offers has changed dramatically in 2020. Learn what top talent cares about now compared to pre-COVID. Hint: Office perks are not high on the list.
How To Close A Job Candidate Without Paying More
Losing an incredible job candidate late in the interview process can be gut-wrenching. To help avoid this outcome, we’ve compiled a list of helpful tips for hiring managers. Raising the compensation is not included.
Finding Your Dream Job Requires Collaboration
recruitAbility recruiting manager Scott Beardsley has 30+ years of experience in the recruiting industry. He breaks down what he considers to be the most important ingredient of a successful job search.
Applying Lessons In Archery To The Recruiting Industry
recruitAbility VP of Operations Richard Fusco shares the many lessons that he’s learned in archery that he has applied to his career in the recruiting industry.
Stand Out As An Applicant With A Custom Presentation
The competition for each available job is incredibly high right now. Learn one way to stand out from other applicants, according to our recruiting manager Scott Beardsley.
Virtual Hiring Catching On Quickly
recruitAbility CEO Nad Elias explains why the virtual interview process is here to stay. Leading companies from around the U.S. are innovating to access larger pools of talent and to save money in the process.
Stay or go? Evaluating job opportunities during COVID
When there’s economic uncertainty, people tend to become more risk averse. This leads to less job movement. But there are plenty of reasons why it makes sense to keep your mind open to new opportunities even in times like these.
recruitAbility’s Most-Read Articles From Q2 2020
Last quarter felt like it lasted a lifetime. We tried to help people sort through the economic fallout with some helpful content on finding jobs, negotiation, and more. Check out our most-read posts.
Why Companies Should Emphasize People Analytics
People analytics is a growing trend in human resources. Learn how we emphasize this important practice and why LinkedIn identified people analytics as one of the four biggest trends in their annual talent report.
Recognizing The ABJ 2020 Best Places To Work Winners
We want to recognize the other winners of Austin Business Journal’s 2020 Best Places To Work competition. We’re honored and humbled to be joined by such a distinguished and innovative group of companies.
recruitAbility ranks No. 1 on Austin Business Journal’s 2020 Best Places to Work
The Austin Business Journal recently announced its annual list of the Best Places to Work in Austin, and recruitAbility ranks No. 1 overall in the micro category.
A Scientific Way To Ask For A Raise Or Promotion
A new Wall Street Journal article says that the best way to ask for a raise or a promotion is first to consider three specific questions. We examine those questions and offer additional advice.
How The Owner Of El Arroyo Approaches New Hires
Serial entrepreneur Ellis Winstanley joined the recruitAbility podcast, “Nothing’s Sacred,” and shared the criteria he uses whenever he evaluates job candidates.
“Nothing’s Sacred” Episode 3: El Arroyo owner Ellis Winstanley
On this episode of recruitAbility’s “Nothing’s Sacred” podcast, we speak to El Arroyo owner Ellis Winstanley, a serial entrepreneur who is now getting into the hand sanitizer business.
Explaining past employers on your resume
There’s a right way and wrong way to explain past employers on your resume. Our recruiting manager Scott Beardsley offers some tips and advice for how to approach this.
Employee Spotlight: CEO Nad Elias
Learn about recruitAbility CEO Nad Elias, a proud UT alum who has spent his entire career in the recruiting industry. Nad explains why he loves his job, and he offers some sage advice to companies and candidates that are trying to get ahead during COVID.
How To Approach Compensation For Remote Workers
Companies who are making a permanent move to remote work are wrestling with the question of how to adjust their remote employees’ salaries. We examine how to approach compensation for distributed workforces.
Anatomy Of A Good Resume
Over the years, we’ve seen thousands of resumes for hundreds of job types. We’ve boiled down our observations into the following takeaways.
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.
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.
Q&A With VP of Operations Richard Fusco
Everything Austin Apartments recently published a Q&A with our VP of Operations Richard Fusco. Learn more about his charity work and more.
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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