Being part of candidate interviews is an important part of the recruiting process. Whether your client conducts the interviews or lets you take the reins, creating an interview checklist helps you better prepare.
When you picture the future of recruitment, what do you see? Will you have high-tech recruitment agency software that instantly searches the whole population to find candidates for you? Maybe you’ll have less work as people are replaced by robots. Perhaps, you’ll start recruiting human-like robots. Of course, no one
Top Echelon is pleased to announce the release of its third annual State of the Recruiting Industry Report. The 2018 edition of the report is chock full of recruitment trends, including how recruiters communicate with clients and candidates, why candidates are turning down offers, and how recruiters are successful. At
After you collect applications and resumes for a position, the next step is to conduct telephone interviews. Phone interviews are short interviews used to screen candidates. They can help you determine which candidates you should further interview or send on to your client. Doing phone interviews prevents you from wasting
LinkedIn is a great place to find passive candidates. You can easily see each person’s skills, education, and work experience. With some simple searching, you can find people who match your open job orders. After you find a great potential candidate on LinkedIn, you’ll likely send them an InMail message
The first round of candidate interviews is good for shortlisting candidates. You can determine if a candidate has the basic qualifications your client is looking for. After the first interviews, you might call the best candidates back for a second interview to narrow down the candidate list even more. This
As a recruiter, you’re charged with sourcing talented individuals who are good fits for your clients. Failing to recruit the perfect fit can lead to high turnover rates. But before you start kicking yourself, it’s important to remember that some industries have more separations than others. Study turnover rates by
If you want to become a top executive recruiter, you need to know how to pick the best candidates to send your clients. And to do that, you need to ask the best executive interview questions. But with thousands of executive interview questions available, how can you pick the right
Finding great candidates for your clients is a must. You likely collect applications, scour the web to source candidates, screen resumes, and interview top candidates. Interviewing is a crucial step. It can help you sort out the bad fits from the good. By interviewing candidates, you can make sure you
You need to make sure your candidates can pay attention to the small things. This is especially important if you are recruiting candidates for a detail-oriented position. For example, accountants, lawyers, and editors all need a high level of attention to detail. You can assess a candidate’s attention to detail
