An indispensable tool for any professional is the elevator pitch. However, developing and delivering the perfect elevator pitch is easier said than done. This is why the question, “What do you do?” is often answered with stammering.
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A common warning when updating a resume is this: avoid listing gaps in your employment history. This is said because recruiters and employers can quickly flag time lapses between jobs. If inundated with applications or pressed for time, they may disregard qualified candidates after making split-second observations. But large numbers of exceptional job seekers want to re-enter their career fields after spending time away for good reasons.
As someone earnestly looking for work, how can you make the most of your brief resume introduction by giving a truthful representation of your experience?
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Everything about recruiting seems to point to it getting easier. There are myriad tools to connect to candidates via social networks, your job gets cross-posted by job boards and scraped by aggregators to sites across the web, and ATS systems and other technologies are no longer a complete disaster. But why does it seem like your job is harder?
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You are sure to experience change in the workplace, regardless of your occupation. Modifications to management, technology, procedures, expectations, policies, and even company culture take place all the time. However, humans have a common, natural instinct to resist change.
Unwillingness to be flexible and adapt may prohibit or derail career advancement. You can become a valuable asset to any company by showing a willingness to embrace change.
Here are some ways to market yourself as a person who sees change as an opportunity for innovation.
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During the interview process, job-seekers typically bear the burden of communication. However, when it comes time to make an offer, it is important to know that employers share responsibility for communicating effectively with their candidates.
As an employer, the job offer provides a vital opportunity for you to woo your top choice applicants and sell your company as a great place to work.
Here are some ways to relay the open position with clarity, enthusiasm, and professionalism so you can bring your favourite candidate aboard and start the employer-employee relationship off right.
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Starting a new role can be very exciting, but also very stressful. New hires need to adjust to so much and to take in so much information in a very short period of time. Just ask anyone who has recently started a new role – it can be exhausting and overwhelming! Help reduce some of the stress and ambiguity for your new hire by being very mindful of the orientation process. Here are 5 ways to make sure your new hire feels welcome…
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For most of its existence, the resume has been a pretty limited medium. Job seekers use a fairly standard format to describe their education, experience and accomplishments on a page or two. There was a time and place where typing words on a page was the best way to communicate information. That day is over.
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I like my insurance broker. I also like my banker and my attorney. There are many parts of my life that I rely on experts to help. In essence, I outsource some of my work and rely on their expertise to filter out the noise and help me make better decisions in those parts of my life. So it’s somewhat of a curiosity that people choose to “go it alone” so often in respect to their careers. The trusted counsel of a professional executive recruiter with experience and contacts in the industry is a must-have for executives.
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In partnership with the University of Winnipeg, Pinnacle would like to congratulate this year’s recipients of the Pinnacle Staffing Opportunity scholarships. Two scholarships each year go to support Aboriginal students, young people from war-affected countries, or Winnipeggers from inner-city neighbourhoods who are striving for excellence, both academically
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