Category: Recruiting Trends

Staffing Difficulties in the Post-Pandemic World

What becomes of an employment market when a nation’s longest-lasting economic boom cycle collides with a global pandemic? Confusion and chaos reign, with organizations and industries struggling to make sense of hiring conditions and how to improve employee retention. Small to midsize companies with more modest human resource departments can be especially vulnerable to employment...
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What is Technical Recruiting and Is It a Good Career Choice?

Technical Recruiting as a Good Career Choice If you identify as a person with excellent communication skills, a strong curiosity streak, and have knowledge of technical career fields, then becoming a technical recruiter could be a good career choice.  What is a technical recruiter?  A technical recruiter is a recruiter who specifically looks for talent...
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How a Recruiting Company Can Help You Fill a Job Faster

As an employer, sifting through the numerous applicants received for every open position can be exceedingly challenging. Not just because it takes time and effort above and beyond a hiring manager’s normal set of responsibilities (though, of course it does). The challenges of hiring in today’s market are greater than in recent memory. How, when,...
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Are All Hires Now Purple Squirrels? Recruiting in a 0% Unemployment Market

  From the Desk of Jason Hochstein, Director of Talent Acquisition at Brightwing Your firm just got hit with a great job req (.NET Developer? Corporate Accountant? Quality Engineer? You pick!), and it’s a client you can’t afford to disappoint. Only problem is, every trick up your sleeve and tool in your shed may not…

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