Best Practices for Holiday Hiring As the saying goes, Timing is Everything. This is extremely true in the recruiting industry. If you’re a client looking to reach headcount with your annual budget, the best time to find a candidate is …
Understanding Millennial Employees
Best Practices for your working Millennials Before we pick apart my generation of millennials, let’s set the facts straight. Individual human beings, rather than generations, are what make up a workforce. Having said that, there are clear cut characteristics that …
Landing the Perfect Candidate
Five Questions to Land the Perfect Candidate. Let’s look at five questions we ask our clients in order to source for the perfect candidate. Working with a Recruiting Firm such as Crawford Thomas Recruiting has become essential to finding the …
Are You Asking The Best Interview Questions?
Best Interview Questions: A Guide from Client to Candidate. When it comes to hiring new talent, developing an efficient, respectful, streamlined interview process is critical. Unfortunately, this is easier said than done. Having a list of random interview questions …
5 Recruiting Practices that Produce Great Employees
Recruiting today is harder than it’s ever been before. While job seekers are prevalent and well-qualified, the actual act of recruiting has become more challenging thanks to complex, cross-disciplinary job positions and the rapid formation of new company sectors. Luckily, …
Interviewing 101: How Employees Can Talk About Failure During the Recruiting Process
During most recruiting interviews, the recruiter asks a question like “Tell me about your largest failure,” or “Tell me about your biggest weakness.” While most well-intentioned candidates answer with something like “My biggest failure is that I’m too loyal to the …
3 Things Chicago Headhunters Don’t Care About Anymore
Recruiting has undergone some serious change in the last several years. Today, Chicago headhunters care less about some of the old standbys of recruiting and are focusing more on skills and qualities that help candidates succeed in challenging positions in …
When to Hire a Headhunter
For many companies, the decision about when to hire a headhunter is a difficult one. For companies who haven’t worked with headhunters before, the entire process can be confusing and many companies miss the telltale signs that they really do …
“The Exploding Offer”: What it is and How it Hurts Recruiting
Something’s going on in the world of recruiting. Thanks to the ever-increasing pressure recruiters are feeling to hire top talent in an ultra-competitive marketplace, HR departments and employers are starting to use a sneaky tactic to get people to come …
The Five Best Job-Seeking Tips from Headhunters
Job hunting has always been difficult. Between finding positions that look appealing to meeting with potential employers, there are dozens of things that present a potential roadblock to would-be employees looking for a position they love. Fortunately, headhunters know a …