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10 Recruiting Strategies To Attract Passive Job Seekers
How can an employer attract passive job seekers? To help employers during the recruiting process, we asked HR managers and small business CEO’s this question for their best advice. From crafting attractive job postings to attending industry events, there are several...
5 Hacks to Nail Your Interview and remain Calm, Cool, and Collected!
You prepare, you practice, you are the perfect fit, but what if you let your nerves get the best of you? You want to muster everything inside of you to be calm, so why is that you feel like your sweating, your heart is racing and that you have forgotten the smallest...
Ushering in a Fresh Start
It’s the dawn of the new season, the days are longer, the sun is brighter and the air is fresher. For kids, spending endless days adrift sprinkle their thoughts. For adults, working career moms and entrepreneurs, it’s thanked God, the days are longer! I...
10 Ways to Vet a Candidate
What is your favorite way to vet a candidate? To help find good ways to vet a candidate, we asked HR experts and business leaders this question for their best tactics. From checking their references to asking the right kind of questions in their interviews, there are...
8 answers to “Why are you the Best Candidate for this Position?”
Why are you the best candidate for the job? Among a long list of common interview questions, this interview question may be the most important. Hiring managers, recruiters, and CEOs expect you to sell yourself and explain how you can be an asset—easier said than done....
IDK…
Rarely am I put into a situation where I cannot see things from a full 360-degree viewpoint. I tend to think, rehash, and then rethink every situation or concept that I want to initiate before I do so. Being a minority business owner the onus of having to know all the...
Candidates
What Makes You a Good Candidate for This Position? 11 Sample Answers
What is one way a candidate can effectively answer the interview question, "what makes you a good candidate for this position?" To help job seekers answer this interview question, we asked HR experts and business leaders this question for their best advice. From...
5 Hacks to Nail Your Interview and remain Calm, Cool, and Collected!
You prepare, you practice, you are the perfect fit, but what if you let your nerves get the best of you? You want to muster everything inside of you to be calm, so why is that you feel like your sweating, your heart is racing and that you have forgotten the smallest...
Ushering in a Fresh Start
It’s the dawn of the new season, the days are longer, the sun is brighter and the air is fresher. For kids, spending endless days adrift sprinkle their thoughts. For adults, working career moms and entrepreneurs, it’s thanked God, the days are longer! I...
7 Internal Candidate Interview Questions You Should Be Asking
What is one interview question to consider asking an internal candidate? Why? To help you interview an internal candidate, we asked human resource specialists and business managers this question for their best interview questions. From uncovering unknown skills to...
10 Ways to Vet a Candidate
What is your favorite way to vet a candidate? To help find good ways to vet a candidate, we asked HR experts and business leaders this question for their best tactics. From checking their references to asking the right kind of questions in their interviews, there are...
8 answers to “Why are you the Best Candidate for this Position?”
Why are you the best candidate for the job? Among a long list of common interview questions, this interview question may be the most important. Hiring managers, recruiters, and CEOs expect you to sell yourself and explain how you can be an asset—easier said than done....
Recruiters
10 Recruiting Strategies To Attract Passive Job Seekers
How can an employer attract passive job seekers? To help employers during the recruiting process, we asked HR managers and small business CEO’s this question for their best advice. From crafting attractive job postings to attending industry events, there are several...
10 Synonyms to “I am confident I would be a great candidate.”
Interviews are your chance to make a strong impression on a company. It is your moment to show off your skills and knowledge. But we often find ourselves using the same terms as everyone else while trying to stand out.
13 Great Personal Development Goals for Work
It can be difficult to think beyond the bounds of your everyday duties on the job, but there is a huge benefit to setting and executing personal development goals with regard to work. The more you invest in yourself as a professional, the greater your chances of advancing your career through your newfound skills or knowledge.
Diversity Series Part 1: What’s Your Favorite Food?
With everything that has happened over the last few weeks, I thought about the above concept, as colleagues and media outlets contacted me to gain perspective on the diversity conversation. They wanted to know how hiring practices would be affected as we move forward from the ash and rumble of the riots.
8 Cost-Effective Recruiting Strategies for Small Business
In light of the current pandemic, many small businesses are adjusting their budgets weekly. They can cut out frivolities, but companies are looking for creative ways to stretch their money. Eight business leaders explain how their business is executing a cost-effective recruiting strategy.
Ten Tips to Identify the Right Recruiter for You.
Finding the right recruiter can be like looking for a needle in a haystack. Here are a few clues to help you identify a recruiter that will assist you with a new career opportunity.
Employers
10 Recruiting Strategies To Attract Passive Job Seekers
How can an employer attract passive job seekers? To help employers during the recruiting process, we asked HR managers and small business CEO’s this question for their best advice. From crafting attractive job postings to attending industry events, there are several...
10 Things To Do When Offboarding an Employee
What is one thing you should do when offboarding an employee? To help HR professionals during the employee offboarding process, we asked HR experts and business leaders this question for their best advice. From conducting exit interviews to setting up knowledge...
What to do when there are no job advancement opportunities.
What should you do if there are no job advancement opportunities in your current role? To help you with figuring out your next steps if there are no advancements in your current role, we asked business leaders and HR experts this question for their best advice. From...
While the political climate may subside a bit soon, your company staff plans for 2021 may still be a hot button.
Got to imagine that the on-going issues affecting us all - the political climate, racial and diversity issues, the pandemic, etc., has had and still is impacting how we conduct ourselves in business. A recent Morning Consult research report noted: More than 70%...
Candidate interview questions hiring managers should ask
In order to ensure that you are hiring the right candidate, you need to do an excellent job recruiting, vetting candidates and of course, conducting in-depth interviews. In fact, some companies are known for putting their candidates through rigorous interviews with several employees to make sure they are the perfect fit for the position.
Survivor’s Guilt
Survivor’s Guilt pertains to how an employee may feel after a massive layoff has occurred. With all of the transitioning that has been caused by the pandemic, I wanted to provide a few scenarios and tips of how to help those move forward after colleagues have been left behind.
Our Story
The Story of vCandidates.com.
Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would have launched a career platform when I began my career in the recruiting industry. I grew tired of being in the entertainment industry and wanted my sons to be proud of what I do for a living.
How vCandidates.com Flips the Script on Passive Job Seekers and Recruiting.
For the sake of this post, “passive job seekers” are: 1. People who are employed and happy with their current positions or; 2. People who are working, but actively thinking about their next steps in their career.
Why I love helping people as “The Employment Therapist™”
Employment Therapist Definition: A nickname given to LT Ladino Bryson based on the wisdom, isms and anecdotes she has shared with candidates looking for career growth and clients to help bring light, knowledge and humor in what can be painful and confusing times...
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AZ Big Media Identifies vCandidates.com as One of the Top 20 Tech Start-Ups in Metro Phoenix.
We are thrilled to be named one of the Top 20 Tech Startups in Metro Phoenix by AZ Big Media.
2020 Best Tech Startups in Tempe
Tempe, Arizona. In doing our research, we considered several factors including but not limited to: Revenue potential Leadership team Brand/product traction Competitive landscape Additionally, all companies must be independent (un-acquired), privately owned, at most 10...
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