Tag Archives: Qualified Candidates

The 10 Best Soft Skills for Workplaces

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The Best Workplace Soft Skills for Professionals Hard skills and soft skills are two distinct categories of abilities that play important roles in the workplace. While hard skills (aka technical skills) are measurable, job-specific abilities, soft skills are interpersonal traits or behavioral characteristics that relate to a person’s ability to work effectively with others and adapt to various situations. Important soft skills include communication prowess, teamwork, adaptability, and problem-solving, which are transferable across different jobs and industries. If you need …
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The Undeniable Value of Candidate Retention

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Maximize Your Candidate Pipeline’s Potential As the search for qualified talent only becomes more competitive in the modern job market, building long-term relationships with high-quality candidates should be the cornerstone of your recruitment strategy. When you build a candidate pipeline, simply identifying people fit for future roles isn’t enough. Maintaining a relationship with them is also crucial for your organization’s long-term success and favorable employee retention rates. This concept, known as candidate retention, is becoming increasingly important as companies recognize …
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Creating an Impeccable Candidate Journey

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Creating an Impeccable Candidate Journey Studies show that a positive candidate experience makes employees more than three times likely to be satisfied with their future job and feel connected at work. This makes treating them well from the job seeker stage an important part of your hiring process. By investing in your employee’s happiness even before they sign an employment agreement, you set the foundation for higher retention and engagement. So how do you make a great candidate journey? Creating …
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The Most Wanted Job Candidate Qualities

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The Most Wanted Qualities in Job Candidates In an ever-evolving recruitment landscape, employers are looking for above average job candidate qualities. This means there are more than just technical skills desired in their search for new talent. While industry knowledge and expertise are still important, many companies are seeking more “balanced” candidates who can navigate workplaces with finesse. These individuals possess a blend of interpersonal, leadership, and problem-solving abilities that set them apart from the crowd. If you’re aiming to …
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How a Strong Brand Improves Employee Loyalty: 3 Reasons Why

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While a strong brand is crucial in attracting top talent, its influence extends far beyond recruitment. A strong employer brand can play a pivotal role in employee retention, reducing turnover and helping companies maintain a committed workforce. Excellent branding also creates loyal employees, a positive work environment, and increases the rate of employee satisfaction in your ranks. Today we will talk about how maximizing the employee experience through positive branding can build employee loyalty, reduce turnover rates, increase engagement, which …
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How Employer Branding Influences Talent Acquisition

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How Employer Branding Influences Talent Acquisition To attract the most qualified candidates, organizations can’t just sell a job—but they must also sell a culture, mission, and a vision. This makes employer branding a critical factor in attracting top talent and ensuring long-term employee retention. No longer are adequate salaries and benefits enough, but a definitive employer branding strategy is essential to build a foundation of trust to increase the likelihood of candidates being interested in working with you. But how …
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How to Attract Qualified Candidates: 10 Effective Ways to Do It

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How to Attract Qualified Candidates: Getting the Right Job Seekers In today’s competitive job market, it’s more crucial than ever to attract qualified candidates. Organizations must go beyond traditional recruitment methods to draw top talent. Incorporating recruitment research into the hiring process is just one way employers are identifying and sourcing qualified candidates whom they can call. But this is just one part of the journey to onboard the right candidates. Identifying qualified candidates is just half the battle. After …
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Do You Have a Solid Recruiting Strategy?

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Do you have a solid recruiting strategy? Companies that have healthy hiring and retention rates typically have an effective recruiting strategy, a positive company culture, and good employer branding. All these attributes take time to build and perfect but are worth the time and effort. If you don’t have a recruiting strategy right now, it’s important to define one to maximize your recruitment efforts. Every recruiting strategy can look different based on your organization’s size, market, location, budget, and level …
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What is Fintech Recruitment?

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What is Fintech Recruitment? Fintech recruitment refers to the process of sourcing, attracting, and hiring financial technology candidates. Fintech talent utilize finance and technology to create innovative solutions for financial services, such as facilitating digital payments, blockchain, online lending, and investment platforms. This type of executive search recruitment process requires a tailored approach that combines industry expertise and an understanding of the unique cultural and technological landscape of the financial technology sector. To identify the best talent for fintech, it’s …
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Recruiters vs. Headhunters: What’s the Difference?

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Recruiters vs. Headhunters When you need to fill a role, who do you call: a recruiter, head hunter, or recruitment researcher? In the executive search world, organizations can access various services to recruit qualified job candidates. Each role has value and its place depending on an organization’s hiring needs. In this sphere, recruiters and head hunters have some attributes in common but some key differences. It’s not uncommon to see the terms “recruiters” and “headhunters” used interchangeably too, which causes …
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How We Identified C-level Candidates: A Candidate Sourcing Case Study

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In Q3 of 2024, our research Team conducted a confidential search and development of C-level candidates to replace an incumbent executive. This was a multi-step research project that required a lot of discretion and close communication with the client. Objective Our goal was to identify and develop a list of candidates who were capable of and interested in replacing an incumbent CISO’s position at a prominent company in the entertainment industry. Process This research and candidate sourcing project incorporated a …
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