How am I doing in my job? It's that time of year for many 📅 – performance reviews along with those awkward “career counseling” lunch meetings. How much do they actually help employees though? Performance reviews 📃 have been a staple of the workplace for decades, but their effectiveness has been called into question in recent years. A study by Gallup found that [...]
Is the white font technique the ultimate solution to get past ATS software and land your dream job? First – what is “white fonting”? This is the practice of placing keywords in the white spaces of a resume in a white font so they are not visible to the human eye, but they can be picked up by an ATS. This practice is [...]
Jump Start Your Career! 📈 Looking for ideas and angles to get ahead of the pack & advance your career? According to recent studies, 78% of professionals are looking to boost their careers this year. But where do you start? Let’s look at some ideas. 📈 1️⃣ Embrace Lifelong Learning 📚 Continuous learning is the key to staying relevant and adaptable in the [...]
🌟 Is the interview process starting to feel like an endless maze? 🤔 Stories are (once again) popping up about overextended hiring processes. A candidate told me this week about being in step 8 😮of an interview process wondering if they should withdraw. Sorry – with 30 years of recruiting experience - I feel pretty comfortable saying that any interview process that’s 8 [...]
Ready for your offer? 💼💸 You’ve made it down to the final stages of interview for what you believe is your dream job! Everything is pointing towards a great match – and then – you get a lowball offer. Ugh. Before you write this one off, let's explore how you can be prepared and handle it with confidence. 📉 First, it's crucial to [...]
A healthy mind and body are key ingredients for a successful and fulfilling career. There’s no doubt about that It's time to put your well-being first! Here are some science-backed tips to help you thrive at work: 1️⃣ Move your body! Yea I’m a gym rat but we all know that incorporating physical activity into your daily routine can increase productivity, reduce stress, [...]
📢🤪 We’ve got a new workplace buzzword. Wondering who dreams all these up? 🌪️ Let me introduce "resenteeism" to your work vocabulary! 🙅♂️📅 According to a recent article in AllWork.Space, this bothersome phenomenon has been irking employees in 2023. It seems that the era of presenteeism (as discussed in a previous post, showing up physically but mentally checked out) has evolved into a [...]
Another week. Another new workplace term. Here's one delivered to us courtesy of Chat GPT and AI: "Chatfishing". Now - here's the story behind it. Since AI became the greatest thing since, well, sliced bread, we hear nothing but buzz from peers, colleagues, and headlines. People are keen to shed their most drudgerous duties and assign them to a robot. That was the [...]
As we move further into the future, the need for upskilling and reskilling in the workforce becomes increasingly important. In 2023, we are faced with the reality of a #warfortalent, where employers are competing for a limited pool of skilled workers. This is where upskilling and reskilling come in - not only do they benefit employees in their career growth, but they also [...]
How can we use AI to predict turnover in our workforce? The HR folks are now saying that AI-based “predictive attrition” tools could help predict who is going to quit their job in the very near future. These kinds of tools analyze data points such as public salary information, turnover rates in a specific field or role, economic trends, and more to forecast [...]