Getting the Right Job Offers - on Auto-Pilot.

You’ve submitted your resume to every major recruiter in the industry, and you’re being referred to positions that just don’t meet your minimum salary requirements. Add to this, you were hoping to find job growth, so that you could continue moving up the ladder, and position yourself for upward mobility in your new job. Again and again, you hear from the staffing specialists that you just don’t have the job stability the company is looking for, or your salary history doesn’t coincide with the salary you’re applying for. It can all be completely overwhelming to a job seeker, unless you arm yourself with the knowledge and the tools, to know what to expect on the job hunt.

This article is for those individuals who are looking to make their next career move, but may have changed jobs a little too frequently to have (what recruiters refer to) a stable work history. What is the secret to getting the right job offers, completely on auto-pilot?

First of all, let’s discuss the reasons recruiters turn away the average job seeker, and focus the majority of their attention on placing candidates that earn more than $100,000 per year. Secondly, we’ll talk about alternatives to the traditional recruiting services, that can handle the footwork associated with any job search, so you won’t have to. Finally, we’ll move on to show what you can do to ensure you have more than 5000 staffing specialists working for YOU - to find you your target job.

To a professional recruiter or talent acquisition professional, the “average job seeker” is not an area they choose to work with. Since a high percentage of recruiters work on contingency, or on straight commission to be paid only IF they place the candidate who is actually hired, it behooves them to focus on those job seekers who earn the largest salaries. After all, 25 - 30% of the candidate’s first years annual salary, at $100,000 is a lot more than the candidate who earns $25,000 per year. So, when you are in what is termed “the working class,” you will find that many recruiters will not find the time to work with you.

So what can a job seeker do to have a professional running searches for them, and assist them in finding their next career move? There are Staffing Specialists who offer their search and placement services for all income levels, and offer complimentary registration for job seekers to get started. Registered job seekers can expect to be contacted via email, when a job opens that matches their parameters. At that point, it is up to the candidate to decide whether or not to move forward in the process. This system creates a win-win for all parties involved, because the job seeker is able to put their job search process on auto-pilot, and the professional search is conducted in such a way, that it does not interrupt the job seeker’s day to day activities.

For those job hunters who need to make a change immediately, they can sign up for the “Fast Track” service, and expect to receive expedited service. When a job seeker registers for the “Fast Track” option, they will have more than 5000 staffing specialists working to find them their next career move. The job offers presented to the candidate are high quality, and the process enables the job seeker to focus on his or her other responsibilities.

Regardless of whether you are considering a change of employers, or actively looking, isn’t it time that you put your search on auto-pilot? Put the numbers and the quality of job offers in your favor.  For more information, visit http://www.SterlingProfessions.com.

How Recruiters Cut Their Work Time by More than 25%.

Article Title: How recruiters cut their work time by more than 25%
Author Byline: Peggy McKee - VP of Sales & Marketing at Interview on Demand, LLC
Author Website: http://www.interview-on-demand.com

A customer hires quite a lot of employees every month (~ 20 per month). The in-house recruiter sorts through the resumes —-narrows down to 100 candidates that seem relevant to the positions. Then calls all 100 candidates on the phone. Not all answer the call or even return the call. But he spends approximately 50 hours per month talking with candidates on the phone (screening down to a final number that he sees in person). Because he hires for a facility, he is setting up a interview room off of the front entrance.

Now instead of calling those 100 candidates (and spending an average of 30 minutes on the phone with those that he actually engages), he is going to invite them to take a video job interview at his site. All he needs is a computer, with a webcam and high speed internet. Done! So now instead of spending time on the phone he can actually “see and hear” his candidates answer his interview questions! This means that the candidates that he is able to screen down to invite for an actual face to face are even more qualified than before and he saved countless hours talking with candidates that weren’t qualified. Oh - and because they have to come to the facility to take the video interview, they are much more interested in his position (or they would not have made the trip,)

He can, also, have an intro video that brands his company and the position for them to view! Key attributes of the Video Job Interview that will really provide value to his organization:

1. Completely standardized questions.
2. He can share the interviews with the hiring managers - they can help decide what candidates make the cut. This means that the hiring manager has greater buy in on the final candidates (and we all know that this is important).
3. The time and energy that he saves can be utilized to find new ways to recruit….(maybe he can start recruiting in another geography (using the Video Job Interview). He can see candidates that are interested in his position (will relocate themselves to his city) using TiVo for hiring!
4. Like he said, now he can pursue on-campus recruiting without being on campus!

If you are interested is finding out how Interview on Demand can help you save time, money, and make better quality hires, please give me a call at (800) 881-4557.

-Author Peggy McKee, VP Sales & Marketing at Interview on Demand, LLC. Interview on Demand is a leading provider of video job interviews and career video products that serve recruiters, employers, and jobseekers in the hiring process.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

Social Networking

I wanted to share another useful article I found about Social Networking.  If you spend anytime in the recruiting arena, social networking is becoming THE way to communicate with prospective hiring managers and candidates.

Enjoy -

Christina Archer

www.SterlingProfessions.com

Article Title:  Social Networking
Author Byline:  Gene Leshinsky
Author Website: http://www.boston-technical-recruiter.com

I just came across a recruiter who participates in 90 social networks. I thought to myself “Am I missing something?” So I accepted an invitation from Hi5. I briefly investigated the interface and found it to be identical to Facebook. The kinds of questions that the background asks are very telling of the kind of site you are entering. I also received an inappropriate email before I even had a chance to look around.

Facebook and Myspace are about the same in terms of their professional orientation. Both are geared much more towards the personal lives of people rather then the work related. LinkedIn on the other hand is strictly professional although lately it has been copying some features from Facebook such as “what are you doing now” feature.

People who switch from LinkedIn to Facebook are making a horrific mistake. Both sites have their uses but the search function on Facebook is very underdeveloped, even more so then LinkedIn. Thee two sites are vastly different in purpose and cannot be used interchangeably. While you can find good professionals on Facebook and Myspace, it is much easier to do this on LinkedIn.

The beauty of LinkedIn is that it is a professional network and it will lose much if it becomes anything like Facebook or Myspace. So how many social networks are too many? I have MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn, Hi5, and RecruitingBlog. Should I get more? The connections I have on LinkedIn are more then enough in terms of professional links while Facebook lets me keep tabs on friends. I only have so much time in a day when I’m not on the phone to upkeep my networks and even reply to all the LinkedIn invites is becoming an activity I do once or twice a week.

LinkedIn, Facebook, and Myspace are a must to have while everything else is a “nice to have”.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

Career Coaching Needs to Stop…..When!

I hope everyone is having a great weekend.  I found another great article I wanted to share with my recruiting team.  Enjoy….

Christina Archer
www.SterlingProfessions.com

Article Title: Career Coaching Needs to Stop…..When!
Author Byline: Marilyn J. Tellez, M.A.
Author Website: http://doitnowcareercoach.info

Career Coaching Needs to Stop…….When…..

Here are my ideas from my side of the desk as a career coach.

1. The person the coach is working with doesn’t do the necessary work on him/herself to find a reasonable job goal.

2. The coachee lies.

3. The coach also lies.

4. The person being coached, changes goals many times.

5. Payment for services is haphazard.

6. Mutual trust in each other fails.

7. Appointments for services are missed without explanation.

8. The coachee looks for other advice, frequently, without informing the coach.

9. Personalities begin to clash.

10. Any other conflict, which makes a positive outcome for the coaching process debatable.

11. All work in the process of being and receiving coaching services are built on positive feelings and mutual, friendly regard. The real work is understood to be in finding a good job, no excuses allowed on either side.

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

Recruiter to Recruiter Talk: The Bogus “Informational Interview”

I wanted to share a great article with you from a colleague. Enjoy!

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Sincerely,
Christina D. Archer
SterlingProfessions.com Career Search
www.sterlingprofessions.com
Office Email: christinaarcher@sterlingprofessions.com
Personal Email: christina.d.archer@gmail.com
Google IM: christina.d.archer
Switchboard: 641.715.3800, ext. 537502
Fax: 206.337.1178

Find your next job with a professional organization that puts over 5000 staffing specialists to work for you! Employers, gain resume access and post your jobs now. To complete a free registration, visit our website, at http://www.sterlingprofessions.com.

Join our Staffing Team, and work from home. Visit our hiring site, at http://tinyurl.com/2qeda6.

Article Title: The Bogus “Informational Interview”
Author Byline: America’s #1 Recruiter
Author Website: http://www.tonybeshara.com/tips/informational-interview/

Here’s one example of the phony advice being offered to new graduates and other first time job seekers: “pursue ‘informational interviews’ as a way to expose yourself to an organization.” Supposedly, employers are willing to accommodate a fact-finding interview, an “informational interview,” even if they do not have an open position.

Take my advice: most business people do not have time for informational interviews. Perhaps, if you have a personal connection – maybe through your parents or friends – then it could happen. The reality, however, is that these interviews are rarely seen.

More importantly, informational interviews are a waste of your time. You want to be talking to, and interviewing with, people that can hire you. Focus on talking to hiring authorities that actually have “pain” to hire somebody. Find someone who needs to hire somebody like you, and I will teach you how to be the “somebody” they need to hire.

I’m going to be straight with you about these topics. You can believe me now, or you can believe me later, after you’ve missed out on several opportunities. I’m not right because I’ve placed 7,000 candidates in my career; I’m right because early in my career I missed out on hundreds of others and learned from my mistakes. There are no tricks or shortcuts to finding a job; there is a process. It is a repetitive process that has to be rehearsed and executed until successful. Don’t waste your time, or a prospective employer’s, on “informational interviews.” Let’s go find a job!

Ask for personal advice from Tony, the #1 recruiter
according to the industry’s leading journal, The Fordyce Letter : https://www.tonybeshara.com/asktony/

Article courtesy of the Recruiting Blogswap, a content exchange service sponsored by CollegeRecruiter.com, a leading site for college students looking for internships and recent graduates searching for entry level jobs and other career opportunities.

How to get more job offers than you ever thought possible.

Have you turned on the TV or radio today?  If you have, you’ve undoubtedly been inundated with messages about the sad state of the economy, the high unemployment rates, and the housing market slump.  It’s a pretty sour message, if you ask me.

Are you someone who views the glass as "half full" or "half empty?"  Our reality is based our our personal decision to view things in a certain way.  The same holds true when you are contemplating beginning your next job search.

Regardless of whether the global economy is up or down, there are ALWAYS going to be companies out there who are in need of quality help.  Sure, there may be more competition for that same job, if many professionals are out of work; but this doesn’t mean that you won’t be the one selected for the prestigious position.

Today, let’s discuss the job search strategies you can embrace, that will set you apart from your competition, and enable you to be holding more quality job offers than you ever thought possible. 

1.  Rethink your current Resume.  If you look at your resume, and it’s just a bunch of facts about your work history, without any spice, pithy catch phrases, or something that will make a prospective employer turn their head - it’s time to revise.  *Don’t apply for any positions or even submit your resume to a recruiter, until this step is completed.

2.  When you are ready to begin submitting your resume, you must write individual cover letters, that are customized for each individual position you are interested in applying for.  NEVER use a form cover letter.  You want to set yourself apart from the average "joe."

3.  Never send out a resume to a blind email address or fax number.  If a company name is provided, you must call and find out the name of the hiring manager, so that you may follow up your submissions with a personal phone call or note.  Trust me, this is a step that seperates the "wheat from the chaff."  Yes, it may take you some time to do the name sourcing, or finding out the name of the hiring manager, but it is well worth your time and energy. 

4.  Create a spreadsheet or keep track of your submissions and progress in a notebook.  It’s imperative that you have the ability to track your efforts, and if you’re not selected, find out exactly why, so you can address this in future application efforts.

5.  When interviewing, prepare, prepare, prepare.  Know everything there is to know about the company you are interviewing with.  There’s nothing more personally satisfying during an interview, that knowing as much as your interviewer. 

6.  If all of these steps seem overwhelming to you, find a quality recruiting or staffing organization, that will effectively manage your career, and assist you over the long term, in moving up the ladder today….and in your future employment changes.

It really doesn’t matter what state the economy and job market is in, if you take the steps necessary to ensure you are the candidate that receives the job offer.  Remember, you have the power to create your destiny - so start demonstrating your expert prowess, and make that career move!

Until next time - Here’s to your success.

Sincerely,
Christina D. Archer
SterlingProfessions.com Career Search
www.sterlingprofessions.com
Google IM:  christina.d.archer
Switchboard:  641.715.3800, ext. 537502
Fax:  206.337.1178

Find your next job with a professional organization that puts over 5000 staffing specialists to work for you!  Employers, gain resume access and post your jobs now.  To complete a free registration, visit our website, at http://www.sterlingprofessions.com.

Join our Staffing Team, and work from home.  Visit our hiring site, at http://tinyurl.com/2qeda6.

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Finding Superior Job Leads

It’s no suprise to learn, all job boards and career classifieds - are not created equal.  From the standpoint of the employer, who’s looking to find top notch talent among their prospective new hires, a job board must proactively seek to register active and passive candidates who are the best of the best.  When you’re a job seeker, or considering the possibilities for your next planned career move, it’s important to take a serious look at exactly what a job board or career network, can do for YOU.

If you’re considering registering as a job seeker with a recruiting agency, job board, or even submitting your resume to an employer, directly, here’s some important information you must consider.

1. Job boards should offer job seeker services to enhance and expedite the employment placement process.
2. For the job seeker, who must make an immediate change, the career board should offer a low cost, premium "representation" service, to ensure the active seeker is being consisently presented for positions that match the candidate’s target job.
3. Is your resume posted to a job board that contracts more than 5000 staffing specialists, who work on creating your perfect employment match?  If not, it’s time to greatly increase your odds of quality job offers, by joining a network that does.
4. Does your job network offer employment opportunities with 100K and up salaries, as well as entry level positions, across all industries?  Are they bringing on new employment opportunities daily?  When you work with a progressive job network, you can expect to receive a great deal of interaction through email and telephone, from the referrals of employer partners.  Word of mouth, and personal recommendations go a long way in developing successful business relationships.
5. A quality job board offers job seekers career management services, which effectively keep the candidate on track to continue moving up the ladder; every two to three years.

As you can see, not all job boards are created equal.  Employers looking to hire a new employee, or a job seeker looking for their next employer, must be selective, and choose a performing job network, that will make creating the employer - candidate match - seemless.

Until next time - Have a great day!

Christina Archer
http://www.sterlingprofessions.com

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Here we Grow AGAIN!! Staffing Specialist Trainees Wanted: work from home!

Work from home Opportunity

Begin your new career in the staffing industry as a Job Agent. You’ll earn a generous commission for matching up qualified job seekers to their target position. You’ll work from your home office, or anywhere you wish where you have internet access.

The ideal candidate will have the ability to follow a work plan on a daily basis, set and meet goals, be customer service oriented, and have the ability to follow-through on all tasks. Part time or full time schedules available.

For immediate consideration, visit our website, at www.sterlingprofessions.com,, and click on “Staffing Specialist” under Income Opportunities.

This is a real work from home job, and NO INVESTMENT is required.

NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE.

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Guerilla Warfare Tactics for the Successful Job Seeker.

You feel like you’ve reached the top rung of the ladder with your current employer, and in order to continue the professional growth you want, a company change is on the horizon. As hesitant as you are about going into “full job seeker mode,” you understand that you are in charge of the direction your career takes. Did you realize that you can take a fully automated and systematic approach to your job hunt, that can cut your efforts in half?

Let’s discuss how you can effectively automate your job search process, and how you can keep the matter completely confidential from your current employer. We’ll also look at some basic systems you can put in place, to facilitate a successful search. Finally, we’ll discuss the benefits of a business relationship with a recruiting firm, regardless of your field or industry.

When you think of automating a task, you generally think of that task being accomplished with minimal effort on your part. You are currently working your full time job, so you have to be set up for efficiency before you can be automated. Here are the steps necessary to set yourself up for a successful and confidential job search:

<li>set up a free email account with Yahoo or Gmail, so your employer can not browse through communications with prospective hiring managers in your work email account.</li>
<li>get an internet based fax service, like <a href=”http://www.sterlingprofessions.com/Rapidfax”>RapidFax</a>, that allows employers to fax documents to you, that will be delivered to your designated email account.</li>
<li>have a voice mail set up, exclusively for hiring managers to call. This prevents being contacted on your cell phone during business hours, when your within earshot of supervisors and co-workers.</li>
<li>go to a major job board with tons of open positions and set up a search, that will send results to your email daily. For job boards specializing in 100K+ jobs, <a href=”http://www.sterlingprofessions.com/SixFigureJobs”>click here.</a> For widely used job board that offers positions in all fields and industries, <a href=”http://www.sterlingprofessions.com/Beyond”>click here.</a></li>

Now that you’ve taken a few hours to set up the search process, it’s time to create the systematic approach to pursuing your next job. First of all, you’re going to make sure your resume is fully updated, and saved to your home computer. If you want information about creating a new resume, <a href=”http://www.sterlingprofessions.com/MakeResume”>click here.</a>

With that done, you’re ready to check your email daily for your search results and submit your resume as appropriate. Be sure to check your email regularly, for faxed and emailed documents from prospective employers. You can expect to invest an average of one to two hours per evening viewing new job matches and following up.

There is an alternative to engaging all of your time and energy into the job hunt, and outsourcing the entire process to a quality recruiting or career search firm. Sure, you will still need to have your private email, internet fax, and voice mail set up; but they will handle all of the rest on your behalf. The firm finds your job matches, submits your resume, follows up, negotiates your compensation package, and allows you to continue taking care of your current job. Most, if not all of the services provided by the recruiting company are free to candidates.

When you find it’s time to begin looking for your next career move, remember your best secret weapons are automation, systems, and the assistance of a reputable career search organization.

The Evolution of Career Search

When I originally got into recruiting, I was told that I was to put the clients first, and the candidates second!  Imagine that, without the job seekers and career-minded individuals I have the pleasure to work with on a day to day basis, the employers would never need recruiters to begin with.  That’s what I love about working with SterlingProfessions Career Search.

Unlike other recruiting companies or search firms, SterlingProfessions is a "candidate-focused" company, that offers 100% complimentary services to our registered job seekers.  Other companies charge fees, and basically use you until they get you placed so they can collect their commission…..and then you’ll never hear from them again.

SterlingProfessions Career Search embraces the "reverse-placement" method, because quite honestly, we are able to work with some of the top caliber candidates in every industry we represent.  We’re not interested in working with people who just want to find a job and disappear, either!  Our goal is to develop long term relationships, so that we can effectively assist our candidates in the job changes they make today, in two years, in four years, etc. 

If you’re interested in signing up to be a "Sterling Candidate," visit our web site, at http://www.sterlingprofessions.com.

Thanks for reading, and have a successful day!

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