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Clients’ Employer Branding Impacts Recruiting Success
For independent recruiters, competing against large-scale agencies and internal talent acquisition teams can often feel daunting. That is why it is so critical to focus on your clients’ employer...
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Personal Branding: Standing Out in a Competitive Job Market
Personal branding is more important than ever. As the job landscape evolves and the number of qualified candidates grows, standing out becomes crucial. Personal branding is the practice of marketing...
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Q1 Hiring Outlook Remains Unchanged
Manpower Group has released its quarterly Employment Outlook Survey for Q1 2025. The net hiring outlook, which is the difference between employers planning to hire in the upcoming quarter (41%) and...
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Independent Recruiter Blog: Top Posts of 2024
This is the last post for 2024 as the Independent Recruiter Blog takes a hiatus until early January. Here is a recap of our most popular posts from this year: Watch Out for Job Scams on Facebook! —...
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Upskilling and Reskilling: Prepping for the Future
The future of work is rapidly evolving, and staying competitive in recruitment requires more than just connecting candidates with companies. Independent recruiters who thrive in this fast-changing...
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The Impact of Layoffs on the Recruiting Industry
There are promising signs of growth for the New Year, but not everyone can count on job stability heading into 2025. The closing months of 2024 brought further challenges for workers in certain...
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Humour and Effective Communication in Recruitment
Today’s guest blogger is Parvathy Krishnan of Cucumber Consultants in Hyderabad, India. Cucumber Consultants has core expertise in executive recruitment, with a focus on placing C-suite executives such...
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NPAworldwide Job Scam Alert
I have previously written about job scams on Facebook and how job seekers can protect themselves from falling victim to these scams. We have recently become aware of another NPAworldwide job scam and...
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Strategies for Managing a Multigenerational Workforce
Managing a multigenerational workforce is increasingly vital as organizations find themselves employing individuals from a broad age spectrum, ranging from Baby Boomers to Generation Z. Each generation...
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Exit Planning for Boutique Recruitment Firm Owners
Owning a boutique recruitment firm carries the weight of countless relationships, specialized knowledge, and considerable effort invested in building a thriving business. When the time comes to step...
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Recruiting in a Skills-Based Hiring Market
The hiring landscape is rapidly evolving, and as a recruiter, staying ahead of the curve is essential. One of the most significant shifts we’re seeing is the move toward skills-based hiring. Instead...
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Boutique Recruitment Firms and Digital Assets
I’ve written previously about the concept of digital sharecropping, which means creating content on platforms you don’t own. My favorite way to say it is “building on rented land.” In much the same way...
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The Importance of Professional Development for Recruiters
The ability to thrive as a professional recruiter requires more than just a good database and a knack for identifying talent. Professional development for recruiters is the linchpin that enables...
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Get Back on the Phone!
Today’s guest blogger is Jim Lyons, JD, CPC of LHI Executive Search in the New York City area. LHI is an investigative executive search & research outsourcing firm covering the information...
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Navigating the Talent Shift in a Post-Layoff Economy
The employment landscape is undergoing a seismic shift as mass layoffs ripple across industries like government, tech, and beyond. For recruiters, this presents both a challenge and an opportunity. On...
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The Future of Remote Recruiting: Strategies and Tools
The future of remote recruiting is poised to become an integral part of the hiring landscape, driven by advances in technology and shifting workforce dynamics. As companies continue to embrace remote...
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2025 HR Talent Trends and Strategies
Today’s guest blogger is Bill Benson with WilliamCharles Search Group located in Grand Rapids, MI. WilliamCharles is an executive search and professional recruiting firm specialized in finding...
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The 2025 Hiring Outlook for Automotive Industry Recruiters
As we move into 2025, the automotive industry sits at a fascinating crossroads—one shaped by rapid technological advancement, shifting consumer preferences, and global economic pressures. For...
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The Rise of the Superworker
2025 is shaping up to be a defining year. Political shifts, economic uncertainty, and a labor market transformed by AI adoption are collectively drawing a new blueprint for the future of work. While...
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The Technology Hiring Outlook for 2025
The 2025 technology hiring outlook reveals a recruitment landscape ripe with opportunity yet fraught with rapid change. Insights from Deloitte and Forbes highlight strong growth in tech hiring, driven...
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