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Category Archives: Recruiting

• 3 Steps for Recruiters to Align Job Descriptions with MOS

  We discussed how transitioning military should civilianize their resumes so recruiters can better understand what they do. But what are we recruiters doing to meet them in the middle? Most of the time we ask vets and transitioning military members to come 90% of the way and th… more

• One Size Doesn’t Fit All

  Engage your audience is a frequent battle cry of marketers. Many organizations start pumping out content thinking that this will be engaging. Content is engaging if it provides value to an audience. Unfortunately many don’t understand their audience before pumping out the co… more

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  Job Descriptions: Devil Is In the Detail

  The idiom "the devil is in the detail" refers to a catch or mysterious element hidden in the details. Recruiting has many components, but the one component that every recruiter deals with is the job description. Recently, I came across several job descriptions for a company in… more

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  Tapping the Veteran IT Talent Pool

  The hiring process can be painful for both organizations seeking talent and individual job seekers. Gaps in common skills and language are typically cited as reasons for veteran hiring initiatives. It’s also agreed by most experts that of the military skill set, Information Tec… more

• Candidate Experience: Which Candidate

  Thanks to several programs and general awareness a focus in recruiting now is the candidate experience. While this is all good, we have to remember that not all candidates are created equal. In the candidate experience the focus has been placed on when the candidate enters the… more