Category Archives: recruitment

If you saw the recent report by AMN Healthcare or if you are working in healthcare recruitment, chances are that you already know “healthcare employment surpassed the 16 million mark in 2018, making it the largest and fastest-growing industry in the US economy.” While this news is very positive for…

Diversity - it’s the buzzword of the decade. For every company making hiring decisions, there is a recruiter or hiring manager wondering if they’ve hit their diversity targets. For most companies, this is simply a box to be checked on a long to-do list. “Did we note in our job description that…

We’re always talking about how much we love Instagram. It’s a great digital space to promote company culture, offer links to new content and showcase design elements. It’s searchable, it can be used for pay-per-click recruitment marketing, it has a stories feature and now it has a carousel-style…

If you’ve been in recruitment long enough, you can probably remember a time when feedback was gathered purely at exit interviews or by anonymous survey reports. Today’s reviews are instantaneous and across multiple networks. Of course there are the overt ones like Facebook reviews, direct Tweets…

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has finally agreed to a crude oil production cut. This is GREAT news for oil recruiters. Why? Well, in other previous blogs our agency was happy about stabilization of the oil market, but now there is hope that the market will make a sharp…

The Winter breaks for kids are upon us, the holiday shopping is making you stressed, the roads are full of more traffic than usual, the end of year tasks are mounting…we hear you! The thing is, though our Winter task lists seem to have no end, there is one item you should make sure to accomplish.…

During the early Winter and holiday season, many candidates relax when it comes to job searching. A general malaise comes over them and they justify the lack of action with statements like, “I’ll start fresh in January!” However, there is a certain type of candidate that keeps searching during…

When we concept microsites for clients they are often initially confused by the term “microsite.” While micro implies small, small is not entirely the case when it comes to some sites. For instance, healthcare recruitment microsites or healthcare careers microsites as some would call them are meant…

It’s almost December and most of us are thinking about the holidays, but some stressed recruiters and companies are thinking about more pressing concerns. These concerns include general hiring shortages, but are particularly painful when it comes to hard-to-fill or upper level management positions…

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recently posted an article called Niche Job Sites Still Valuable as Legacy Boards Fade. We were very excited to read that article, because it confirms something we’ve long believed: niche jobs boards are more effective because they reach the right…