Recruiting For The Christmas Purple Squirrel Candidate

by Henry Glickel | Category: Article

Posted on Monday December 21, 2020 at 03:06:12 PM

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As we look ahead to the night before Christmas, we can't let another year pass without sharing this simple delight of a recruiter's take on the night before Christmas for the fourth year in a row! Recruiting For The Christmas Purple Squirrel Candidate ‘Twas two days before Christmas, when all through the recruiting arena, The recruiters had bolted left the office faster than cheetahs;   The placement and invoices had all been submitted, On the searches that had been completed;   All the candidate start dates had been established and confirmed, The staff’s thoughts of starting a new search unconcerned;   So I sat at my desk to read a recruiter training session, I was looking forward to honing my profession;   I got jolted when the phone rang; My ringtone had startled me with a cling and a clang;   I looked at the phone with some wonder, I saw the area code read North Pole not the land from down under;   I answered the phone,...

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5 Virtual Interview Questions We Were Asking Before COVID-19

by Henry Glickel | Category: Article

Posted on Friday October 31, 2020 at 03:42:14 PM

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Virtual interviews amid COVID-19 have taken many of us by surprise... they're not so easy after all! From technology troubleshooting to asking questions that really help your understand your candidate's skill set and behavioral norms to best fit an open role, virtual interviewing is something we're all working to improve at. One of the fastest ways to make your virtual interview a better process and lead to a successful outcome? Ask the right questions!  Maybe years before COVID-19 arrived, our team at Sales Recruiters was conducting virtual interviews as part of a standard screening process for candidate selection. When it comes to flopped interviews that have dogs barking in the background and internet connections that just kept dropping, we've seen our share of virtual interview whoas. While there are a lot of aspects of a virtual interview you can't control when meeting with potential candidates, the one thing you can control is being prepared... prepared with questions that...

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11 Experience Telling Interview Questions

by Henry Glickel | Category: Article

Posted on Friday September 11, 2020 at 08:41:05 AM

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When it comes to hiring, asking the right questions in an interview is vital. While hearing about a candidate's job history, education, and skill credentials are important, it could be argued that the most important information you need to make a right hire is hearing how they previously have handled certain experiences. Everything from how did you handle a co-worker trying to start a competition among sales reps to what happens when a client you thought was going to sign says they are working with a competitor? After 100+ years of combined recruitment experience, Sales Recruiters has put together a few of our most asked questions to gather more insight into how each candidate handles an experience in the workplace.  A client calls and says it is urgent that he speaks to your boss. However, your boss has told you he is in a meeting and cannot be disturbed. What would you do? Or share an example of a time this happened in your current role.  A co-worker of yours frequently...

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