Here’s Where You Shouldn’t Go Wrong When Hiring IT Experts
Here’s a fact: Great talent is not abundant. Here’s another fact: Most companies are running after that same scarce talent. Yes, highly skilled candidates are hard to come by especially for technical...
View Article7 Mistakes Hiring Managers Make When Hiring IT Professionals
The information technology (IT) industry in the Philippines continues to grow. Along with this, are IT-enabled industries that embrace and depend on the power of technology. It is for this reason that...
View ArticleHow to Craft a Compelling Employer Brand in 9 Easy Steps
You are a car dealer and you are selling Mercedes cars. You’ve learned your friend Eddie wants to buy a new luxury car tomorrow. Yes, he wants to make the purchase tomorrow. Would it be smart to...
View ArticleHiring Lessons Every Recruiting Manager Needs to Learn from Google
Google is one of the most sought-after companies in the world. It has been ranked as the best company to work for more than a hundred times in past few years. Of course, getting in is no walk in the...
View Article12 Reasons to Date a Recruiter
I think we all know a recruiter in some way or another. I work with a lot of them, I have close friends from college who are also recruitment associates at executive search firms in Manila, and you...
View ArticleSysgen Philippines Marks Its 26th Year in the Staffing Industry
MAKATI, PHILIPPINES, February 18, 2017– Systems Generators (Sysgen) Philippines, Inc., the premier I.T. staffing and I.T. recruitment provider in the Philippines, is celebrating,26 years of best...
View Article8 Strategies to Land a Tech Job That Seems out of Reach
Have you ever tried checking out job postings and ended up frustrated? I have. The most frequent source of frustration when checking out job descriptions is the experience requirement. When you are new...
View Article7 Reasons Your Best Employees Are Leaving You
Every HR manager and C-suite executive know it is tough to hold on to good employees. What’s more challenging is that when you do make mistakes, the best ones are the firsts to go, because they have...
View Article4 Ways to Maximize Mobile Platforms and Tools for Sourcing and Recruiting
For marketers, advertisers, publishers, and human resource executives, mobile connectivity is a big deal. People are glued to their devices, day in and day out. Mobile is where our target audiences...
View ArticleTop Skills and Character Traits Recruiters Must Have in 2017
The recruitment industry is a fast-changing field. The dynamic relationship between recruiters and job seekers change exponentially as well. Today, candidates have been given more power in the hiring...
View ArticleShould You Hire for Cultural Fit over Competence?
A few days ago, I stumbled upon a video of Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh. It was a clip from an interview. In the video, Hsieh said that in Zappos, they would ‘fire those who don’t fit in their company...
View ArticleRecruiting Statistics to Guide HR Executives through 2017
The recruitment industry, in general, is a fast-changing field. Keeping up is not a walk in the park. Nevertheless, data is all we have to assess our industry practices, to understand megatrends, and...
View ArticleTalent Life Cycle 101: Talent Cannot Live Where There Is No Trust
It was Edith Hamilton, in her world-renowned classic Mythology: Timeless Tales of God and Heroes who said, “Love cannot live where there is no trust.” Guess what else cannot live without trust? You got...
View ArticleThe Fresh Grad’s Job Application Starter Kit
Congratulations to the grad-waiting students! You are now close to being free from nerve-racking recitations, lengthy papers, and torturous examinations. But of course, you will become unemployed and a...
View ArticleTalent Life Cycle 101: 4 Points to Consider When Assessing Candidates
This is the second part of our article series on talent life cycle. The first part of this series is “Talent Life Cycle 101: Talent Cannot Live Where There Is No Trust”. In the first part of this...
View ArticleTalent Life Cycle 101: How to Ace Your Onboarding Process
This article is part three of our article series on talent life cycle. You can find the links to the previous two articles at the bottom of this article. Did you know that 22% of employee turnover...
View ArticleHow Can Social Media Help You Land a Job?
In case you missed it, social media has become a key player in the job search process today. In the same way that Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Google+ allow job seekers to know more about...
View Article6 Reminders for A More Effective Job Hunt
Looking for a job can be intimidating. It’s daunting and it’s exhaustive. Preparing your job hunt kit alone requires tremendous diligence – researching about prospective employers, building a clear,...
View Article4 Thoughts to Think About Before Giving Up
Stares aimlessly at a blank document… Wait for it… Wait for it…! Crap. Nothing! How many times have you stared blankly at your computer screen with no idea what to do? Don’t dare say “never”, you...
View ArticleTalent Life Cycle 101: Fostering Growth Mindset in the Workplace
As an organization, we set goals and objectives so we can accomplish the overall business strategy and create and sustain a high-performance workforce. By employing an appropriate performance...
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