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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...

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7 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...

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How 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...

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Hiring 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...

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12 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...

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Sysgen 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...

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8 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...

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7 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...

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4 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...

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Top 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...

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Should 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...

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Recruiting 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...

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Talent 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...

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The 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...

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Talent 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...

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Talent 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...

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How 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...

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6 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,...

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4 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...

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Talent 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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