This article reveals seven opportunities recruiters are using now to add more value to their clients and candidates and make more placements with less effort. Using simple technologies like video and new sourcing tools, top recruiters are getting more productive. Each opportunity is presented in the context of a typical recruiting process.   New Job Order Intake Job order intake is where recruiters have the first call with the hiring manager. We need to cull out the real search criteria that will help us, source candidates. We also need to know the top end of the salary range, work author ..read more

Best Interview Questions To Ask Candidates By Michael R. Neece, CEO, InterviewMastery.com   This article gives hiring teams, interviewers, recruiters, and hiring managers the best questions to ask in an interview to evaluate candidates.  Every hour of every business day in the USA, 2.7 million job interviews take place, and interviewers continue to make the same mistakes by asking common interview questions.   Job interviewers are critical business meetings where interviewers must gather information to predict the future job performance of a stranger that they’ve meet with for 4 ..read more

Best questions for job seekers to ask employers during interviews By Michael R. Neece, CEO, InterviewMastery.com   This article gives job seekers the best questions to ask in an interview for a job. These job interview questions and answers have been used and proven to be effective by thousands of job seekers who have won their dream jobs using these unique interview questions to ask employers and interviewers.   Interviewers ask common interview questions, but these job interview questions are for you to ask interviewers. These questions to ask during an interview will impress your ..read more

Recruiters and interviewers assess candidates for the demands of specific positions and team fit. This post gives recruiters and hiring teams the best interview questions to ask candidates during an interview. Try using these questions whether you use video interviews, phone interviews, or in-person interviews. The job of the full life cycle recruiter (corporate or agency) is to: Recruit the right candidates Ask the candidates’ compensation requirements Ask interview questions to assess talents Ask interview questions evaluate organizational fit The importance of the questions you ask c ..read more

by Michael R. Neece, CEO InterviewMastery.com Behavioral Event Interviews (BEI) and STAR interviews are widely believed to be the best interview format to identify top talent for a specific job. In practice, BEI questions often screen out top talent. This article reveals ten (10) ways behavioral interviews fail to select the best candidates. BEI Questions Alone: Interviewers falsely believe that just asking BEI questions makes them skilled at gathering evidence and accurately assessing candidate talents. The Wrong Questions: Most interviewers are unskilled and unprepared to ask the right BEI ..read more

Here are 5 “VIDEO RESUME” tips for job seekers and 3rd party recruiters, so you create an awesome video resume. TikTok recently started promoting video resumes as a way to apply to video job openings posted on TikTok. This continues the wider use of video in the recruiting process. Companies are beginning to request a video resume with the traditional resume document. This emerging trend will soon become the norm and affects both candidates and 3rd party recruiters. Several years ago, companies began using video interviewing apps that record a candidate’s responses for 3-5 screening questions ..read more

The “2021 Hiring Tips Series” was launched a couple of weeks ago so recruiters and hiring teams can improve the hiring process. Each day I post a 30-second video giving you 3 more hiring tips covering interviewing, hiring process, and technology tips gathered from thousands of hiring teams, recruiters, and talent acquisition leaders. This video blog gives you 9 tips #19 thru #27 in a single 90-second video. You can also find the daily posts on the Interview Mastery channels for LinkedIn, Facebook, Youtube, and Instagram. You can also find them on my personal LinkedIn p ..read more

The “2021 Hiring Tips Series” was launched a couple of weeks ago so recruiters and hiring teams can improve the hiring process. Each day I post a 30-second video giving you 3 more hiring tips covering interviewing, hiring process, and technology tips gathered from thousands of hiring teams, recruiters, and talent acquisition leaders. This video blog gives you tips #10 thru #18 in a single 90-second video. You can also find the daily posts on the Interview Mastery channels for LinkedIn, Facebook, Youtube, and Instagram. You can also find them on my personal LinkedIn pro ..read more

Coordination Of People And Information Hiring involves the coordination of work activities among many participants (HR, hiring teams, 3rd-party vendors), as documents and data flow through the hiring process. Documents and data include job descriptions, resumes, interview feedback, background checks, references, and offers.   Making improvements can seem overwhelming with so many moving parts. This brief article reveals how to reduce complexity and significantly increase the speed and quality of hiring while reducing costs and increasing recruiting productivity.   Simplifying complex ..read more

The “2021 Hiring Tips Series” launched last week so recruiters and hiring teams can improve the hiring process. Each day I post a 30-second video giving you 3 more hiring tips covering interviewing, hiring process, and technology tips gathered from thousands of hiring teams, recruiters, and talent acquisition leaders. This video blog gives you the first nine (9) tips in a single 90-second video. You can also find the daily posts on the Interview Mastery channels for LinkedIn, Facebook, Youtube, and Instagram. You can also find them on my personal LinkedIn profile and Instagram page. Best ..read more