Two Sides to Every Story
For every sob story, there’s always another point of view. As a recruiter, I often hear when things go wrong in their employment situations. Even people I won’t be placing tend to [...]
Hire Slow and Fire Fast
Keeping in mind that not EVERY situation is the same, this rule is pretty well tried and true. One of the biggest mistakes we find that our clients have made in recruitment—before [...]
The Importance of LinkedIn for Your Personal Brand
Not only do you need a LinkedIn page but it needs to look über-professional! LinkedIn is the ultimate digital networking tool and you don’t need to be an entrepreneur to leverage the [...]
Interview Skills Matter – Or, How I Totally Bombed My Job Interview as a Receptionist
I was 17 years old and trying to pay for my university tuition when I started working at an answering service. I answered calls for many real estate offices and paged agents—the [...]
Recruiter Bashing is Common but is it Fair?
While doing a little networking the other day on LinkedIn, I saw yet another post decrying the ‘sleazy recruiter’. The writer went to some lengths to paint ALL recruiters as being lying, [...]
Recruitment Is All About the Business of Relationships
In this day and age, client relations and courtship are so important. Your presence and the way you carry yourself in a conversation say a lot about you and the way [...]
Working From Home
I love working from home. It means that I can care for my family while continuing to serve clients around the clock. As a nursing mom, this work-life choice makes everything so [...]
Employers Look at Social Media Profiles Whether You Like It Or Not
Your resume is no longer just the pages that you submit. More and more, we find clients dismissing candidate submissions because of candidate’s Facebook or LinkedIn profiles. Facebook images of you getting [...]
Should You Hire a Contractor or an Employee?
Know the difference to avoid a run-in with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)! When a realtor is looking to hire a candidate, one of the most frequently asked questions I get is [...]
Are Real Estate Assistant Salaries Inflated?
One of the hardest parts of my job is the negotiation of a candidate’s salary. My commission is not dependent on how much they are paid, so there are no personal [...]