Forget Finding the PERFECT Candidate!
Instead, create the PERFECT job for the candidate you love. Most clients who are looking to fill a role start with a job description: these are the skills I am looking for, [...]
The Telltale Signs of a Bad Hire
I believe in having a sixth sense, spidey senses, a gut feeling. Whatever you want to call it, I think intuition is real and it’s an important part of the hiring process. [...]
The Revolving Door
Some businesses, including a few real estate teams, are notorious for having a revolving door when it comes to staff. As an outsider, I am often privy to a little inside [...]
The Perfect Employee
Meet Darla. Darla is early every morning and arrives with perfectly hot, fresh Starbucks for her favourite manager. She is impeccably dressed in head to toe Prada, despite a middle income [...]
Rejecting Resumes
If you’re not getting a lot of calls, there could be a good reason. You have seven seconds to get a hiring manager’s attention with your resume or see it end [...]
On Whose Terms?
Attitude counts for a lot in job searching. Employment relationships, like all relationships, usually come with expectations from both sides. Sometimes, realtors or managers have a sense of entitlement, proclaiming that [...]
Is There Value in Using a Recruiter?
The short answer is: yes. You’re probably thinking: “Well, of course Ghaz thinks there is value in using a recruiter. He IS a recruiter!” That is a perfectly well reasoned and [...]
A Hiring Success Story
It’s a happy day for everyone when things work out. Placing staff in new positions is fraught: we always want the best possible fit for both the client and the candidate and [...]
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 [...]