Recruiting Career Advice
You May Be an Ideal Fit for a Talent Recruiting Career
Talent recruitment is a fulfilling, financially rewarding, and sought-after career choice. If you have ever wondered whether your background lends itself to this industry, we have answers that might surprise you. The short answer could be a resounding yes, and better yet, the field is wide open to professionals with a business-owner mindset. There’s…
Innovate or Stagnate: The Importance of Creativity in Talent Recruiting
Recruiting top talent is a critical process for any organization to successfully identify, attract, and hire the right people to help the organization achieve its goals. But with today’s highly competitive job and hiring markets, standing out from the competition is a growing challenge. The stagnation is causing talent shortages in key positions. This…
5 Questions to Ask During Your Job Interview
Let’s assume you are in a job interview for a position that you are extremely excited about. First, congratulations on landing the interview! Now, imagine that your conversation with the hiring manager, HR director, or other company official is flowing smoothly and everything is going great. Then, toward the end of the interview, after key…
Is Working Remotely Good for Your Mental Health?
Asking if remote work is good for mental health is a debatable question, depending on who you ask. Corporate professionals, mental health experts, and remote workers themselves have vastly different answers and the reasons behind them are many – even within the same sets of people. Is there a generally accepted opinion or research study…
Top 5 Ways to Attract the Best Talent
Is your company struggling to bring in top talent? If so, you’re not alone. The hiring and job markets have been extremely competitive and may remain so for the foreseeable future. To experience solid success in talent acquisition, today’s hiring managers and executives must differentiate themselves and their brands from their competitors. This is…
It’s Time to Get Back to Basics in Hospitality Industry Recruiting
In our post-pandemic world, the hospitality sector has clearly not settled back in as of the first quarter of 2023. Steep challenges lay ahead in hotel management and restaurant management, particularly around talent acquisition and retention. However, I remain confident in the proven, tried-and-true ways of doing business in the hospitality industry that have kept…
How to Create a Winning Candidate Experience
When recruiting and hiring job candidates in today’s environment, it has become critically important for hiring companies to prioritize job seekers’ experiences with your organization. Creating a great candidate experience should be a top priority for all companies. It not only makes the recruitment process more efficient and successful, but it also builds a positive brand image by exposing a company culture of care and professionalism. In this blog post, we’ll look at how…
This Women’s History Month, Let’s All Help to Move the Mark
Women’s History Month is a time to recognize the extraordinary accomplishments of women throughout American history and the labor movement. It is a time to celebrate our nation of heroes and all that women have contributed to society, here and abroad. Just as important, it is a time to join in and act to create…
Top 5 Things to Look for When Hiring a Cannabis Executive
The cannabis business is an emerging marketplace that is going through a reshaping of the way business is conducted. This is based on a combination of dynamics, both internal and external, that need to be recognized and addressed in a company’s general behavior. Internal examples of things driving change: More, bigger, and better competition A…
5 Job Posting Tips from a Social Media Perspective
As social media manager for Goodwin Recruiting, I tend to observe online job postings in a different way – a platform-specific way. It’s important that job postings include the right details about an open position, but to successfully attract and motivate potential candidates through social media, it’s also essential to post a job in a…
