We’ve had a very busy Q1 which has led to many sales positions for which we are actively sourcing right now. Hence, sourcing is foremost on our minds. We are not part of the “anti-online job boards” crowd. We actually find the boards to be quite efficient and effective for finding strong sales candidates. Our approach incorporates other channels simultaneously to broaden our candidate pool, but the boards should not be ignored. That being said, there is a critical piece of information to placing ads that should be maintained. Titles equal opens, plain and simple. I know this fact isn’t a revelation, but many companies still ignore it. We have… Read More
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Great news from Yahoo! Health – Salmon and Coffee – for Ultimate Brain Power: Listen up! Your morning cup of coffee and dinner delight can help sharpen your memory.…Researchers from the University of Innsbruck in Austria used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to examine the brain activity of people working on a memory task. The volunteers were tested twice, once after receiving the caffeine equivalent of about two cups of coffee, and once without any caffeine. Caffeine improved the memory skills and reactions times of the volunteers. In addition, caffeine increased brain activity in two locations-the memory-rich frontal lobe and the attention-controlling anterior cingulum. Without caffeine, there was no increase… Read More
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The opening line from a sales employment ad placed by a recruiter (edited to remove industry) : Must come from _____ Sales Related To ____ Products Manufacturing! Please, only do this if your primary goal is to recycle mediocrity from your industry. Remember, this is the opening line with their bolded text -the only bolded text in the ad. There are plenty of recruiters who dabble in sales positions and it shows. This ad is a cut and paste job from a typical internal job description. Unfortunately, someone pasted twice so the description is listed twice in the ad. Nonetheless, it is far more effective to list the intrinsic traits and transferable… Read More
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