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Hey, Recruiters! Be Your Candidate's Biggest Cheerleader
You’ve spoken to the hiring manager and have posted the new position. You know who the ideal candidate is and the market data is saying what you’re looking is probably the mythical purple squirrel. BUT...
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The Art of Building Real Relationships with Virtual People
When I started recruiting a little over 10 years ago, I always looked forward to meeting candidates in person as they arrived for interviews. It was mostly curiosity, but I also wanted them to feel...
View Article25 Interview Questions to Help You Hire for the Age of Value-Based Healthcare
Ages come and pass, leaving memories that fade to legend. Legends become myth, and even myth is soon buried. In one Age, called the Age of Quality, a swift wind billowed in the cliffs of healthcare....
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Answering Today’s Recruiting Challenges: “Pick up the Phone!”
The 2013 Recruiting Trends Conference was held on October 24-25 in Las Vegas, Nevada; along with a number of recruiters, sourcers, talent acquisition managers and other recruitment professionals, I was...
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4 MUSTS for Creating & Curating Social Media Content
There are few things less intimidating than the blank page. That diabolical blinking cursor, bent on destroying your will—blink, blink, blink… The whiteness of the blank page is terrifying,...
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Let’s Get Rural: 5 Tips for Sourcing Talent in Isolated Areas
As sourcing techniques become more sophisticated with new and innovative methods of finding people online—for instance, Sourcing Meetup Groups, x-ray searching social networks and leveraging list...
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6 Reasons We Must “Listen” to Our Candidates!
Humans of New York is a fascinating Facebook page. Photographer Brandon Stanton travels around New York City snapping pictures of the people he encounters and inserts brief quotes with each shot he...
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Like Dessert, Don’t Over-Indulge on Social Media
As the saying goes, “Less is more,” usually proves to be true in all areas in life—over-spending during a shopping spree, indulgent dinners, dessert and… recruiting via social media? Logically, they...
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Simple Mistakes, Lasting Impact: 5 Social Recruiting Blunders
Today, social recruiting is at the forefront of recruiting and acquiring top talent. From sourcing on Facebook to using Twitter hashtags to locate candidates, social media is truly a never-ending...
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The Blueprint for Crafting Your Professional Development Plan
Some of the smartest people I know are naturally curious folks who resourcefully build their own developmental plans. Oftentimes, leaders and employees are mistaken in thinking that, if they want to...
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HR Tech 2014: 4 Trends Disrupting the Industry
After the whirlwind that was the 2014 HR Technology Conference & Expo, everyone is likely back from Las Vegas to their corners of the working world. If you were unable to attend, or even if you did...
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Applying the Scientific Method to Recruiting
Many people think of science as this nebulous concept whereby things are explained and laws are created. To me, science is much more accessible and doable – in fact, I think we are all scientists who...
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Diversity & Inclusion in 2015: Moving from “Why” to “How”
In 2014, one talent acquisition and talent management theme among many has taken center stage: diversity and inclusion. Major IT companies found themselves releasing their diversity demographics and...
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The Little Things That Make You A Better Recruiter
There is a lot of information out there claiming to tell you what you need to be a good recruiter – things like: Confidence! Marketing skills! Fearlessness. Technology… Some of them are so generic...
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What Type of Recruiter Are You? The Geology Edition
This post was written by Katie Marks and is cross-posted from ERE.net. You might already be thinking: “Geology? And … recruiting?” I hear you, but bear with me while I describe my fascination with...
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Why Recruiters Should Embrace Employee Referrals as an Integral Part of...
Lou Adler, CEO and founder of the training and search firm The Adler Group, developed what is known as the 20:40:40 rule. This rule states that 40% of recruiter submittals should come from networked...
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5 Simple Photography Tips to Enhance Recruitment Marketing
Recruitment marketing on social media really comes down to one thing: telling a good story about your company’s culture. Many companies struggle to make themselves look appealing on social media. I...
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Early Career Advice for New Professionals
As a newly minted Interviewing Specialist, there are several things I have learned that apply not only to my role, but to all professionals who are fresh to the workforce. Here are a few practical...
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Yes, Recruitment is a Career
If you are like most people, you remember your first day on the job. You were probably excited. Maybe a bit nervous. Few people knew you, and trust had to be earned no matter where you had come from....
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The Five A’s of Becoming an A-List Recruiter
How does a new recruiter become an “A-list” recruiter? This thought is on the minds of many who are just beginning their recruitment careers. I have spent more than ten years as a recruiter, with the...
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All That Jazz: 4 Things Recruiters Can Learn From Musical Theatre
As theatre lovers know, there’s nothing as amazing as a musical (1). Art forms like musical and non-musical theatre, movies and literature encourage the gamut of human emotions so that the audience...
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Purposefully Picky: Choosing Cream of the Crop Candidates
When you buy fruit from the grocery or local market, chances are you take a close look at each piece before placing it in your cart. Not because you are super picky, necessarily, but because you want...
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Why Recruiters Should Help Candidates Polish Their CVs
Although I am no longer working within operational recruitment, I love this industry and remain a part of it. To this day, people ask me for help with their CVs, or whether I know anyone in a company...
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Diamonds in the Rough: Look Beyond Resumes to Find the Perfect Fit
Picture this: A group of miners venturing into a dark cave, equipped with only their pickaxes, helmets and a strong desire to do the work. They each have a mission to find valuable mineral deposits....
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Getting Ahead in RPO: A How-To Guide for Interested Recruiters
So, you are a great agency recruiter with an amazing network of clients and candidates, but you really want to take your career up a notch and move into the dynamic world of Recruitment Process...
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3 Ways to Uncover a Candidate’s Soft Skills in a Phone Interview
During the interview process, recruiters and hiring managers look for certain requirements to be met. We evaluate levels of experience and skill, looking to find the best candidates for our open...
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21 Questions You Should Ask to Find the Best Candidates
If you were to jot down a list of moments that make or break candidates, the interview almost certainly makes your top three. The interview is where a sheet of paper becomes a personality, stated...
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National Healthcare Recruiter Day 2016: A Note of Appreciation
What does National Healthcare Recruiter Day mean to you? Depending on your role within healthcare, it might mean any number of things. Today, healthcare recruiters are needed more than ever to support...
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Why RPO Recruiting is Good for Your Career
I suspect many career-minded people share my paralyzing fear of making the wrong career choices. More than most, recruiters are particularly prone to self-analysis about their careers and their career...
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Celebrating Social Media Day 2016
Today marks the seventh annual celebration of Social Media Day. As a Recruitment Process Outsourcing company, Cielo takes this day to recognize the many ways social media affects the recruitment...
View Article10 Outstanding Qualities of RPO Recruiters
In Cielo’s Talent Acquisition 360 research, we found that consistently hiring the best people available is the number one talent acquisition priority for C-level executives and business unit leaders...
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Making Hiring Managers Your Raving Fans
Organizations continue to solve for the candidate-driven job market through a strategic focus on their employer brand and candidate experience. But your company’s ability to successfully recruit top...
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7 Reasons Why Being a Recruiter is Downright Awesome
If you’re in recruiting, my guess is you didn't grow up seeking to join the profession (I sure didn't). Like most youths with stars in their eyes, you probably dreamed of space travel, dancing, acting,...
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Gen WHY?
Baby boomers. Gen X. Gen Y. Gen Z. It is rare that a day goes by in employer branding without the generational speak. We’ve all seen the stats: “53% of hiring managers say it’s difficult to hire and...
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Celebrating Healthcare Quality Week 2016
Cielo is celebrating Healthcare Quality Week by highlighting the work our recruiters do every day to find quality talent for our healthcare clients. We are firm believers that better talent results in...
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Most Musicians are Not Prince, and Neither are Most Recruiters
Prince had expertise. Recently, the world lost Prince. The late musical icon was a multitalented singer, songwriter and producer who could play the guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, piano and several...
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WE BECOME YOU: Cielo Recruiters Share Their Stories
One of the principles we are most proud of here at Cielo is WE BECOME YOU™ – our total-immersion approach to serving our clients. This philosophy guides each of our partnerships, directing us to...
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5 Ways to Jump-start Your Career
We all have goals we want to achieve in our careers. We make plans and have the best intentions to stick with them, but it’s all too easy to slip back into bad habits. Here are a few pointers to help...
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Put Maintaining a Work-Life Balance on Your To Do List
Just like every other recruiter I know, recruiting does not make up my entire life. But sometimes it sure does feel like it! I mean, I do have other things going on – I’m a wife, mother, and let’s not...
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Embracing Technology, Working Smarter: Recruiting Then vs. Now
It must seem like an eternity ago to some of my co-workers, but I started in recruitment back in 2004. I was a raw (and young) graduate with bags full of passion and determination to succeed. Believe...
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National Healthcare Recruiter Day 2017: A Note of Appreciation
What does National Healthcare Recruiter Day mean to you? Depending on your role within healthcare, it might mean any number of things. Today, healthcare recruiters are needed more than ever to support...
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"Come from Away" Takeaways: Lessons for Recruiters
As I made clear in my previous post, I love musical theatre. So, with this year’s Tony Awards having recently been handed out, I wanted to take a moment to reflect on a new show that is incredibly...
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How Do We Make Job Interviews Better? Ask Better Questions
For all the criticism aimed at the job interview process (like here, here and here), we in the hiring field lack a viable, practicable alternative. The march to find talent is closing ranks, so we...
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5 Recruiting Lessons from Classic Animated Movies
Animated movies are just the best, aren’t they? They always have the perfect array of color and song, and never fail to impart a meaningful life lesson hidden inside a storyline that fills you with...
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Cielo Employees Forge Their Own Path to Success
Cielo offers many paths to success, and plenty of opportunity for you to own that success. Whether you are in one of our offices, working remotely, or stationed on-site with a client, you will flourish...
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Career Advice for Recruiters – From a Recruiter
I was asked to participate, along with my colleague Amy Krenzke, in a recent panel discussion hosted by the Association for Talent Development’s (ATD) Southeastern Wisconsin chapter. Not knowing much...
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5 Things Nobody Tells You About Being a Recruiter
So you’ve been thinking about switching careers and recruitment looks like a pretty neat option, eh? You’ve done some basic phone interviews in previous roles, and heck, a recruiter even helped you...
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