Toronto recruiter

Unsuccessful hiring is arguably the biggest problem in business today, and getting the upper hand in the war on talent is increasingly challenging. As part of the blog series, Hire Wisdom: The 12 Keys to Successful Hiring, I will dissect Key #2: Generate Referrals. Many of the most successful businesses are built on word-of-mouth, with the most effective referrals coming from trusted and well-informed sources.

IQ PARTNERS’ Senior Partner Randy Quarin was recently interviewed by the Globe and Mail for one of their Editors’ Picks on job hunting in the selfie era. The article discusses how the industry has changed and what is currently changing in the recruiting game, such as video interviews and the use of LinkedIn and other social media sites. You can read the full article here:

Last year, my colleague Carly-Anne Fairlie wrote Top 5 Myths About Headhunters/Recruiters, where she deconstructed popular myths held by job seekers about working with a headhunter. In this blog, I will look at the issue from a client’s point of view, tackling some preconceived notions (some true, some not) about working with headhunters.

You’ve just signed a top tier employee to your team; you’ve interviewed and negotiated salary and checked references and completed the background check, so your work is done, right? Wrong. Once the employment agreement is signed, your work is not over.

By Bruce Powell Job candidates often ask us how much information they should disclose to their headhunter. Should they say who else they’re interviewing with? What other recruiters they’re working with? Should they reveal their…

  This might be obvious for most people, but you would be surprised at the number of people that treat their LinkedIn profiles like Facebook. LinkedIn is a social network, so I can understand why…

Back in September 2012, LinkedIn introduced endorsements, touting that, “with just one click, you can now endorse your connections for a skill they’ve listed on their profile or recommend one they haven’t added yet”. Now that we’ve seen it in practice, does this feature deliver value to the LinkedIn user, either as endorser or endorsee? Is it becoming a professional popularity contest or is there validity to endorsing or being endorsed? As heavy LinkedIn users, our recruitment professionals weigh in below.

2012 has come and gone but there were some great blogs that we don’t want to leave behind. Here are our top 5 blogs from last year. 1. Top 5 Myths About Headhunters/Recruiters  We’ve all heard…

By Judy Sheridan Toronto-based Operations Manager  Most of us rely on email as one of our primary communication tools, and given the number of messages we send and receive, we do it with remarkable success….