Today’s digital environment requires you to polish your social media platforms even before thinking about applying for a job. Companies and staffing agencies use social media to aid in selecting staff. The best approach is to prepare yourself.  You can stand out with your intelligence, drive, ski...

Pre-employment tests are being conducted by many companies. These tests range from background tests, drug tests, and many other forms of online skill tests. We are noticing that the most used ones are online accounting assessments. A financial accounting test enables employers and recruiters to iden...

Recent projections from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics indicate that engineering jobs will grow 4% over the coming 8 years. We’ve noticed already that there has been a steady rise in the need for Electro-Mechanical Technicians. Electro-Mechanical Technicians work closely with electrical and mec...

There is a new trend in recruitment, which is to leverage social media to find candidates. As a result, hiring managers are now relying on social media to hire staff. There are various platforms where you can post a job online. Once you start receiving resumes the next step is to filter out who is [...

This week I attended a couple of networking events and the topic of what it means to be a leader came up at both events.  I thought I would share with you some of the key points that really stuck with me. We are all leaders in some capacity.  Some of us are leaders in […]...

I try to maintain the habit of blogging every week.  I am the type of person that if I take a break I typically will quit.  Just ask my local gym. Most of the time I have no problem finding a topic I want to write about, but this week I can’t narrow the topic […]...