Managing Your Job Search: Why Planning Matters

Your job search starts before you ever click apply.  Once you’ve created your resume and built out your online profile, you still need to prepare a plan of attack to manage the job search from start to finish.  Managing your job search goes hand in hand with submitting applications. You’re tracking, strategizing, and networking your…

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Building Your Resume for Your First Job or Internship

The Resume A resume tells a quick story that leaves employers asking for more.  A simply formatted, clean, and spellchecked resume goes a long way. Avoid colors, designs, or fonts that may be difficult to read when printed or on mobile. Keep your resume to one page and the font to a reasonable size.  And,…

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Reading Between the Lines: Building the Client Experience with Andrew Gallagher

Recruitment is all about reading between the lines.  Even the most detailed job description acts as a foundation for finding the right new employee.  For the past 4 years, Andrew Gallagher has built strong relationships with his clients because he has learned to anticipate their needs before they do.  Recruiting relationships are built on listening…

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How Quickly Your Staffing Partner Should Deliver Resumes

How quickly do you expect to receive resumes from your staffing partner? Recently Talener asked that very question to get a better understanding of the expectations that our clients have in regard to receiving resumes.  Once they have engaged our services and have completed an intake call for a particular position, how long do they…

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Returning to the Job Market: Updating Your Resume

If it has been a decade since you were last on the job market, much has changed in the application and interview process. In fact, you might be surprised that most of these changes have occurred over the past three years. In addition to navigating the traditional application waters, you’re also expected to know how…

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Replace Your Resume Summary with Your Objective

It’s time to replace your resume’s career summary with your career objective. For years, job seekers have attempted to craft the perfect resume through fonts, styling, and formatting. Yet one of the easiest and most impactful changes that can be made today is to eliminate your career summary and replace it with your objective. Why…

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Why Are Job Applicants Ghosting You?

In today’s job market, companies face numerous challenges when it comes to hiring the right talent.  One growing phenomenon that has perplexed employers in recent years is job applicant ghosting. It is frustrating when candidates suddenly and inexplicably cut off all communication during the hiring process. Yet, if we dive deeper into the process, there…

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Identifying AI Generated Resumes

Identifying AI Generated Resumes

As an executive recruiter, one of the most important tasks is to find the right candidate for a job. In today’s tech-driven world, this task is becoming more and more difficult as AI-generated resumes are becoming more common. AI-generated resumes are created using algorithms and machine learning to generate resumes from job descriptions and other…

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