How is your recruiting dept currently structured? How would you go about structuring your recruiting dept.. would you have the recruiters focus on one specific role/niche in one dept or several roles across different depts?
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Has anyone successfully landed a job out of state?
I'm in the final stages of possibly landing a job at a phenomenal company out of state, in an area I'd love to move to. My SO and I would rent out there but we need to sell our house first. His job is flexible so no issue there and we don't have kids. Luckily we live in a desirable area where the houses…
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I facilitated an Imposter Syndrome session yesterday and shared these 5 types.
Here are a things to keep in mind:
1. Doubt doesn’t make you an imposter, it makes you human.
2. You’re never going to know everything - no one does.…
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I was made redundant last December, just after returning from maternity leave, and it was a tough time with a little one at home.
Since then, I’ve been actively applying for jobs but rarely hear back. When asked why I’m looking for a new job in interviews, I haven’t always been sincere, giving different reasons. Recently, I decided to be upfront and told an interviewer that I was made redundant. But their response thre…
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Looking for some advice.
How do you deal with the catty "doubting Thomas" coworker?
We work in an environment where we HAVE to work closely together. There is no ignoring, avoiding or keeping my distance. Some of my guy friends in other…
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Does anyone know of any places in MD/VA that are hiring for admin roles?
I keep seeing the same job postings on Linkedin, Simplyhired, & Indeed. I need to get out of my job within the next month ASAP b/c my Supervisor is repeating the same behavior from last year where she takes extended leave EVERYTIME she has a family event that comes up & she says sh…
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Good Morning everyone,
I need advice on an ongoing situation at my job which seems to be getting worse. Background: I am a 67 year old female working part time (30 hours) at a restaurant/gift shop. Been there 4 years.
About two months ago they hired a man…
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Joan Williams, Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist
I'm actually doing both at the moment.
I have one group that I support that I am responsible for filling all of one specific Engineering position in all locations around the country. Any Cyclotron Engineers lurking on FGB? HIT ME UP!
I have other groups that I support where I work on a wide variety of positions - everything from PhD Research Scientists to Production Techs.
There's advantages to both - for the one Engineering position I'm responsible for, I like doing those positions but I think I'd pull my hair out at the thought of just recruiting for that one position ALL the time. The advantage is you get to know the position and requirements really deeply and can see the big picture - this candidate has a good skillset but maybe he isn't a fit for that location, maybe he would be open to considering this other location I'm recruiting for.
I've only been specializing in the one Engineering position for a few months. Our manager, wanted to give it a try and the three of us that support the TA function for that particular group all agree that we like the change and are happpy that we reconfigured who suppports what positions. But again, that's because I have variety in my other reqs. If that was all I did, I don't know I'd be as happy with it.
Some positions like sales or tech positions, it can make sense to have people specialize in those.
Part of what I love about recruiting is getting to work on all kinds of positions, developing partnerships with my hiring managers - that's what keeps it interesting.
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