by craadmin | Job Search Tips, Job Seekers, Resume Tips
Professional Summary: You have sent out application after application. Maybe dozens. Maybe closer to a hundred. And what comes back is silence. After a while, the silence starts asking its own questions. Is it my age? Is it my experience? Am I overqualified? Let me...
by craadmin | Career Development, Job Search Tips, Job Seekers, Podcasts
Confidential Job Search: It is Tuesday afternoon… just a normal day at work. Except it isn’t. You have been thinking about starting a confidential job search for a while. But your calendar is full, your paycheck is steady, and you have watched enough...
by craadmin | CRA_Vetting, Fraudulence, Job Search Tips, Job Seekers, Resume Tips, Social Media
Ghost Candidate: Before my team evaluates whether a candidate is any good, we evaluate whether the candidate is a person or a ghost candidate. That sentence would have sounded absurd in 2015. But it is simply how sourcing works now… at our firm as well as at...
by craadmin | Compensation Tips, Job Search Tips, Job Seekers, Podcasts
Compensation Package: You got the offer. Now they are asking what you expect to be paid, and you realize you have no idea what number to say. So you guess. Or you name the figure you made at your last job. Or you take whatever they offer because you are relieved to...
by craadmin | CRA_Vetting, Fraudulence, Hiring Managers, Recruiter Engagement, Recruiting Tips
Job Hugging: The reason your application pile keeps thinning while the talent you actually want stays exactly where they are. Your last CRA job post pulled in 87 applicants. You called three…but you hired none. The talent shortage is the easy explanation. But it...
