Recruiting Explained

  Recruiters will tell you right away that most companies don't want to meet with people who are "thinking about moving" to town. Because it's a pipe dream. Land the interview once you land in town. Applying for jobs in a city you don’t live in yet might feel like a good idea. Because who wants to move to town and not have a job. But the problem is that most companies don't want to waste time with people who are not serious.  Do you have an apartment lined up? Have you visited the city? Why are you thinking about moving? Let's take a common situation that comes up in cities like NYC and LA. Everyone wants to move there, and most employers know this. The cold hard truth is that most people won't ever make it.  It's most common with college students who are graduating. They all want to move to NY or LA. But employers won't waste time with meeting them because the fact is that most people won't move.  The smartest people move to the city first--us...

When you're looking for a job-- or even an internships-- it can be tricky to find out if you're dealing with a real person. This is especially true when working with recruiters and company reps. It doesn't matter if you're looking for entry-level roles or a a part time gig--you want to make sure you're not wasting your time. Listen, recruiters are everywhere—LinkedIn, FB , even Instagram DMs.   Knowing how to tell if a recruiter is real can save you time, stress, and potentially your personal information and protect you from scams. First, look at how they contact you. Legit recruiters usually use a professional email address that matches the company’s domain, not a random Gmail or Outlook account.  For example, “ name@company.com ” is a sign that you're probably working with a real company, while “ companyjobs123@gmail.com ” is a  major red flag.  Also you should look at the spelling and grammar. A few mistakes happen, but a message full of errors or awkward wor...

  For anyone who is a recent college graduate, the job market is one of the main things to be concerned a bout. It’s always tough to find a job, but when you are brand new to the job market as all recent college graduates are, then it’s incredibly stressful. After covid, massive lay offs, and the entire shift in the industry--it's important to understand how the job landscape has changed.  The truth is that finding a job as a recent college graduate is incredibly tough. You are competing with a huge amount of other recent college graduates. And it’s not just this current years crop of new graduates that you are competing with. You also have to compete with last years new college graduates. One recent issue that recent college graduates have to contend with is the closure and shut down of in-person offices. Many companies have reduced their in person staff and because of this, there are fewer job openings available for the recent college graduates who are looking for w...

If you've been online recently--be it LinkedIn or Reddit--then you know how many people are talking about so called Ghost Jobs. There is so much suspicion out there in the job market--especially with the rise of AI and with automated job posting sites. So, how can you tell if a job is fake, aka a "Ghost Job"? Well, it's more complicated than simply checking the info against a company website. If it was that simple, there wouldn't be much online about Ghost Jobs; people would simply figure it out quickly for themselves. But it's not that simple. Companies post fake jobs for all sorts of reasons. What we'll do here is review some of the main ways you can tell if a job is a "ghost job". Some of them are not that simple, some of them require a bit of a more creative approach. Who Is Posting The Job: Tip #1 The first thing you want to do is check who is posting the job. Where a job is posted can be the number one indicator of whet...

  Nurse recruiters are an integral part of the nursing process. Without nurse recruiters, hospitals and clinics would be hard pressed to find nursing staff. It’s just the predicament that medical facilities are in nowadays. There are many reasons why nurse recruiters are needed, but suffice to say it’s a fact and it’s here to stay. With so many nurses being hired in recent years, there are also quite a few nurse recruiters being hired. And since nurses work weekends, sometimes as a per diem side hustle, sometimes as their scheduled shift, it becomes necessary to discuss the work schedule of nurse recruiters. This question and the following brief article is designed for all current nurse recruiters who are curious about what their schedule should be. And it’s also designed for potential nurse recruiters who have yet to start the job. These future nurse recruiters might be curious as to how much work they will be expected to do. So, with those questions understoo...

Nursing and recruiting go hand in hand in many large cities. It’s no secret that hospitals, clinics, mental health facilities, homeless shelters, and schools need nurses to be on staff. It’s also no secrete within the recruiting world that nurses are in such high demand that recruiters are needed to find and hire them. It’s not uncommon for a company to have multiple nurse recruiters working to find a single nurse. The reason nurses are in such high demand and why they are so difficult to find is the topic for another time, but suffice to say the field is growing and recruiters are necessary for finding and bringing nurses into work. Does that mean that nurses make good recruiters? Is there something special about nurses and how they work that would make them good recruiter? Well, it depends. It’s not that common for nurses to work as recruiters, but what about those that do? Do they have a special insight that makes them really good at their job? You’d think so. So, let’s see if that’...