by Alex Putman | Jul 5, 2023 | Career Advice, Job Search, Recruiting, Startup
I love recruiting for startups. It takes me back to the days of starting my own company and remembering the excitement, challenges, and fears. The best encouragement that I received was from a revered colleague: “It will be the scariest 12 months of your life....
by Alex Putman | Mar 20, 2023 | Career Advice, Employer Branding, Human Resources, Leadership, Motivation
Wayyyyy back in 2010, we compiled a fairly succinct list of powerful adjectives to describe successful leaders. Even now, 13 years later, it remains a very popular reference list for people around the world. How was this list curated? Very simply, we prompted the...
by Alex Putman | Dec 6, 2022 | Career Advice, Job Search, Recruiting, Sourcing
What a year for the US economy, huh? The ups and downs in the job market have been unpredictable and, at times, shocking. We’ve recently seen major industry powerhouses layoff massive percentages of their talented workforce. In a recent poll that we conducted on...
by Alex Putman | Sep 19, 2022 | Candidate Experience, Career Advice, Employee Relations, Employer Branding, Employer Value Proposition, Job Search, Uncategorized
What is “quiet quitting?” When I first heard the term, “quiet quitting,” it sounded like a reference to people who were quitting their jobs and just hanging out at the office until the notice period or job ended. Nope. The Society for Human...
by Alex Putman | Oct 23, 2020 | Career Advice, COVID-19, Job Search, Search Tips
September 2020 finds us at a 7.9% unemployment rate. Recently a friend lost their job and asked, “where do I find a job by the end of November?” and although hiring processes are slow, there is hope. The gig market! Freelance and Contract (gig) work is a...
by Alex Putman | Apr 26, 2015 | Candidate Experience, Career Advice, Creativity, Employer Branding, Human Resources, Interview Tips, Mobile, Mobile Recruiting, Talent Acquisition
Everyday we read articles on how companies are attracting talent uniquely AND how candidates are finding jobs through creative avenues. Did you hear about Sober Lane, the pub in Ireland that used Snapchat as their recruiting platform? What about Nina Mufleh landing...
