Qualigence Named “Best & Brightest Companies to Work For” for Second Year in a Row

Jan 2, 2018 | Press Releases

For the second year in a row, Qualigence International, the largest strategic talent research and recruitment firm in the U.S., was deemed one of the Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in the Nation. Every year, the National Association for Business...

6 Signs it’s Time to Break Up With Your Recruiter

Nov 21, 2017 | Recruiting

Good recruiters know how to have a conversation with candidates. They know how to develop a personal relationship and learn who candidates are as people. A good recruiter actively listens while the candidate talks, and they ask targeted questions to get to the heart...

Recruiting is Selling: The Power of Active Listening

Nov 7, 2017 | Recruiting

Do you know the correlation between recruiting and sales? Hint: they sell things. Salespeople sell services or products. Recruiters sell opportunities. A great salesperson is spot-on when making that initial connection with a prospect; they’re skilled at building...

3 Communication Tools to Become a Powerhouse Recruiter

Oct 31, 2017 | Recruiting

Our good friend Aristotle, arguably one of the founding fathers of the art of rhetoric, defined 3 modes of persuasion: ethos, pathos, and logos. These modes are persuasive devices constructed from an appeal to ethics, emotions, and logical reasoning. But we’ll come...

How to Write an Awesome Cold LinkedIn InMail

Oct 23, 2017 | Recruiting

InMail response rates are up 25%. Exchanges between recruiters and LinkedIn members have increased by 40% over the last 2 years. And now, more than ever, folks are finding new roles through the InMails they receive. This means that, whether you’re using LinkedIn for...

8 Ideas to Help Boost Employee Morale

Oct 17, 2017 | Company Culture, Talent Optimization

Positive employee morale is everything. It’s the foundation of teamwork, cooperation, retention, productivity, confidence, revenue growth… should I keep going? If you’re a strong leader, you already know this. You keep a close eye on your employees, engage with them,...

AI is Not the Enemy: 4 Reasons Recruiters & AI Can Work Together

Oct 12, 2017 | Recruiting

Artificial intelligence isn’t the first disruption in the recruitment industry. Recruiting changed forever thanks to the emergence of job boards nearly twenty years ago. Were some individuals panic-stricken by the change? Maybe, but the disruption was a good one. Now,...

10 Ingredients to Create the Best Interview Experience

Oct 1, 2017 | Hiring

Important fact coming at you: 92% of U.S. adults have anxiety in anticipation of job interviews. Candidates are less likely to act like themselves and more likely to sabotage themselves when anxiety overtakes them. Whoever you are (e.g., recruiter, hiring manager, HR...

Startup Recruitment 101: 7 Tips to Retain Reliable Talent

Sep 27, 2017 | Information Technology

The size of a company doesn’t matter: sourcing, recruiting, and hiring is hard. However, it’s definitely harder for startup companies to recruit and hire top talent—not to mention get that talent to stick around. This brings me to an important point: startup...

The Risky Business Associated with Weighing ‘Culture Fit’

Aug 8, 2016 | Hiring

When determining which candidates would succeed in a given work environment, more and more companies are prioritizing cultural fit. This basic notion stems from the idea that employees with similar goals, work ethic, and enthusiasm will create a thriving, successful...