Generation Chatbot
Generation Chatbot Gen Z is going all-in on using AI at work — and it’s giving them a huge advantageAbigail Carlos was bracing for a busy holiday season as her employer, Warner Bros. Discovery, was gearing up to launch a suite of new shows. A media strategist, Carlos had to assign complex tasks to her […]
Why Hire A Recruitment Agency
by Adolfo Ramirez Databases of the best candidates Recruitment Agencies have huge databases of candidates for each role in the industries they specialize. Many of these candidates are ones with whom they’ve cultivated relationships over time. Once they have a new role in their hands, they can reach out to those top candidates they interacted […]
Resume Tips!
Lots of people hit me up for these on the regular, so I thought it would be worth sharing the advice I have been giving them: Take your full address off. City and state are fine. Would you believe some employers may use this demographic information against you, even checking Zillow for home price etc? […]
How to beat ageism in start-up hiring
I hate it, but ageism does very much exist in hiring today, especially in startups. A few things I recommend for the resume: 1) Do not put your graduation date on your resume. It is not relevant to whether you are qualified for the job, and the employer cannot legally ask this until background check […]
Recruiting is people-watching, on a deep level
I was at a hotel bar, when two guys struck up a conversation with me: the typical, “Where are you from and what do you do?” It turned out they sold commercial insurance. They in fact had insured this very building, the W hotel. They’ve insured billions of dollars of property across the state. I […]
Don’t quit over the Office B*tch
Shelley (not her real name of course) was a walking rain cloud. If you came into the office feeling great, she had a talent for taking that down a notch. Or 10. She once randomly asked me if I’d been punched in the face, because for some reason she thought I looked like I had. […]
10 reasons companies toss your resume
Some of the best people for the job have the worst resumes. They’re likely to have been steadily employed, for long stretches of time, and have been sought out by employers, and thus may never had to learn resume writing skills. One of my jobs as a recruiter is to be honest and coach those […]
How to really prepare for the career fair
Here’s a bit of career fair advice, from the other side of the table. When to go – As soon as possible! The most prepared students start going to job fairs as freshmen. Establish relationships with recruiters, ask what classes you should take to be a good fit for their company in the future, etc. […]
