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The Action Plan: How Executive Search Firms Can Mitigate Effects of COVID-19

Thrive TRM

Being a resource now puts your firm in a strong position for when hiring picks up again. One firm is considering starting an open forum to connect companies that are still hiring with folks being displaced. The goal is to get your firm through this downturn. If you can hire, snap up strong talent that’s now becoming available.

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Paul C. Seegert: “You do not have to be good at everything”

Thrive Global

Also, we had been getting quite a bit of attention in our industry for our organic growth that was a result of our proprietary marketing system while others in our industry were faced with the prospect of reduced revenue because of the economic downturn and related layoffs. hire someone to handle it and get back to work.

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Kathleen Steffey of Naviga Recruiting & Executive Search: “Outside of the box thinking”

Thrive Global

I went overseas for a couple of years as an expat and hired people from EMEA. Here are some tips for candidates to differentiate themselves: Reach out to the hiring manager on LinkedIn and send them a short message introducing yourself. He or she might just see this if we tag them. Bonus points if you FedEx it!

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Gordon Fraser of ‘Gordon Fraser & Associates’: “Give myself a break and be consciously kind to yourself”

Thrive Global

It was in 2007, during the start of the big recession that my career in this industry started and despite the economic downturn (and the seeming impediment of being a man), I accomplished much and received a tremendous amount of reward and recognition for my work and efforts. I’ll be forever grateful for Nan who hired me to wash cars.

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3 Applicant Tracking Systems That Will Help You Hire Generation Z

Capterra

While your youngest new hires share many characteristics with the Millennial generation, they’ve got an entirely different outlook on things such as workplace culture, diversity, and even the importance of having a job. And it means making the application process so easy that Gen Z won’t abandon your outdated hiring form.

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The Bamboo Project Blog: What Are You Doing to Invest in Yourself?

The Bamboo Project Blog

Smart companies use the downturns to prepare for when the economy improves. Sign Out (You can use HTML tags like and to style your text.URLs automatically linked.) Tags: personallearning elearning workliteracy. You must take responsibility for your own learning. That's what smart people do, too. View an alternate.

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Is a Relocation Worth the Risk to Get a Job?

45 Things

She can’t get her old job back with her Northern California employer, because the economic downturn has also hit that company. “It But I’ve also advised some of my clients that if you want the job, you may be able to sway them to hire you by saying you’ll pay for relocation yourself.” It was sort of a perfect storm,” she says. “It