Job Search Tips from Recruiters
February 26th, 2010 admin
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What is important when you’re applying for jobs? What’s most important to hiring managers ? What do recruiters really wish they could tell candidates for employment? The Corporate Executive Board/Recruiting Roundtable survey of recruiters and hiring managers reports that 75% of recruiters surveyed spend 5 minutes or less reviewing candidate information and 28% spend less than 2 minutes. Given that you don’t have much time to make a good impression, you really need to make sure the impression you make is a good one. Here are tips from recruiters for job seekers on what does make a difference during those few minutes your application is being reviewed. Taking the time to make sure that…
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