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Searching on LinkedIn When Recruiting Executives

Your first search stop when recruiting executives — especially for a C-suite hire — is LinkedIn, a social network for professionals that boasts mo...

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Modern Sourcing in Executive Recruitment

These days, top executive recruiting firms scour countless sources for outstanding candidates — both active and passive. To achieve this, many firms...

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The Importance of Candidate Research in Executive

Research is often laborious — even tedious. But it’s through research — and only through research — that you can tightly target your prosp...

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Executive Recruiting: Creating a Detailed Intervie

Nine times out of ten, you need the candidate way more than the candidate needs you. After all, she probably already has a job — and one she likes....

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Confidential Candidate Briefs

You can use a confidential candidate brief (CCB) instead of a resume to quickly and unobtrusively obtain an accurate picture of a prospect’s qua...

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Writing a Solid Job Ad

One way to source candidates is to place job ads on your company intranet, on online job boards, and in print publicatio...

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Executive Recruitment: Composing the Position Prof

The job description for an open executive position for which you are recruiting explains what the position entails and what type of person would be a...

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Performing a SWOT Analysis

What, pray tell, is a SWOT analysis? Simply put, it’s a way to assess an organization’s strengths and weaknesses (the internal factors tha...

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Executive Recruiting: Writing the Job Order

A job order is a written record of an employer’s need to fill a vacant position with a qualified worker. You write a job order at the outset of...

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Who is an Executive Recruiter’s Client?

Under most circumstances, your client is the ultimate hiring authority, best defined as the person the new hire will report to. For example, if the po...

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