When beginning a new recruiting initiative, it’s crucial for recruiters and hiring mangers to set appropriate guidelines and expectations.
Read Full Article about Avoid the Angry Email: Why Recruiters Need to Set Expectations with Hiring ManagersOpenView recruiters strike a balance between the role of an internal recruiter and a consultant to bring significant value to the hiring process.
Read Full Article about Want to Know How OpenView Recruiters Add Value?How can job seekers tell the difference between agency recruiting and corporate recruiting? Do recruiters even realize the differences?
Read Full Article about The Difference Between Agency Recruiting and Corporate Recruiting: A Quick GuideWe’re currently interviewing candidates to join our People (Recruiting) Team here at OpenView Venture Partners. I spoke with a candidate who currently only recruits people for VP roles and above. This is actually the opposite of our model here, as we recruit for all sorts of positions from entry level all the way up to…
Read Full Article about Corporate Recruiting at Various LevelsRecruiting for a corporation is so incredibly different to recruiting for an expansion stage technology startup. In a Fortune 500 company, it’s normal for a requisition to take weeks — even months — for final approval. There are so many layers of red tape involved that when you know it’s approved, it’s there to stay…
Read Full Article about In Startup Recruitment, Agility is RequiredLast week, I wrote a blog post about the release of LinkedIn’s company status updates and their importance in a company’s social media marketing campaign. This week, I will share some ideas on how to make your company’s LinkedIn profile page more engaging for users, customers, applicants and potential buyers, as this will draw more…
Read Full Article about How to Optimize Your LinkedIn Company Profile PageOften, after conducting a phone interview with a candidate, I promptly receive a “thank you” email from them as a means to display their interest in the opportunity that was discussed. Sometimes, after an in-person interview, I’ll even receive a hand-written note (which is completely unnecessary, but appreciated). But on occasion, I will conduct an…
Read Full Article about Candidate Follow-Up Emails — Make It or Break It?When recruiting for a portfolio company, I absolutely love it when I work directly with the CEO or hiring manager. The benefits of dealing with these folks that I enjoy in particular include: 1) Consistently clear communication 2) Immediate feedback and status reports 3) Working with the most passionate person in the recruitment process! But…
Read Full Article about Corporate Recruiters: If You’re Not Working With the CEO…Earlier this week, my colleague, Nick Petri, wrote about the death of the print newspaper. His post got me thinking about resumes. There is no denying the fact that the paper version of the resume has long been laid to rest. But has the traditional resume died all together? With the emergence of social networks,…
Read Full Article about Why the Resume Isn’t Dead …YetRecently, I’ve come across a few interesting candidates (to put it lightly). On paper, they’re ostensibly of the highest caliber imaginable. Is it too good to be true? I’m finding out that sadly that sometimes, yes, it is. Obviously, at the end of the recruitment and hiring process, you’re bound to do a background check,…
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