No B.S. Hiring Advice: Make a Decision!

In this video, Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter encourages firms to either make a decision and explains why this is important. 

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a recruiter for more than 40 years.

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No B.S. Hiring Advice: Finding Junior Skilled Talent

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter suggests a simple approach to finding relatively inexperienced professionals. 

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a recruiter for more than 40 years.

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Pay what you want for his books and guides to job hunting.

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No B.S. Hiring Advice: Don't Abuse Your Applicant Tracking System

It doesn't do most of you any good to claim your applicant tracking system "knows" a particular candidate if you don't have the time to contact them.  In this video, Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter  discusses a common form of abusing a firm's applicant tracking system and how it does you no good.

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a recruiter for more than 40 years.

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No B. S. Hiring Advice: October 29 2014

Bi-Weekly Advice from Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter 


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No B.S. Hiring Advice Ezine: October 14 2014

No B.S. Hiring Advice Ezine: Bi-Weekly Advice from Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

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No B. S. Hiring Advice Radio: The Job Market

This is a simulcast of No B. S. Hiring Advice Radio where Jeff Altman,. The Big Game Hunter will discuss the job market in the USA.

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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been a recruiter for more than 40 years.

Follow him at the Big Game Hunter, Inc. on LinkedIn for more articles, videos and podcasts than what are offered here and jobs he is recruiting for.

Pay what you want for his books and guides to job hunting.

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Connect with me on LinkedIn.

Trying to hire someone? Email me at JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us.

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No B.S. Hiring Advice Ezine: September 3 2014

Hiring Advice from Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter

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No B. S. Hiring Advice Radio: Things You Do To Turn Off Good Candidates

Who Said Hiring Staff Has to Be Difficult or Painful?

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter has been helping organizations hire leaders and staff for more than 40 years.

On this show, Jeff will talk about mistakes too many employers make that turn off good job applicants . . . and these days of social media where one person can spoil all of your great efforts, you wnat to be darned near perfect!

Trying to hire someone? Email me at JeffAltman@TheBigGameHunter.us


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No B. S. Hiring Advice: How Do You Evaluate Your Recruiting Sources

Show as Much Care to Your Choices As You Do to Other Purchases

I bought an SUV last year after we moved to Pennsylvania. I wasn’t sure what to buy, so I went on the web, looked at a variety of guides, read reviews from existing owners, examined price at different dealers, found the best price in my area, then looked at service contracts and what the best price was I could get for one before I walked into the dealer’s showroom.

All the stories about customers going into the sales office and getting "snowed" into overspending didn’t happen to me because I learned what I wanted in advance, and shopped for the best price in the two places where I would be charged—the car and the service contract.

When the dealer heard my counteroffer on their service contract price, they asked how I determined that amount. I answered, “It’s $50 over your cost and the fact is, I’m going to come in here for service anyway so you might as well collect the money from me.”

When most companies agree to have a recruiter work on helping them fill their jobs, most know far less about the recruiter than I did about my SUV. They select the recruiter because:

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No B. S. Hiring Advice: Your Best Salary Negotiation Strategy

In this video, Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter points out what he believes is your best strategy for negotiating salary,

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No B. S. Hiring Advice: An Underutilized Tool for Networking and Recruiting

In this video, Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter discusses an underutilized tool for networking and networking.

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The Job Search Insider: The Winning Resume III

An up-to-date resume also affords you the opportunity to sit down and say, “How does this fit with my goals and ... http://p.ost.im/LcPUGe

No B. S. Job Search Advice: Don't Cross the Line on Your Interviews

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter warned you about crossing the line on your next interview and how that can becom ... http://p.ost.im/LW4mbD

The Job Search Insider: The Winning Resume II

Once you have that mega-list of all your accomplishments, whenever you construct a resume for submission to an em ... http://p.ost.im/LcCduN

No B. S. Job Search Advice: 3 Questions to Ask at the End of a Job Interview

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter offers three questions you should ask at the end of every single job interview. ... http://p.ost.im/L3apT2

No B. S. Job Search Advice: The Most Important Reason to Network

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter explains the most important reason you should be out networking. Sign up ... http://p.ost.im/L3DNaE

No B.S. Job Search Advice: How Soon Should I Update My LinkedIn Profile?

In response to a reader question, Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter tells you how soon after you join a new firm y ... http://p.ost.im/LmPjS3

No B.S. Job Search Advice Ezine: May 27 2014

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Know When to Fold Them or Maybe There's Another Way.

I often hear this story from managers and business owners (for many reasons, HR professionals don't do it).

"Jerry is a terrific person. Smart, affable, a really 'good guy.' He loves what he does and is passionate about it. It isn't enough. No answer to a question is right the first time. Work goes on for too long. I feel compelled to monitor whatever he does more than anyone else. He isn't incompetent; he's semi-competent."

Every company wants to hire knowledgeable people who require no oversight. At the same time, there are some employees who are almost competent. They torture you with their potential only to consistently disappoint.

Replace them.

To avoid such problems in the future, hire people on a temp-to-perm basis--that is they initial work for you as a temp with the plan to convert them to employee status in 90 days. Establish criteria in advance that will allow you to determine whether to convert them to employee status.

If they fail to meet that criteria within 60 days, spend the next 30 finding a replacement.

As an article I wrote some years ago observed, pebbles in your shoe never go away, despite how much we wish they would. They often cause hip and back pain that can be debilitating. Better to eliminate a problem than torture yourself and your organization indefinitely.

Jeff Altman
The Big Game Hunter
Concepts in Staffing
thebiggamehunter@cisny.com

© 2008 all rights reserved.

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, is Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, He has successfully assisted many corporations identify management leaders and staff in many disciplines since 1971. He is a retired certified leader of the ManKind Project, a not for profit organization that assists men with life issues, and a practicing psychotherapist.

He is the author of “Get Yourself Hired NOW! The Big Game Hunter’s Guide to Head Hunting Your Next Job and Every Job After That” (in ebook and audio formats) and “Get Your Job Search Organized NOW!” (ebook) Both are available at www.getyourselfhiredNOW.com Register at the site and you will receive free copies of The International Job Board List and a Guide to Resume Writing.

To receive a daily digest of positions emailed to you, search for openings that The Big Game Hunter is working on, to use Jeff’s free job lead search engine, Job Search Universe, to subscribe to Jeff’s free job hunting ezine, “Head Hunt Your Next Job, or his staffing ezine, “Natural Selection”, or to learn about his VIP program, go to www.jeffaltman.com.

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• The Job Market Blog: Blogging and news about the job market since August 2001
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Are Your Politics Keeping You From Considering Some Very Talented People?

It is popular to be opposed to the war in Iraq, just as it was to be opposed to the one in Viet Nam before that.

No one likes to think of themselves as biased and there are certainly "valid and objective reasons" for not considering these men and women as candidates for positions.

At the same time, these are individuals who have leadership experiences far beyond their civilian counterparts at the same age.

Who have had the experience of working as part of a team or leading teams of men and women toward a common goal.

Who have worked under extraordinary circumstances with a desire to serve.

Who are motivated by furthering the mission and are extremely disciplined.

If they have attended graduate school, they may have applied under the most incredible of conditions--taking calls from admissions officers in the field with shells flying over them.

There may be cultural differences between what they are used to and what they might have in civilian life. They may have physical challenges as well.

At the same time, dismissing people for no more reason than they are ex-military or based upon your assumptions of what they will be like does not serve your organization well.

HireVeterans is a site you can use that caters to ex-military men and women; another is HirePatriots.

I hope you open your eyes (or continue to reach out) to these men and women.

Jeff Altman
The Big Game Hunter
Concepts in Staffing
thebiggamehunter@cisny.com

© 2008 all rights reserved.

Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, is Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, He has successfully assisted many corporations identify management leaders and staff in many disciplines since 1971. He is a retired certified leader of the ManKind Project, a not for profit organization that assists men with life issues, and a practicing psychotherapist.

He is the author of “Get Yourself Hired NOW! The Big Game Hunter’s Guide to Head Hunting Your Next Job and Every Job After That” (in ebook and audio formats) and “Get Your Job Search Organized NOW!” (ebook) Both are available at www.getyourselfhiredNOW.com Register at the site and you will receive free copies of The International Job Board List and a Guide to Resume Writing.

To receive a daily digest of positions emailed to you, search for openings that The Big Game Hunter is working on, to use Jeff’s free job lead search engine, Job Search Universe, to subscribe to Jeff’s free job hunting ezine, “Head Hunt Your Next Job, or his staffing ezine, “Natural Selection”, or to learn about his VIP program, go to www.jeffaltman.com.

Explore some of The Big Game Hunter's products in "The Universe" series

• Job Search Universe: Search thousand of Job Boards and Corporate Job Sites for job leads at the same time
• The Resume Universe: Information about Resumes and Cover Letters
• The Consulting Universe: Search and Post Consulting Assignments and Consulting Jobs
• Self-Employment Universe: Business Opportunities and Work-At-Home
• The Diet Universe: Health & Wellness Information
• Personal Finance Universe: Taking Care of Your Money better

Plus

• Search4Candidates.com: Refined Searching for Resumes and Candidate Leads
• Search4JobLeads.com: The site that recruiters use to find job leads
• VIP Personal Search: Hire Your Own VIP Personal Search Agent
• The Job Market Blog: Blogging and news about the job market since August 2001
• 4ITProfessionals: Search for jobs, resume services and post your resume—targeted on IT professionals
• HeadHuntYourNextJob.com: 4 Search Products in one place
• Indian Job Network: Network for Work in India