Leveraging the Hype Cycle for Your Career Search

Hype Cycle, a term coined by Gartner, often describes the cycle of maturation, adoption, and social applications for technology.  Largely, this method zooms out on applications to see how tech will evolve over time. It provides reliable insight to manage deployment and meet company goals. However, the Hype Cycle is being adopted by job applicants…

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What’s Next for the Aging Workforce?

The last group of baby boomers turns 60 this year. While the eldest of the generation have begun to retire, others find themselves at a crossroads. Affording retirement means working longer, but it also means navigating the changing landscapes of jobs that don’t quite fit anymore. Notably, technology positions are fast-paced and tend to lend…

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Why are Companies Reluctant to Continue Interviewing New Candidates?

Why are companies so reluctant to keep interviewing new candidates when someone is already in the third or fourth round of interviews? Too often, companies bank on one applicant who is already in process to fill the job.  It’s one of the biggest mistakes that organizations make during the hiring process.  The job market is…

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Avoiding the Job Application Black Hole

Finding a new job is stressful. Finding a new job when you’re already employed is a full-time job. The preparation, resume writing, skills assessments and interviews are nothing short of a juggling act. Yet, before you ever get the chance to speak to someone, you have to apply. Ideally, every application would come with a…

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How Quickly Your Staffing Partner Should Deliver Resumes

How quickly do you expect to receive resumes from your staffing partner? Recently Talener asked that very question to get a better understanding of the expectations that our clients have in regard to receiving resumes.  Once they have engaged our services and have completed an intake call for a particular position, how long do they…

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Back On the Job Market: Leveraging LinkedIn & Making Connections

The third part of our Returning to the Job Market series focuses on leveraging LinkedIn and your connections to get yourself in front of hiring managers.  Whether you like it or not, your job search doesn’t start and end with submitting a resume and cover letter. In fact, some companies may strictly use online profiles…

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Hiring Transparency Translates to Filling Jobs More Efficiently

The Talener team has been speaking with more technology candidates recently who are on the job market for the first time in years.  Whether they’re actively seeking new employment or were part of some of the technology layoffs this past year, none of them are looking forward to the interviewing process. It’s daunting to find…

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Are Executive Positions More Difficult to Fill?

Are executive-level positions more difficult to fill? There are fewer executive positions available in an organization. There are also fewer people who have achieved this level of experience. Thus, it would stand to reason that these top rung jobs are inherently more difficult to fill. When companies need to fill these c-suite positions, they often…

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Its OK to be Wrong: Bad Policies Drive Away Talent

Hiring is a dynamic process. Negotiations, budgets, career goals- they are all moving parts that change the outcome every single time you bring on a new employee. Everything from market conditions to global pandemics affects how we approach finding, on-boarding and retaining top talent. Most recently, companies have made a push for hybrid & back-to-office…

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Eliminating Professional Gaslighting

Staffing is always a wild ride, and this year was no exception. Phrases like ghosting and quiet quitting flowed freely within recruiting, talent acquisition and people operations. Then another word made headlines as Merriam-Webster named gaslighting as its word of the year in 2022.  Solidly in 2023, the candidate-employer relationship continues to be complicated. Most…

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