Career

Some career experts say cover letters are an absolute must and that the notion of omitting the cover letter is absurd.

When someone does a Google search on your name, you want them to be inundated with positive content about you. Whether it's an employer, an admissions board member at your grad school of choice, or even a significant other, the searcher should find nothing but content that paints you in a good light.Positive, relevant content that highlights who you are, what you know, and what you do is the bread and butter of online reputation management.

Article by Natalie SevertYou submitted what you thought was a great resume – but for some reason, you didn't get the job.

I've interviewed a lot of people in the course of my career.

Wouldn't it be great if you had the time, energy, and resources to personally speak with every prospective employee who took a quick look at your careers page?Yes, if you could just find a way to personally connect with each candidate to share what life is really like at your company, you're confident you'd be able to attract top-quality talent perfectly suited to your unique culture and values.Unfortunately, that strategy is not only impractical, but also nearly impossible to implement.

Taking initiative is what we do at Red Branch Media – but with a small team of 15, it's tough to keep that initiative moving along 100 percent of the time.

Welcome to Top 10, Recruiter.com's weekly rundown of the best of the best in recruiting!

Welcome to Recruiter QA, where we pose employment-related questions to the experts and share their answers!

Kevin scours the list of applicants to his recent posting for a marketing representative.

Many job seekers seem to get nervous about applying to out-of-state jobs, but it can actually be fairly simple.

We know the drill: You're a manager with tons of tasks on your to-do list.

When it comes to employees, you get what you pay for.

No, the most important part of your employee referral program is not the candidate experience – it's the referrer experience.

Employees like being challenged at work – but so stressed out that they start losing sleep and eating poorly?

Questions around past legal trouble have come up multiple times recently, so it's worth addressing.

As an introvert myself, I know the struggle is real.

By now, you've likely heard about the U.S. travel ban implemented by President Donald Trump.

I recently saw the alarming (but not shocking) statistic that 95 percent of companies say they recruit the wrong people every year.Albert Einstein allegedly once said that insanity is "continuing to do the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result."On that note, I have a message for employers:For the love of G-d, if 95 percent of you are making bad hires, then you're the ones who have a problem.

So what if your office isn't the chicest place in town – it's just a workplace, right?Not exactly.

"Culture is like a hairstyle: Everyone has one, even if they're bald." – Drew McLellan, head of Agency Management Institute"Company culture" may have only recently caught on as a workplace buzz phrase, but the idea itself is as old as the workforce.