“Manage Up”
What It Means to ‘Manage Up’ We read a fantastic article from The Wall Street Journal, written by Elizabeth Garone, that answers a very important question: What does “managing up” mean? To “manage up”...
View ArticleThe Recruiter’s Guide to the Job Search: Identify Jobs
Targeting your job search is critical to finding the position that is right for you – based on all the factors that are most important to you. With so many resources, tools, and networks available,...
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The Recruiter’s Guide to the Job Search: Identify Industries and Companies
Target your job search. Stop shooting in the dark hoping to land your dream job. One of the first steps in your job search is to identify the industries in which you would want to work and the...
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The Recruiter’s Guide to the Job Search: Networking with Contacts
Networking. Making connections is crucial to the success of your job search. You read about it all the time and its importance to your efforts. As the saying goes, “it is not always what you know,...
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The Recruiter’s Guide to the Job Search: Resume Tips
10 seconds. That’s the average amount of time your resume will be reviewed by a person in a position to make a decision. This one document must present clearly and concisely your hard skills:...
View ArticleThe Recruiter’s Guide to the Job Search: Cover Letters
Cover letters = controversy. Should you use a cover letter? Do hiring managers read them? What should a cover letter include? In our opinion (and we have over 70 years of combined staffing...
View ArticleStaffing Instincts: From the Office to the Field
Michael Isola, Account Executive at The Vesume Group staffing agency, and head coach of the Merrimack Valley Maulers, has shown that his staffing instincts go beyond the office, and onto the football...
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WBENC Certification
The Vesume Group is proud to announce that we have received our WBENC certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise. The Women’s Business Enterprise National Council is the nation’s largest third...
View ArticleJobs in Massachusetts
We have jobs in Massachusetts waiting for you… The job market in New England is booming. We have millions of dollars worth of jobs in Massachusetts waiting for you! We have jobs in Massachusetts for...
View ArticleWhat is the Cost of Hiring?
What is the cost of hiring the wrong candidates? If you are, or have been, in a hiring role, you at some point have probably experienced making a bad hiring decision. The cost of hiring the wrong...
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Making A List & Checking It Twice: How to Research A Company
In this article, we will be taking a page from Santa’s playbook. With the holidays right around the corner, there is some insight to be learned from Santa Claus’s infamous “Naughty or Nice” list. Just...
View ArticleWhat Do Job Seekers Want? A Great Working Environment!
When identifying job opportunities, work environment has proven to be a priority for job seekers. In a recent LinkedIn poll, we asked, “what is the top factor considered when searching for a new job?”...
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LinkedIn Profile: Is Yours Scaring Away Employers?
It seems these days that everyone and their sister has a LinkedIn profile…as they should! LinkedIn is the go-to social platform for any and all online professional networking activities. However,...
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LinkedIn Profiles: How to Evaluate a LinkedIn Profile
Using LinkedIn as a hiring tool is no longer a trend. In fact, LinkedIn has become a staple of the hiring process – securing its place alongside job boards, resumes, and first round interviews....
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6 Reasons Why Ageism is Hurting Your Company
Ageism or age bias is a very real and extremely unfortunate occurrence that has been plaguing older job seekers for far too long. On average, a job seeker who is 55 years or older will spend twice the...
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How to Overcome Ageism in Your Job Search
Ageism, or age bias, is an obstacle that most job seekers ages 55 and over face. However, there are many strategies that you can take to overcome this hurdle to obtain your next opportunity. In order...
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10 Resume Red Flags That Should Scare Any Employer
When evaluating a resume, most hiring managers and recruiters are primarily concerned with identifying a candidate’s experiences and skills with speed and accuracy. However, there are other critical...
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8 Interview Red Flags to Beware
If you are a job seeker in today’s market, then you are no stranger to the disorienting number of job boards, postings, discussions, recruiters, social networks, search strategies, and applicant...
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Guidelines for Working with a Staffing Agency
Are you interested in hiring the best possible employees? If you are, and you should be, then why haven’t you considered partnering with a staffing agency? Sure, you may be able conduct your hiring...
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How to Take A Video Interview
Video interviews are taking over. More and more often we are seeing companies requiring video applications and conducting interviews over Skype. Unfortunately for many job seekers, this shift in hiring...
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