Entries by Esquire Recruiting

How To Rebrand Your LinkedIn Profile To Get Hired

1.Determine Your Job Seeking Objectives and Goal In one of our earlier blog post, 7 Questions to Help You Set Your Career Goals in 2018, we spoke about determining your goals and objectives for the new year. If you’re looking to secure a new job in 2018, those goals should be front of mind always. […]

5 Tips to be a Top Recruiter

As we dive into 2018 and begin to delve into the challenges we faced in 2017 we are reminded that with challenge comes opportunities. This year, make it your mission as a recruiter to hone in on these challenges and use them to propel you into your future. Whether your goals are personal, health or […]

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7 Questions to Help You Set Your Career Goals in 2018

If one of your New Year’s resolutions was to land your dream job, then you’re not alone. As mentioned in our previous blog article, the months following the New Year are the most prevalent for landing a new job. This attributes to many factors, but likely most prominent is the promise of a new year […]

How To Find a Job in Chicago

According to USPopulation.com, Chicago has one of the world’s biggest and most expanded economies with no single industry utilizing more than 14% of the workforce. That combined with the over 2.7 million inhabitants, can cause major competition for finding a job in Chicago. Chicago also has the 4-the most Fortune 500 Corporate Headquarters in the […]

5 Tricks For Keeping Millennials At Your Company

Sick of young Millennial talent infiltrating your company? Drinking your coffee? Sitting at your lunch table? Well, I hate to be the barrier of bad news, but this is the new reality of our workforce. According to PEW Research Center analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data, one-in-three American workers today are Millennials (adults ages 18 […]

What To Do When Unemployed for a Long Time

Have you been unemployed for longer than six months and struggling to get noticed? Do you proofread, dress well, send thank-you notes, and still struggle to figure out why you haven’t been hired? According to research from Northeastern University, long-term unemployment works against you in the hiring process. A break of six months of more […]

How to Hire and Retain Millennials

Like it or not, millennials are flooding the job market with strong resumes and great experience. The perfect candidate from this demographic is easier than ever to find—yet harder to sign and retain. A Gallup poll  from 2016 showed millennials are 10% more likely than the older generation to seek another job. This dissatisfaction may […]

Why do you want to work here?

It’s one of the most dreaded interview questions, right after “what are your biggest weaknesses?” Especially for those applying for only mildly interesting positions, it can be hard to answer. Conventional wisdom often focuses on the organization’s work, reputation, and growth. While this advice is good, it’s still conventional: it won’t make you stand out if […]

How to Hire Marketers for Professional Services

For new or small professional services organizations—think doctors’ offices, accounting companies, and law firms—figuring out how to weigh or increase advertising ventures can be a big problem. How many people and resources should you devote to it? What are the important traits for a marketing manager? As usual, there are no quick wide-spread solutions to […]

What you need to know about Online Courses for Job Skills

Whether you’re looking to flesh out your resume, refocus your career path, make the most of unemployment/childcare leave, or simply add some variety to your intellectual life, an online course can help you achieve your goals with minimal disruption to your life and finances. However, taking the wrong class can be a waste of time […]

What Happened to the Esquire Blog? Updates, Recruiting and Employment Advice

Welcome to the new and improved Esquire Recruiting blog: your one-stop shop for company news, job-search updates, interview tips, recruiting and employment advice, and more! With decades of varied experience between our small staff, we know the details of recruiting and the specifics of each industry we serve. Whether you’re a job-seeker or employer; in […]